Move Me, Move You (easiest way to choreograph with a partner)

Donate to keep more videos coming:   / 88203.  . In this video we explore several methods to develop choreography using improvisation techniques. The basic exercise, You move me/I move you, derives ideas used by many physical theatre, dance and theatre companies. Non-Traditional Partnering, Contact Improv, contemporary dance, Commedia dell'arte and other movement theatre forms may use these techniques with a partner. PUSH Physical Theatre's Darren Stevenson and Ashley Jones show you how to develop original movement easily and quickly. Other companies you may want to research include DV8, Frantic Assembly, Pilobolus, Momix, Gecko, SITI (Anne Bogart), as well as some of the originators of corporeal and illusionary mime such as Etienne Decroux, Marcel Marceau, Bill Irwin, Jacques Copeau, Jacques Lecoq, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Thanks to Airigami for your amazing Studio Space: https://www.airigami.com/ About PUSH Physical Theatre: Intense athleticism, gravity-defying acrobatics, and soulful artistry are the trademarks of award-winning, genre-defining PUSH Physical Theatre. Founded in Rochester, NY in 2000 by husband-and-wife team, Darren and Heather Stevenson, out of a desire to “push” the boundaries of conventional theatre, PUSH has since earned an international reputation as one of the U.S.’s leading physical theatre companies. Recently featured in acclaimed collaborations with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ying Quartet, and Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s two multi-media operas (Comala and No Se Culpe with fellow composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez), PUSH has also produced its own full-length works including DRACULA, Jekyll & Hyde, and Arc of Ages. Additionally, its wide-ranging repertory includes many shorter works such as “Red Ball,” a hilarious take on the interplay between the real and virtual worlds using iPad technology. PUSH was a season finalist on TruTV’s national series, Fake Off, a competition/reality show featuring what producers dubbed “the captivating art of ‘faking’” – a mix of theatre, acrobatics, and illusion. Their performances caused judge and Glee star Harry Shum Jr. to exclaim: “You guys are superhuman!” These masters of physical storytelling have received the Community of Color/Anton Germano Dance Award, the Performing Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, and the University of Rochester’s Lillian Fairchild Award. In addition to a busy touring schedule, PUSH is passionate about arts-in-education programs and runs its own summer day camp for kids, teen training, and summer intensive for adult students from all over the world. More information is available at pushtheatre.org. Education: Award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre inspires awe with physical illusions and gravity-defying, acrobatic high-jinx. Individual stories connect to technology, science, character development and other learning goals and are given context to help children interpret the work in a grade-level appropriate way. It’s cool, it’s athletic, it’s a perfect metaphor-in-motion; the narratives of our lives played out with hope, strength, and optimism.