Body: Rachel Sweeney, Dartmoor, Devon UK. Creator: ROCKface (Orr & Sweeney) during Mapping Project, March 2007. The softness of this environment - the grass between her fingers, the twigs above her head, the only tree for miles, shelters her from the open, wild moor - is reflected in the softness of her cheeks, eyes, mouth, touch. This is the transference of properti...

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TRE Task 2 - : For Marnie from CarlaLook at the skeleton in relation to the centre. Observe what is the effort of your muscles. Taken from Feldenkrais:You can rely on your skeleton to move rather than relying on a muscular action. The format and the connections of the bones with the muscles and ligaments and tendons. So the effort that I make and how I make it. WOrking in training - indoors envir...

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TRE Task 2 - Approach as an encounter between two bodiesTask for Carla whilst at Frank van de Ven Bodyweather choreographic / body|landscape workshop: Focus on continuing work with encounters between tree body and my bodyMarnie proposes Carla to focus on the difference and the transition between passiveness and action in terms of the transference of properties between the two bodies.What are the properties...

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Focusing on my centre:Only yet exploring the question from training sessions in studio.It was about strength / my power base.My ability to go where I want. To be versitile in terms of body action.Could go further - direct - deeper in the movement within MB Bodyweather MB training indoors, not leading"constantly re-engaging with myself through the centre"constantly reflection in action - and knowledge...

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Body state variations in focusing on the presence of wind. Movement Lab 09. Creator: Marnie Orr. Bodies (L-R):Caitlin McLouglin; Michelle Outram; Justin Morrissey. City Beach, Perth, Australia, Jan-Feb ...

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This workshop happened on the 16th May/09, and was my initial investment to begin this movement research. With this research I want to create a collective action which moves through the city. I want to investigate which changes happen in the perception of the body and the city dynamics and for that, I imagine that a large number of people would be effective.In this first workshop I had only 5 people who worked together for a...

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water reeds echo in fingert...

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Simple relation is beauti...

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We'll set tasks to each other, choosing something to work on that relates to where we already are in our investigative process.Sunday10May2009 11:25Marnie to CarlaMarnie working towards a task for Carla:Pedestrian Body -What are the physical charactristics of a pedestrian body?Describe these characteristics according to the physical propertieseg.timingweight distributionspeed relationdensitygazetensionintentionSunday10May2009...

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