Duamarie Colon

Performance Day: Saturday, November 17

 

                                  Time after Time...

The interesting thing of this day was not only to present the performance that for a long time we were preparing, but as it would be in both presentations that would be on the same day. It was curious to see that although the same performances were presented, not both times came out the same way, just as there was one that worked better than another by the time they were performed, in my case I loved the way Was seen at night the space of the ramps, gave an image as if the ramps were floating, but when it happened during the day, I felt better, without fatigue and more energetic, but the light gave another effect to my performance.

That day the bodies even in the distance felt connected, like the different rhythms of each of them, in the space worked the idea that we could produce noise and even with this to see how not all be in the same rhythm but with The different tasks.

Round-Through: Thursday, November 16

Already in the round-through I felt that I was more sure of the things that had changed were going to work, I feel that at that moment I learned in the end that not always the drama is necessary to carry a deep message, that while more movements does not mean That you see more quality of the work, can be seen many times dirty and defined in many aspects, a simple idea can reach more to the public than the majesty of a technique within movements.

Second Rehearsal: Wednesday, 

 November 16

Have you ever wondered when you should stop expanding in the choreographed process to conform to the "final" material?

This first question was on my mind, but then I realized that I had to choose what elements I wanted and what not from what I had already created for the piece, that way I would expand my idea but with existing material, not always expand is Add "new" ideas, but see which works better together than those already created.

For me as a choreographer it is always important to take the consideration with the people that I collaborate in my piece, on this occasion I asked them individually how they felt while doing the rehearsals, we were able to exchange very good ideas and let me know that not everything that was inside The composition was useless, there was a lot of good stuff that I could know at that time that it was working.

This method gave me step to see and know if my dancers were understanding the concept of the piece and if they felt clear with the task and its performance within my piece.

The best thing about the rehearsal was to be able to receive feedback from Candy and Ana, it is best when two people who know how you move and another in what you want to work as a concept, they advise you to take that work to your goal. Everything I was told was very valid for me, sometimes the less is more is something in which I still have to work more, you can take a concept without having to show much drama inside. This was one of the main tips that offered me, in addition to being understood as each task was better to continue without adding a little drama, leaving it with the main idea of ​​the abstract.

First Rehearsal: Monday, November 7

In this first rehearsal in the Benaki Museum with ideas and montage in mind and body,  only the main ingredient was missing, make it real. In this way I would know what would work and what not inside the piece.

At the end of rehearsing the dance I noticed that the space I thought I knew became a strange place to carry out all the ideas and movements already planned.

A feedback from Vicky Spanovangelis was to cut some ideas and take the most important to see the clarity of the message that I wanted to presented.

 At that moment I realize that my score of movements has to be edited for many reasons, first not all the movements were adequate for space (previously I did not remember that it was a little bit wide but with a lot of depth, and that makes That the part of couples was eliminated) and second, and most important for me, was that the main idea was noticed, which was not reflected in the piece.

"Original score movements "

This score will help me to get an idea of ​​the bodies and elements in space. (It is not a score that indicates what moves to make, but rather to give us a sense of location in space.)

Laboratory movements...

Lab Time: Exploring the body with elements...

"Artist chooses a place, you want to see and activates it." by Nibia Pastrana 

Being led from this fantastic quote I activated all my senses and starts imaging how can representing all the bad thins in only one, that's where the chair appears. But the best part is to have four completely differences  body and shapes to represent the reality and the way we move around the chair, in the chair and actually the and the interaction of other bodies

Space I choose:

This space means a lot to my performance and the whole meaning I put it. These two ramps represent the course of life and its changes rather than against it.

My task:

RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for a while.

 by John Cage

RULE TWO: If you feel confidence in the space, then you has to changed, make some risks.

RULE THREE: Don't Judge from the beginning, keep exploring.

Tea Time Europe by Giorgios Zamboulakis

"... the value of acceptance of the others should be innate to every human being and every culture."

by Giorgio Zamboulaskis

This performance inspire me to work with this in my performance. Not because only I like the whole piece, is more I was really in shock of  the meaning to the performance. This performance is more about the bad things (war, violence, economy, etc.)  in Greece and Turkey, in the way the people go out and go in in this two country, but actually in Puerto Rico where I come, we have some similar situations. That's the principle reason I choose this, to represent a Puertorrican in Europe and say with my performance how bad we can be, but at the same time we can be away from this things.

Quote:

"Look at it, taste it, sense it, bathe in it, essentially it and leave it... let it come to you, acknowledging the enormity of your task by not taking on everything in every moment. "

-Susan Rethorst

 Space and Place

Space shapes the body, and the body shapes space. This particular sentence remember me to always be able to enjoy every space that maybe I can think is impossible to do something. Sometime we just judge the space and we don't try to confirm that is "impossible", but otherwise, we actually can make space with ours body. Body is too like a world, you are available to explore and investigate what shapes or spaces you can make with your own body.

Biography:

My name is Duamarie Colon and I am 22 years old.

I think art has the ability to reflect socio-cultural problematic situations our world. For years dedicating myself to ballet as the foundation in dance, I have questioned several situations related to this race. I reflect on art as a tool that allows me to turn thoughts unjust situations around my around. I am an advocate for anyone who can not show their feelings clear by my main tool, dance. I believe that every day you live a issues that help me as an artist to want to reflect them in my work to turn in positive or teachings. Changing rehearsal rooms to open spaces and have contact with nature, are elements that could be used to my working material. Between my fundamental to use concepts, always highlight the change of pace, take some risks, seek to position the aesthetics of movement in many different forms and present, In addition to linking the own feeling and from other.

My center at the time of producing a dance performance or is being influenced by the space I am at that time, including listening to my body, I can work that way several versions and see what the end should stay with her. Within my choreographic work there is room for body and space exploration, so I look for the body to experience not only physical strength but also emotional.

It strikes me present the connection between some images through objects, representing types of symbols through them. I start from the premise that freedom of expression is required in a body, leave it and not let it be. Let wants to move and not let it move us, it all happen by choice and not an imposed.