Day 5/11
I have no idea what I am doing and I am doing it.
This is the feeling I have today. Knowing that I only have eleven days to work on this piece I just need to keep going. It is actually quite relieving to not have the time and possibility to linger in self-doubt. It gives you a certain feeling of freedom to just grab on to the first ideas that come to you and then just keep going with them.
I now have two different bases of movement material to work with. I am sticking with them. Now I just have to figure out how to use them. I feel that I should go with a cut-and-paste way of working with these materials. Through this cut-and-paste way of using this created material I will create the rhythm of the piece. Or maybe the rhythm will create itself while I start playing with the material, maybe it’s enough to be aware of the rhythm?
I need some kind of visual overview of this piece, otherwise I will just get stuck inside my own head. Again, I am aware of the luxury of working together with the dancers. But here I am, alone. So I have to find a way to make it work.
Today I also fit in meetings with light- and sound designers/technicians. Figuring out what they need from my letters.
− Linda