Participants use touch, tension, and spatial awareness to move and adapt, creating a shared choreography (and living organism). Chalk marks capture their interactions, forming a visual map of movement and connection. The piece explores interdependence, viewing obstacles as essential to the system. Students are prompted/asked to see themselves as both individuals and parts of a larger being, questioning authorship, control, and communication within a group.
Hold chalk in your right hand and form a close circle. Grab your neighbor’s right wrist with your left hand. Bend down to draw on the ground. Move as a group to each marked point. A point is reached when chalk of one person reaches it. Once all points are reached, return to the center. But: Everyone must talk simultaneously without stopping. Keep chalk on the ground at all times and stay in touch with each other and the ground.
Hold chalk in your left hand and sit within the designated space. Use your right hand to establish contact with your neighbor. Rotate clockwise and vibrate as a group, drawing rapidly with small movements. The round ends when everyone has finished their chalk.
But: Do not communicate verbally. Keep chalk on the ground and stay in touch with each other and the ground.
Hold chalk in your preferred hand and sit in the designated space. Use your free hand to establish contact with your neighbor. As a group, expand and contract together. Begin by spreading out as far as you can, stretching to your body’s limits. Afterwards pull yourselves back together. The round ends when everyone has finished their chalk.
But: Do not communicate verbally, find a new way to communicate the end od the assignment. Keep chalk on the ground at all times and stay in touch with each other and the ground.
