May marked the second session of all three collaborators working together with the goals to determine how group and individual engagements have informed new creative strategies and review challenges and successes.
Photo: Bob Finkelstein
Gus participated via Zoom as he had to undergo another hip related procedure in late April.
Photo: Katie Moore
Continued conversations on memory revealed that Pallabi is able to memorize through beats, rhythm and verbalization, Gus memorizes through words and Kun-Yang memorizes through space, directions and an internal map.
A new discussion ensued regarding the connection of today’s technology — being able to record and review content at your fingertips versus when each of them were younger and had to memorize by learning from someone else or taking handwritten notes. Pallabi noted, “We are doing too many things today, so movement does not live in our bodies in the same way as mentors in the past”
Photo: Bob Finkelstein
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The collaborators continued to practice and view one another’s compositions from Gus’ verb prompt. All had the same general task, but each individual made different choices when they translated the verbs into movement.
Photo: Katie Moore
Photo: Katie Moore
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