Day #10 The Showing

It was generous of our invited audience to tell us what they saw:

Images of females – some “ladies” and some “women.” Which do we intend when?
Head dresses suggesting ornamentation, work, and burden
Walks that could be from many cultures or times
Lots of material “of good quality” that is now unstructured. Several expressed interest in seeing material recur. (This has been the intent all along.)
A title that suggests an image of something red onstage: red thread or red clothing. (We have balked at literalness up until now.)
A section about old people and a section reflecting “youth culture” – several expressed the wish to see the age differences used clearly when we incorporate younger dancers.
Women in their fifties, each with a different performing and movement quality, dancing fully
Beautiful patterns in space
Movement motifs ricocheting between dancers
Elements that go by too fast
Actions performed with care contrasted with actions performed with abandon
Unpacking the contents of a bag – revealing and “heavy”
Contrast of continuous smooth element with simultaneous jagged, charged, emotional element
Action representing an ambiguous but difficult moment – too obscure? Or out of place?
Shift from distress to serenity