Today was my first time using the video camera in my rehearsal process as a way to capture my “lab” experiments. This is a pre-experiment that was incredibly informative and provided me with some clarity regarding the way in which I want to proceed and conduct the rest of my thesis PaR (practice as research) process. Blending the theoretical, practical and physical can be challenging! Tonight the filming process and analytical reflection on camera proved to be a bit intrusive on my creative practice. I will need to re-evaluate how to move forward in my PaR.
RQ: How can I challenge my body to react and respond to two languages in one environment (MacCracken dance studio, Bronxville, New York)?
Prompt: Answer 5 biographical questions and assign one movement to each answer while switching from German to English. Questions include: full name (Ingrid Dehler-Seter), age (twenty-five), place of birth (Northampton, Massachusetts), name of college (Sarah Lawrence College), area of study (Dance).
Outcome: The movement immediately became the steady reel of activity that bound together the memory of the physical and verbal answers I gave during this exercise. As the laboratory progressed, I increased the tempo causing the continuous verbal switch from English to German to fluster my ability to perform the movements without a delay. The outcome exhibits an internal and external relationship that is seemingly in synch until the movements become overwhelmed by the verbal switching. As the first laboratory, I found the situation was forced, which meant that the usual emotional component experienced when code-switching did not exist.
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