Katya Grokhovsky, Instructions for Slow Dancingbreathe.................
BunnyDancing, WOMAN. Blond Wig , again, RUSSIAN BITCH for Halloween and what to do with the voluptuous female body..................my own.
Response to Slow Dance by Stephanie Plenner, (SAIC):
SLOW DANCE
for Katya Grokhovsky
A RESPONSE
The Wait:
The Dancer waiting for a partner
The spectator/audience wait for their turn to dance.
The mind of a spectator watching the dance?
Desire
Yearning
Shy
Awkwardness
Hesitation
Fantasize
Reminisce (good&/or bad memories)
The Distance:
when exploring the dance, explore the space between.
Pushing people's limits.
Smells- what if you smell really bad or (weird)? Will they say something?
Will they excuse their self. or openly mention it?
Touch - What if you keep changing where your hand goes, throwing off the rhythm. How would they react if you gradually move your hand south?
Eye Contact? - what if you just stared at them the whole time. Would they keep the gaze?
The Feet:
How aware is the partner of their feet? Your feet?
Pushing people's limits
What if you are constantly staring at your feet? What if you keep stepping on their feet?
Is it possible to be off beat during slow dance?
The Dialogue:
Exploring conversations during the dance.
When leading the dance, lead the conversation.
How much is your partner willing to reveal about their self?
What if you go into a deep conversation about your ex or current lover, starting with a memory triggered by the current playing song? Will the partner listen, engage in conversation, start to give advice and/or reveal information about their own romances?
Open ended questions allow for various types of discussion.
Scripting.
Resisting discussion. Can't speak? Smile? No smile?
Gender Roles
The conventional female/male dance. Does there have to be a sexual chemistry./agenda between the two participants?
Victor/Victoria.
Films: Seven brides for seven brothers, Le Bal
Lectures: Martha Wilson,
Ori Gersht, Hamish Fulton
Hamish Fulton: .."do in your art what you are really interested in, not what you think will make your career..I was interested and still am, in camping and walking. So that's what I did and do to this day, in my art practice. I walk and camp///".
Martah Wilson: .." it's ok to be unpopular, be unpopular!"
" you are changing the world.."....."i make art for myself....first", "internal sense of the audience...."
Katya Grokhovsky, Slow Dance, Open Studio 2010, SAIC
