Release Technique 29/09/2011

Personal Goals

• Breathing - To use my breath more as this will give me a deeper movement quality and allow me to really get into the positions that are needed for this technique.
• Positioning - To improve on my upper body curve and also a lower back curve, I have realised I don't have much flexibility in my back so I don't have a big range for a curve, I can also do this by using my breath. 
• Strength - To remember to always keep my core held when performing tondu's etc and not sitting into my lower back.

Skills

• Travelling - I am a confident traveller, I know that I can push myself to cover the space.
• Correction - Will try and correct as soon as I am given any form of criticism
• Articulation of movement - Trying to articulate every bone in my foot when doing tondu's

Feelings that occur

     When dancing the release technique I feel comfortable in how I move and also quite confident. The class moves quite quickly and routines are taught to us with speed but I feel I have the skills to be able to pick them up just as quick which then gives me time to go through the movement and improve. I love having a sense of momentum behind the movement and then a sudden stop, this gives the sequence a real dynamic quality, a 'juicy' quality. I know that I have to improve so that the momentum doesn't get the better of me and I finish off my lines and each individual part.

Anatomical
    To use the breath in this technique is very important it allows me to get a deeper sense of the movement, allows me to really push myself into the curves etc it also allows me to feel grounded. To fight the breath seems un-natural as it is the most important movement in a human body one that we experience 24 hours, 7days a week. Ballet tries to create the illusion that a ballerina is perfect and doesn't get out of breath, whereas contemporary techniques try to embrace this.

This is a picture of me relaxing over in a contemporary arabesque line, it is clear from this photo that I need to stretch all the way down my lifted Leg and also relax my head more.

From a different angle