Allow for at least 30 minutes. You will need a comfortable environment and clothing to move and rest in and a `costume´ to wear that includes trousers, a skirt, socks, scarf, with one of these items having a pocket, zipper and a button.
This somatic practice is an invited movement improvisation following bodily awareness and costume poetically in movement. Sounding with your voice is also welcome.
This Somatic Act is divided into two parts:
- Part One: Poetically Following the Body
- Part Two: Poetically Following the Costume
This experience can be done as a solo, duet or group. If you have a partner or group, one person can name different ´poetic followings´ while the other person moves, or people move . If you are participating as a solo, you can follow the suggested journey below on your own.
You are welcome to create your own `poetic followings´, but please make sure you include a body area (for Part One) or clothing element (for Part Two), in each description.
Part One: Poetically Following the Body
Following the curtain of your lips
Following the anchor of your belly
Following the fish gills of your armpits
Following the whirling blender of your brain
Following the tendrils of your shoulders
Following the map of your veins and arteries
Following the kaleidoscope of your spine
Following the teardrop of your heart
Following the question mark of your brain
Following the limbs of your heart
Following the heart inside your hand
Following the eyes on the bottom of your feet
Following the secret of your pelvis
Following the night of your fingertips
Following the canyon of your ears
Following the opera of your lungs
Following the laughter of your ribs
Following the circus of your colon
Following the accordion of your breath
Following the ancientness of your bones
Following time resting in your skin
Part Two: Poetically Following the Costume
Following the steamy jungle of your sleeve
Following the chattering teeth of your zipper
Following the slippery dilemma of your button
Following the hairy secret of your pocket
Following the wild tornado of your pant leg
Following the itchy reservoir of your underwear
Following the spongy warmth of your sock.
Following the billowy breath of your skirt
Following the toasty sanctuary of your shirt
Following the icy dissent of your metal button
Following the firm strangle of your waistband
Following the slimy entrails of your scarf
Following the warm canopy of your sweater