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Dance is Home #4- Window Shopping

4/9/2020

Let’s make dances while we #shelterinplace

We can still look out and observe our surroundings. Let’s do that today. You may notice something new!

In your house:

Go to a window.
List what you see.
Make one movement for each word.
Put them together in any order.

Have fun creating movement with your words. Play with being literal and abstract! Use any of the suggestions below to expand on this mini dance. Remember this can be as simple or complex as you want. It’s yours to make. Take your time and play!

Can you:

Try the dance facing the back, right, left, and front of the window.
Do it again and change your facing two times.

Sway, slash, skip, sing?

Today’s focus: SPACE- SHAPES and DIRECTIONS.
Happy dance making!!

Would love to see your #danceishome
Please tag me @jonesdanceco so we can see what you made.

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Dance is Home #3- Doorway Discoveries

4/6/2020

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Let’s make dances while we #shelterinplace

A fun score that explores movement in a doorway you pass through daily. Discover the corners, ways it can support you (did you ever climb it), and shapes you can make with it. The best part is your dance is automatically framed and ready for viewing!

In your house:

Choose a doorway.
Make low, middle, and high shapes in the doorway.
Reach to each corner.
Let the doorway support your weight.

Have fun moving in this defined space and use any of the suggestions below to expand on this mini dance. Remember this can be as simple or complex as you want. It’s yours to make. Take your time and play!

Can you:

Pretend you are two dimensional like a petroglyph?
Use the doorway to frame, compliment, and support your shapes.
Determine if you are stuck, confined, or content.
Push, wiggle, hop, float, twist?

Today’s focus: SPACE and the SHAPES we can make.
Happy dance making!!

Would love to see your #danceishome
Please tag me @jonesdanceco so we can see what you made.

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Dance is Home #2- Furniture Showcase

4/1/2020

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Let’s make dances while we #shelterinplace

Inspired by our new spatial patterns due to social distancing, I am offering a series of movement prompts to spark dance making in the comfort of our homes.

Dance Is Home #2- Furniture Showcase
In your house:

Choose a piece of furniture- a chair, lamp, table, etc.
Move- in front of, near, beside, over or under, behind, alone or connected.
Make the furniture’s shape with your body.

Have fun moving in and around your piece of furniture and use any of the suggestions below to expand on this mini dance. Remember this can be as simple or complex as you want. It’s yours to make. Take your time and play!

Can you:

Name the furniture?
Describe it’s personality?
Make movements that demonstrate the energy/personality of the furniture?
Crawl, wiggle, poke, wrap, lean?

Today’s focus: SPACE and the RELATIONSHIPS we can make.
Happy dance making!!

Would love to see your #danceishome
please tag me @jonesdanceco

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Dance is Home #1- House Tour

3/28/2020

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Trace the shape of a table by walking around it.
Immediately walk to your front door.
Move to the sink.
End up in your favorite room.

Have fun moving around your house and use any of the suggestions below to expand on this mini dance. Remember this can be as simple or complex as you want. It’s yours to make. Take your time and play!

Can you:

Map out your route on paper?
Meander, lean, point, slide, and stretch in your pathway?
Make movements that demonstrate the energy of the room(s)?
Discover different ways to travel from one place to the next?
Give the tour with an overall theme?

Today’s focus: SPACE and the PATHWAYS we can make.
Happy dance making!!

Would love to see your #danceishome
please tag me @jonesdanceco

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