the pelvis

Day 2

So we moved it on down to the pelvis today. We started by looking at some illustrations of the lower body and took some time to appropriate the images to our own bodies. We then revisited the connection exercise and added another similar exercise to our repertoire: we took a partner, got connected, and then one person put their hands on the other’s upper arms, while the other person repeated “Right, Left…”. And then we observed how the connection may take us somewhere. After some warm-up exercises and stretches, pliés and tendus, with our awareness on our pelvis and lower halves, we borrowed the “Right, Left” exercise for our across-the-floor moves. With our partners hands on our hips we took a low, low, low walk forwards then backwards. This allowed us to observe the challenges of moving with a partner and also the mechanics of the pelvis. With all this new info, we tried a few more across-the-floor exercises including variations on a triple step with under and over curves, triple steps with the pelvis in one plane (all in a deep plié) and some leg swings. We got through our first few counts of eight in our choreography, and really got our hips and pelvis movin. Next time, we’ll continue with this movement and add on, and focus more on our arms and back.