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Logs of Video footage of Marvin Grove Improvisation
with links to video files on KU server
Day 1, September 29, 2008 (Rich)
Day 3, October 6, 2008 (Rich) Day 3 October 6, 2008 (Michelle) Day 3, October 6, 2008 (Pete)
Day 4, October 8, 2008 (Michelle) Day 4, October 8, 2008 (Pete) Day 4, October 8, 2008 (Rich)
Camera: Rich
Note: This footage has no audio.
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/dance150-9-29-08-Grove-withoutaudio.wmv
Log:
:00 Focus on dancers raising up, move to standing
:45 arms up, swaying right.
1:03 fade in light flashes, one leg balancing
1:57 balance stretch, pan left Sherrie in background, hold, pedestrian
2:39 further pan left, Sherrie balancing next to tree
2:58 stop pan, zoom out, pan left, Chris sitting on steps drinking coffee taking notes
3:19 pan right, stop on dancers doing big kicks, Michelle M to right, more dancer warm-ups
5:33 medium shot of dancers on sidewalk, Michelle H instructing, Chris in foreground, Michelle M and Pete and Chris go in and out of frame
6:50 zoom in on dancer laughing, pan slight left, following Michelle H, pan right to dancers listening, pan left back to Michelle instructing
8:00 close ups of legs, and feet of dancers, grass, zooming in and out
8:30 Michelle H gestures toward the space, stiffens, lumbers
8:55 pan left to empty space, trees
9:07 dancers running and walking through space, in and out of frame
9:18 pan left, Chris in foreground, dancers walking to trees, to back of space
9:39 pan further left Chris in far right, dancers in far background
10:04 pan right to tree, grass, Michelle H hunched over, dancers observing, zoom out
10:47 pan left to dancers, fast zoom in to improv with tree, four dancers up and down and around tree trunk, one on ground
11:30 camera moves quickly in upper limbs, pans out
11:50 many dancers moving, walking, opening arms and waving arms near trees Pete taking pictures, what seem to by like “dancerly" moves
12:35 camera off tripod moves in dollies closer
13:11 break, return, Michelle H instructing
15:30 close-ups of dancers feet and ankles
16:11 pan up and down tree trunk overexposed, bright
16:45 dancer comments, two shot
roughly 2000 zoom out to dancers and Michelle discussing in circle
roughly 2300 dancers in far background, running toward foreground and off camera
23:28 pan left, dancer grabs tree, moves around it, runs out of frame
23:49 pan left, dancer in left frame waltzes around tree with tree
24:00 dancers in background
24:52 camera zooms quickly into many dancers around one tree, out of focus, jiggling
25:55 leaves, ground, fast camera
26:00 dancers running camera following,
27:00 zoom in on Pete taking photos
27:30 break, dancers regroup
28:00 discussion in circle
31:00 zoom in to Michelle M taking notes, pan left to Sherrie taking notes in background, zoom in, Michelle’s chin, hold on Sherrie, pedestrians walking through on sidewalk in and out of frame
32:25 pan left to Michelle H ground, dancers milling about,
33:00 two groups standing with backs against tree trunks, zoom out to see more groups doing same
33:50 pan right to Michelle H instructing, dancers slide down tree trunks (small in background)
34:30 some dancers at tree base others slide up, then roll around each other and trunks—top of frame
35:00 pan left for closer trees and dancers
35:47 dancers stop, regroup, camera follows
36:00 zoom in on one group of two sitting at base of trunk, slowly working themselves up, Pete in background
36:40 a third dancer emerges from other side of tree, zoom in to base of trunk, feet, ground
37:40 Michelle H sighs ,bends down out of frame, arm only in frame, camera follows Michelle H in slow movements, then teaching, motioning, talking is med shot
38:30 camera moves, blurry tracking
38:50 group of three around tree, slide down, one winces, good closer up
39:18 begin to roll around each other, close up of legs, pan down and up
39:40 fourth dancer rolls around, more rolling
40:30 zoom out to group discussion
42:00 ish-- closer shot of dancers talking
45:00 three groups around trees, slide down, in foreground begin to roll around each other (same with two in background)
46:40—getting up, brushing off, pan right for group discussion
48:50 close up of “Dance” t shirt back
51:00 Michele M and Pete listening to discussion
Camera: Rich
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/dance150-10-1-08-Grove.wmv
0:00 – 0:38 Long shot of the grove
0:38 - 0:54 Close-up of male dancer on tree
0:54 – 2:35 Long shot of multiple dancers making contact and dancigng on sculpture. Some talking (from observing group?) Rich laughing.
2:35 - 2:49 Camera pans up to trees, rapidly and without focus.
2:49 - 3:36 Same group (trees, sculpture) but from a little farther away. Construction beeping throughout, as well as some train noise.
3:37 - 10:45 Class comes back together to discuss the activity. Shot is a little darker for a bit at the beginning. Michelle H. and class having discussion, but it is a bit hard to hear. Church bells.
10:45- 11:48 Same discussion, but with a close-up of Michelle H. Easier to hear dialogue
11:48 – 13:48 Return to original shot of discussion. Students more excited, laughing.
13:48 -14:20 Chris doing audio recording, Pete observing
14:21-16:00 Shot of class, difficult to hear Michelle H. speaking.
16:00 – 16:38 Class breaks up to do the next exercise, camera moves to long shot.
16:38 – 16:43 Cool shot of dancers running toward and past the camera.
16:43 – 17:35 Long shots of improv exercise
17:35-18:25 Close up of grass, movement towards dancers.
18:25-18:48 Dancers running in background, a few students move on a tree.
18:48 -19:38 Dancers in the grove, then movement of the camera to a new location.
19:54 – 20:00 Chris talks about “do not climb on sculpture sign”
20:00-20:38 Dancers on the sculpture, Chris walks through the frame
20:38 – 22:32 Improv exercise, Pete is visible for a bit, close-up of 4-6 dancers contacting heach other and a tree.
22:32 Camera moved very close to the tree and group of dancers.
22:46 – 23:36 Group of several students around trees. Interaction between dancers and overlapping of bodies.
23:36 – 23:47 Group disperses and camera follows one of them to a different tree
23:47 – 24:38 Pan out to see class reassembling for discussion. Long shot, then moving towards them. Train noise and bells.
24:38 Discussion with Michelle H. and class. Bells in the background, construction noises hard to make out what everyone is saying. Chris is behind Michelle audio recording. Pete is observing in the rights side of the frame.
28:05 -28:32 Student talking about interaction with squirrels.
28:32 More discussion, sound quality not great. Pete and Chris in the background at certain points.
32:02 Whistle, discussion continues. Bells continue, too.
33:33 – Michelle talking about mistakes, awareness, things you can do. Big arm movements.
35:02 “Let’s hear from the spectators”
36:22 “She looked like another extension or ramification of the tree.” Audio is slightly better.
38:59 – 39:24 Wyatt discussing shadows
39:35 – 41:40 Michelle giving directions for next exercise, including picking up “movement qualities” of things going on above them. Contact is encouraged. 40/40/20 breakdown. Michelle joking about how she hasn’t seen the sign not to climb on the sculpture.
42:00-43:10 Break for squirrel poses
43:10 – 43:40 discussion of squirrel poses, laughing
43:40 close up of students’ backs. Hard to hear.
44:09 Break up to begin next exercise
44:30 Two dancers , close together without a tree, moving together, making contact.
44:49 Long shot of whole field, dancers running through it. Sculpture in the background, but no one is on it.
45:40 – 46:17 Dancer in the tree, Chris underneath him audio taping
46:17-46:39 Another dancer in a different tree (I think?), cars in the background. Her body is hard to see between the parts of the tree.
46:39 Dancers rejoin observing students and Michelle for discussion. Different noise here. Clanging?
48:00 Shots of legs and grass and shadows while discussion continues. Still hard to hear.
51:30 End of class, applause, “thank you”
52:01 Chris talking about audio quality while a piece of construction equipment spins in the background. Amazing shot.
Camera: Rich
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/Grove-Rich.wmv
Camera: Michelle
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/Grove-Michelle.wmv
Audio is about 2 seconds behind video
:00 gathering at wall, talking, Danny (visiting student) sits on wall
:40 ff—warm-ups (medium shots), lots of loud background noise—construction vehicles, other machines? Revving engines; beeps; Michelle H’s voice straining against noise sometimes
Interviews start at 1436
15:37 q: All dance majors? No. Class required for majors and minors
16:15 q: preconceptions
16:45 a: more instructions given by Michelle than thought
17:22 it’s more of a building process
12:30 was it easier to have fewer choices?
But still had your own imagination within it
17:55 Michelle is pushing for us to invent movement
18:56—q dies this space affect choices
more expansive, uneven ground
19:42 dangers—sticks, “acorns” wet ground
19:50—campanile sounds—loud!
20:20 memories in the space
20:37 moment of beauty
21:00 pounding
21:07 inspirations for choices?
21:25—wind
21:30-40 truck drowns out voice of dancer
22:00—wrapping around tree tactile, using ground
23:00—surprising moves? Throwing things
24:00—new group
preconceptions
25:00—working with silence new, assumed music
25:24—music influences you to move a certain way, but go with outside noises
25:54—no beat or rhythm, make up your own
26:00—squirrel very loud
26:40—still pay attention to sounds around you (squirrel continues to shriek)
27:00—truck noises drown out dancers’ voice
27:30—different choices as compared to studio? (more truck noise loud, beeping)
28:00—setting has allowed us to get away from dancing music
28:40—be aware every time you put your foot down when in the grove
29:00—like when you drive somewhere for the first time
29:50—cautions about movement
30:20—more truck noise
30:45 How has it changed since it started?
31:20—hold my leg in an awkward position, I’m close to my body and close to my mind (campanile rings again) I’m just gonna let it happen releasing yourself and going into nature
31:55 I don’t plan anything ahead, just what is behind me, around me (hour chime) especially other dancers
32:10 no planning at all
32:18 which tree run to next, thinking and planning just is going tree to tree
32:47—internal dialogue about body positions
32:58-meditative, no parameters about movement, don’t have to berate myself with constant criticism
33:20—Any less self aware?
33:30—yes, but that’s where training comes in. my body knows where to put my body
33:37 is it every a challenge to do non dancer movements?
34:00 yes, truck noises
34:10—do you feel the need to make something new every time?
34:26—used to choreography, but this is play time, a much richer experience
34:55 set my own parameters, carried my own theme trough the weeks
35:44—the simplest things are often the most creative
35:50—the sun changes your focus, energetic
36:16—new group
36:54—hard to make decisions, choreography we always know what’s coming next
37:10 how do you make decisions?
37:20—Your body
37:26—touching, looking for openings, other people give you opportunities for contact
38:00-more challenging with a tree than with a person, a tree is just a tree
38:36—these aren’t everyday decisions
38:56—how is it different out here?
39:00—feeding off the environment, more peaceful
39:39—the amount of space, its so vast
39:50—less spectatorship because of big space
40:24—even in an improv class, its still a performance
40:50—different inspirations
41:04—How is the ground different? Its unstable, but downhill gives you more momentum
42:50—in ballet there is no decisions
43:27—choices lead you to a mental state of awareness
43:43—will anything carry over in to studio?
44:20—influenced mvt in other classes
45:13—being observed, (bus), “innocent bystanders” differences from studio
46:00—get to a place where you have no inhibitions, not paying attention to what’s around
continued discussion
47:00—Sherrie-put myself in your positions
47:55—Chris’s coffee cup—breaking down any walls of “we’re still in dance class’’ this is s a totally different experience”
48:30--49:40 differences and similarities between musical and dance improv—Chris and dancers.
Camera: Pete
Pete's video footage files from 10.6.08 are actually dated 2008-10-5
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/wmvexports10_22/clip-2008-10-05_22-02-30.wmv
37:32 - 40:18 - excellent discussion of interaction/reaction of non-Dance 150 and non-AMS 998 Marvin Grove inhabitants (Michelle's video footage, 10.8.08)
[There is Similar discussion in Michelle's video footage from 10/6 interviews with dancers (audio only from this might be best--audio and video are out of sync]
45:13—being observed, (bus), “innocent bystanders”, dancers turn it around and ask the interviewers questions
47:00—Sherrie-put myself in your positions
47:55—Chris’s coffee cup—breaking down any walls of “we’re still in dance class’’ this is s a totally different experience”
48:30--49:40 differences and similarities between musical and dance improv—Chris and dancers.
1:40 - Michelle H. says, "I hope someone got that in the documentation..." (Pete's video footage, 10.6.08; 22-31-33-2)
Camera: Rich
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/Grove-Rich-10-8-08.wmv
0:00 Long shot of warm up exercises, yoga poses, taken from the back of the class. Michelle shouting over construction noise.
0:40 Arms up
0:53 Arms up with whooshing noise in the background. Michelle talking, construction noise
1:30 Closer shot
2:36 Loud clanging as they lower themselves to the ground.
3:43 Change in perspective to the front of the group, off to the side. Still warming up.
4:40 Cut to- beginning of exercise. Dancers in trees Long shot. One dancer lying down in the greass. Several dancers in the frame, moving similarly, in rhythm with one another.
5:35 closer shot of a few students on a tree.
6:10 Dancer alone, leaning upright on tree
6:25 Dancers running from tree to tree, shot shows how spread out they are.
6:44 “dancer moves” in front of tree
6:58-7:20 Pete videotaping. Hissing in the background. Rich laughing. Dancer runs past.
7-20-7:33 Multiple dancers running from trees
7:40-8:36 One dancer working with tree, covering it. Hanging on it. Lying near it.
8:36 Shot of observing students through the trees. Michelle kneeling next to them talking. Cannot hear.
8:55 – 9:05 Return to same dancer, now lying farther away from the tree.
9:12 Dancer sitting between roots and wiggling only her toes as people run past her. Cool shot.
9:47 Michelle rounds them up
10:05 Rich and Pete talking about equipment. Moving.
10:40 Dancers lying on and around trees.
11:08-11:24 Kathy(?) making dirt snow angels
11:25-11:51 Dancer straddling a skinny tree. Cannot see her face, as it is completely blocked by tree.
11:53 Whistle, new dancer enters the frame
12:06 Back to Kathy and another dancer. She is still on the ground, flat, then sitting up, then running away.
12:27-12:45 Wide shot of dancers. What sounds like gasping on audio.
12:47-12:56 Different dancer lying on her back in the grass, rolls over, runs away.
13:13- 13:34 Two dancers lying on their back near a tree.
13:36-13:51 Tree hugging, legs wrapped around tree
13:51-14:38 Sense of the space, dancers run through the frame, construction noises
14:40-15:12 Kathy collapsed on tree. She looks asleep.
15:13-16:06 Crawling away from tree, keeping contact with the ground. Lying face down on the ground, holding that position.
16:22 Gasping noise
16:25-17:07 Contact with each other, contact with the tree
17:15 -17:50 Working in the space above the dancer’s head. Arms up. Standing near the tree, but not touching it. Mimicking the pose of the tree.
18:00 Class regroups
18:45 Rich and Michelle H. talking about how the footage is coming out.”Visually compelling”
19:05 “Roots”19:22 Getting stuck in a spot, not wanting to move, getting “rooted”
19:54 Physical discomfort 20:05 Getting lost in the improv, immersed
20:25 “took about three minutes to get there”
21:10 construction noise, hard to hear, but Jordan is talking about his experience.
21:30 bells, time for squirrel poses. “Run to your trees”
21:55-22:50 Squirrel poses, students and Michelle H., Pete videotaping.
23:34 “I want to encourage you to make decisions” “trust your instincts”
24:15 groups switching out
24:40 organizing which group goes where and from where to start.
25:03 Start of new exercise
25:12-25:55 Rich – “you got nothing, Pete?” Off kilter shots as the camera is adjusted?
26:04-26:10 Hanging on the tree, picking up something from the ground and throwing it
.26:10 -26:37 Contact between dancers around a tree
26:48-27:06 Leaning against tree, moving arms in a “scissors” motion
27:10 Running, walking, movement within trees.
27:30-27:54 contact, hand holding, intertwining
27:59-28:06 Jordan lying on the ground, between trees, then sits up.
28:47-29:58 Foot coming out from behind a tree, then hand, then rest of the dancer as she moves along the roots and slides down the trunk to the ground.
30:03 – 30:20 Dancer sitting on rocks, “observing” even though she is one of the dancers, hand coming out from behind the tree
30:27 – 30:49 Jordan hugging tree, then doing an arabesque
30:55 – 31:12 Making contact with the trees, hanging on tree
31:14 -31:28 Observing students.
31:33-32:15 Making contact, interacting, hand holding. Touch. Hugging one another. Jordan’s arabesquing leg pokes into frame.
32:22 Making a chain, hand holding, touch, lying on the ground
33:12 Class regroups “great” Discussing favorite moments of the previous exercise. Bending reaching “rooted”
34:20 Michelle H. “proud of the kind of work your doing” rigorous training
35:01 Risks
35:30 length of the improvs, avoiding “dance” moves, beautiful work
36:10 Powe
36:27 Bells
36:55 Rich, but rewarding
37:16 Student reflecting on her own performance tagged around 31:33-33:00
38:00 Less audible
38:59 Different student reflecting on her own performance tagged around 31:33-33:00
40:44 Class breaks up
40:54 Rich and Pete talking about whether or not they caught the aforementioned performance on tape.
Camera: Michelle
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/Grove-Michelle-10-8-08.wmv
0:00 - bright/overexposed --- focus/lens "breathing"
1:10 - "directional mic...
1:20 - playback of test recording
2:10 - Pete "noticed in your notes..." observing Sherrie's observations; hesitant descriptions; likeness to yoga poses
5:10 - Pete and Michelle check batteries
6:11 - Pete "this camera, I watched the footage I took...
7:40 - sound of heels of shoes on sidewalk - passerby walks close in front of the camera (also in front of AMS group) screen left to right - bell chime - sound of heels of shoes on sidewalk behind group - passerby walks behind AMS group screen right to left - another passerby in front of AMS group close to lens screen right to left
8:51 - group of dancers "performing" self-reflexivley for the camera
10:40 - Jordan (?) "spatial relationships...the architecture of the space...topography...
11:33 - "vastness of the space...
12:46: "I feel like an ant..." (Chris's mic in the edge of the frame)
13:31 - "inner landscape...
14:27 - "on stage it is different...
14:42 - "radiating outwards...
15:45 - Pete behind group - arm extended above heads with a handheld video camera
16:15 - "in the studio the other person is the tree
18:16 - "positive and negative space
19:25 - "you let them inside your bubble (contact improv) - combine bubbles
19:47 - "actor/dancer
20:45 - "vocabulary...facial expression
21:50 - "space (not) emotionally charged
22:52 - "here space is endless..." - Sherrie and Wyatt in the background
23:11 - "I feel like an ant
24:50 - "the grass is wet, there's mud...(falling) yielding to it
25:25 - "improv, the environment is different everyday
25:43 - "less control
26:20 - "felt vulnerable when we moved
27:01 - quality of the improvs - "more focused
27:20 - "focused on what you want to do and what you're doing
28:00 - "a different kind of focus
28:20 - "yielding to the trees...yield to my fears
29:08 - "What (is it) like to be observed?" (Michelle)
30:20 - such a big space, forgetting the presence of the camera
30:45 - "having our peers watch us is a lot more nerve-racking than having you guys watch us
31:15 - mower enters right third of frame
32:40 - "in improv you can just forget about things
33:05 - "What are you doing when you're observing?" (Michelle)
33:10 - car alarm goes off
33:56 - present mower drone/bell chimes
35:00 - "Start vocalizing...?" (Chris)
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Camera: Pete
http://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/asxgen/ids/richhoush/Grove-Pete-10-8-08.wmv
:00-:39 Sherrie, Chris, Michelle are doing a sound check by the architectural structure.
:54 – 9:18 Sherrie interviewing Kelly. Kelly explains what she would think about when surveying the landscape and preparing to improvise in it. Talks about trees, ground, lighting, sun, shade, shadows. Camera takes several angles, moves from Sherrie and Kelly to the trees that Kelly is talking about from time to time.
5:36- Sherrie and Kelly walking and talking about movement. Kelly talks about soggy ground. Loud machine noise. Kelly talks about limbs on the ground and about leaves, difference between this environment and another, role of memory, past experience.
“Your past grounds you in the space you are in now”
9:19- Chris and Michelle are interviewing a group of dancers. They talk about yielding, difference between studio and grove, more choices for interaction. “In the studio, you are the tree.”
11:01 footage of grove, panning, birds, machines, carillon, shadows, bus sounds.
12:01, limbs on the ground, shadows, camera panning up trees, interesting branch shots.
12:40- dancers in the grove. Dancer with tree foreground, dancer in grass in background. Dancers running.
13:14 Michelle talking about going with what’s familiar, took out a parameter, can still do lower level stuff, and yielding. But don’t do dancerly movement.
14:04, dancers in the grove. The camera is moving around the tree. Following dancers.
14:54, great shots of two dancers interacting with tree.
15:47 Camera is following Kelley. long shot with several layers of dancers. Moving and running. Kelly is in theses shots.
17:58: Kelly climbs a tree and jumps out of it.
18:27-19:20: carrilon and dancers pose to the bongs., some squirrel poses.
19:20-, Camera following Matt. The lawn mower is making this amazing drone throughout.