project update #1

So as of today, I have contacted the two people who will be dancing in my video and we are currently discussing the location of the shoot. This process has been a collaborative effort in order for them to understand the vision of the project and for me to understand the history and spirit of the dance. What I hope my piece can begin achieve is to package my vision of this project with the history and movement of the dance itself into a beautiful interaction between their bodies and my camera. I think we have the potential to create something deeper and more meaningful than just documentation of a dance. I hope that we can begin to develop a dialogue within the piece that puts these topics into the mind of the audience, but also allows them to feel a part of the dance, rather than just watching the dance.

I think we can achieve this by not only choreographing the moves of the dancers but also choreograph the movement of the camera as another member of the dance. We achieve this by not only focusing on the dancer but getting in close on specific movements and reactions as the two dancers interact within the piece.