Abstract:
This practice research project explored the development of a further a mode of performance training and practice entitled Orientation Score – an improvisation challenging the notion of ‘neutrality’. Questions which arose during the project were: Can the emotional, relational practices developed in Orientation Score translate beyond discipline specific focus/process? How do we (a working ensemble) codify the collective identity of the ‘performer’? Is the language used in the facilitation process discipline dependent – or is there a language for the work which lends itself to the transdisciplinary? Can an undercurrent of therapeutic consciousness that seeks to have ethics in mind provide another way of ‘holding’ art-making in global perception?
Findings and conclusion:
What we found during the process was the influence and intention to train adaptability in the complexity of how a performer stays connected (grounded, present, aware) to themselves in relation to other/s and environment. This will be analysed predominantly within the context of studio working practice and developing sustainable performative presence, working with participants from different schools and disciplines.
