evaluasi mark

what did you learn?

1. Found out more about the participants - through the way they moved, explained, gave and received instructions, planned, problem-solved and facilitated. And thus, learning that people process and work very differently – some come very prepared, some need to work out on the floor in order to help them visualize their piece, some are obsessive tweakers, some know what their piece is about and work towards that goal, some are more open to change and input on the floor and let the process reveal what their piece is about.

2. The wonder of floor patterns! The stuff I’d previously done had no clear (or otherwise very organic) floor patterns. Working with f.p. became a challenge and an obsession.

3. Other choreographic concepts and using them in choreography and performance.

4. Knee pads are your friends.

5. Hujan = slippery when wet. But it was a great experience to perform in the rain.

6. There is no substitute for hard work.

what worked well for you in the workshop?

1. The amount, variety and dynamics of participants (body shapes, experiences, skills).

2. The introduction and immediate application of choreographic concepts within the sessions.

3. The short amount of time, while a little too short, forced us to plan and lead clearly, concretize concepts and think on our feet. Efficiency is your friend also.

what did not work so well?

1. We needed a leveling-off of movement vocabularies between the participants – we may have found the limitations of our bodies, but am not sure that we pushed these limitations (beyond stamina, body awareness and focus).

2. The ‘site-specific-ness’ of our performance space – in many ways we were doing a site-unspecific work, which is okay in itself. The performances ultimately could have happened in any space. But if we had planned to do the performance in Central Market early on, then the contexts (historical, immigrant, sexual, political, architectural) related to the space should have been investigated for performance.

what did you like?

1. Performing. In a Marion D’Cruz project.

2. The audience and the performance space – we should do more things in Central Market.

3. The clear structure and goal of the workshop – this helped to shape the momentum for the final sessions and performances.

what did you not like?

1. Mac Chan should have been in it. Basket.

what do you want more of?

1. Marion D’Cruz projects – workshops, performances, dance theory classes.

2. More ‘watching’, analysis and discussion of choreography – contemporary, traditional, social and folk dance, physical theatre, sport, national day parades, opening/closing ceremonies (World Cup, Olympics, SUKMA), Bollywood/MTV videos, etc.

3. More in-depth looks at the works, issues and trajectories of a number of contemporary choreographers – local/international, whatever. Especially Marion’s work, to see the Choreography for Non-Choreographers work in the context of her career, and not just another experimental project by the flers at Five Arts Centre.

what do you want less of?

1. Talking talking talking talking on the rehearsal floor.

suggestions for next workshop and/or other workshops

1. Creative Movement workshop before Non-Choreographer’s workshop.

2. Please look at what do you want more of?