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that shifts from the dancer describing herself as an object or thing with an external focus (‘how your hair moves’) to a somatic focus (‘when you shift the momentum of your neck’). This transition occurs in very few words, just as a dancer moves between states of attention with fluidity.
This shifting from the somatic sense to the sense of being witnessed is inherent throughout the Solo in Duet Form structure. Sharing the rehearsal space (whether towards solo or shared research or performance outcomes) allows us to recognize crucial moments in each other’s work – often just as one of us is at the point of discarding material and beginning again, the other recognises a valuable point of development and something on the verge of loss is saved.
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