How can the movement of the mind reach its high point in relation to the idea of time? Is the feeling of time relevant?

A dance research consists of evolving a new technique in choreography which has as a purpose to correlate the inner condition of the body, a certain state of mind towards movement and choreography. An approach where a way is found to seize time in a certain state of mind. Time will take the form of a charged proclamation.

I am interested in researching further the body of the dancer, the technique of the dancer and the extensive unsaid knowledge which the body of a dancer has. I want to research how you can optimise the consciousness of the body on stage. To research how knowledge and experience of the inner workings of the body and inner state of mind affects movement. How can I maximise the activity of the body on stage so that it moves the audience? What is the story or experience which is in the movement of the body? How do I communicate it without creating a rupture between the dancer on stage and his audience?  How can I use the idea of time and the feeling for time to create a method for the research to form? To communicate the intent of the piece to the audience?

“I think that all mind patterning is expressed in movement, through the body. And that all physically moving patterns have a mind. That’s what I work with.” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

My research is about the process itself and the evolution of a new method in choreography but not an end product in the form of a performance. I will communicate the evolution of the research in steps in open workshops and through writing in order of being visible and in an active conversation with my co-workers, students in contemporary dance and dance artists in Iceland. Later I would like to use the method or the result of the research in a creative process to make a new dance piece. I would be interested in creating a solo-piece before the method is used with a bigger dance group.

Supporters:
Iceland University of the Arts
Reykjavík Dance Festival
Collaborators:
Michelle Boulé
Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir
Halla Þórðardóttir
Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir

Photos from: 
Reykjavík Dance Festival- Residency at  Danceatelier Reykjavík August 2020

Photos: Owen Fiene