rehearsal 1: finding shapes in space

rehearsal 2: counted walking trio

rehearsal 3: walking pattern connecting the shapes

rehearsal 4: retrograde walking trio

rehearsal 5: shifting shapes

rehearsal 6: braiding for three

rehearsal 7: setting a three-person braiding pattern

rehearsal 8: a phrase (!)

rehearsal 9: a way in and out of braiding

rehearsal 10: more braiding for three

rehearsal 11: quintessential braiding for three (plus gating)

rehearsal 12: everyone does pattern for three with braiding and gating

rehearsal 13: replacing

rehearsal 14: replacing with feet and hands

rehearsal 15: more experimentation with replacing

rehearsal 16: braiding for four

rehearsal 17: braiding for four in a grid

rehearsal 18: pass the ball, pass the focus

rehearsal 19: finding braiding for four

rehearsal 20: quintessential braiding for four

rehearsal 21: pattern for two? Jodi + Jillian, Benjamin + Sydor

rehearsal 22: pattern for two? Benjamin + Jodi

rehearsal 23: improvisation: position and space

rehearsal 24: a repeating pattern for four

rehearsal 25: trying to rotate rehearsal 24’s pattern (no video)

rehearsal 26: making loops from rehearsal 1’s shapes

rehearsal 27: adding solfege to the trio braiding

rehearsal 28: beginning to set something for Dixon Place Showing

rehearsal 29: continuing to set something for Dixon Place Showing

rehearsal 30: play with combining shapes with momentum

rehearsal 31: complicating shape-shifting, unifying the braiding patterns

rehearsal 32: setting the draft for Dixon Place

rehearsal 33: setting the ending for Dixon Place

Dixon Place presents: Body Blend: first public showing

rehearsal 34: finding a new tetris-only shapeshifting

contingencies: too cold to work, and Ben gets sick

rehearsal 35: continuing tetris shapeshifting and taking braiding to the floor

rehearsal 36: continuing floorwork

rehearsal 37: using the anchor’s body to map the other dancers/combining the pattern for 3 and 4

rehearsal 38: going to the floor in the pattern for three

rehearsal 39: going to the floor in the pattern for four

rehearsal 40: exploring a pattern for one

rehearsal 41: codifying patterns for one

rehearsal 42: codifying more patterns for one

rehearsal 43: approaching a solo

rehearsal 44: ben improvising on the pattern for one

rehearsal 46: imposing a grid on the pattern

rehearsal 47: ben’s marching band influence shines through

rehearsal 48: meshing the patterns for 3 and 4

rehearsal 49: the pattern for 3/4/5

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video marked in red is good place to start

want the work in a nutshell?  watch the Judson Church showing here and the Dixon Place showing here