As this was our last contact class we mainly worked on our scores ready for the open scores later on in the week. We started the class doing a spiral exercise, spiralling around a partner. I found this extremely difficult at first however after a while I got used to the movement. Me and my partner tried this exercise on the floor but struggled on the floor and found that being stood up unlocked more movements and this is something I tried to think about when feeling as though I needed to work off of the floor. We used the rest of the class to work on our scores, at first we discussed the changes that we were to make from what was fed back to us in the previous week and we decided to help us change levels and to help us use more of the space. We decided that to utilise the space more and to use more levels that each time we came out of the space we would create a rule for ourselves for example in one of the scores I chose the rule that I wouldn’t take my feet off of the floor. We then performed this to the other half of our class and after another discussion refined the score before performing it again and refining it for the open score later on in the week. After the refining of the scores our rules developed to become:
-Four people out of the space at all times
-Everyone begins out of the space
-Move from one end of the space to another in a duet
-If a trio is created then the last person to join must change the direction of travel
-Make an individual rule whilst out of the space to make the score more interesting
I personally think that the open studio went extremely well however I personally felt that I could have been braver and gone closer to the audience and also I could have spent more time on my feet to show a contrast in levels however I really enjoyed the open studio and found it one of my most enjoyable jams/scores of the semester.