during rehearsal

we spent our time looking into one another eyes 

EARLIER IN THE DAY: 

friendship -- reimagined 

holding -- reimagined 

acknowledgement -- reimagined 

                                  ( no longer as merely reflection )

how we support one another 

the only witness that matters here is hers

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score idea:  

to not copy 

to not copy 

to not copy 

to meet one another, not by copying 

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P; perhaps people don't need to see us be performatively still at this cultural moment in our collective present (post a year of UK lockdowns), perhaps what's far more interesting, is dancing 

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to be sat on the floor looking at one another when the audience are invited back into the auditorium to find their seats 

looking at one another when audience come in 

swivel to look at audience when they are settled 

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LATER IN THE EVENING: 

we're rehearsing in the bedroom 

plan of action 

eye gazing 

head falls and catches 

I thought maybe some hand holding movement 

being apart when the audience come in 

moving toward when they are settled 

I still like the idea of being still lying on the floor when they come in 

standing side by side turning slowly 360 round holding hands 

how does delay play

don't forget shapes 

<3 

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    sensing, sounding, imagining and moving

to not copy 

to not copy 

to not copy 

to meet one another, not by copying 

where the response doesn't have to be a reflection 

we don't have to mirror one another to let each another know that what the other one did was fine and okay that they did it 

e.g. you move your shoulder and I move mine in response, as a communicable way of saying, its okay, I accept you, I still love you 

this is cosying up 

not reveal 

cosying up says; reveal yourself and I will leave my experience to match yours, to make you feel safe 

reveal says; what if the safety were so innate, solid, cultivated, that you could fully reveal and need no response from me, no head nod of affection, no slight of acceptance, no shift of reassurance

            this is the reveal for which we aim

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we like:

holding hands

reaching to hold hands 

we could start by:

eye gazing as audience come in 

being apart while audience come in, they settle we move together eye gaze

eye gaze as audience come in, they settle we look at to through them 

kneeling still like statues, audience settle we begin to express 

lying on the floor 

someone walks out and then the other joins, hold hands 

sections so far:

eye gazing 

hand holding round 

grabbing of the hand