Part 1B : Written Overview

1. Loop ingredients :

· Seated V (one leg bent)

· Supine X

· Quadrepedal leg change

· « Wild thing » stretch

· Seated spiral

2. The process

My loop process stems from what I taught in my final project session with the addition of a « wild thing » stretch and a seated spiral. The elements were chosen

1. for my students to feel safe and able to move through positions they are familair with already

2. for me to feel safe and capable of leading people through a simple sequence

Music choice was an important ingredient and helped me to get « into the mood » quickly especially when having to squeeze filming into an already busy schedule without an ideal warm-up time nor a lot of energy after a run-in with a cheeky virus at the end of March.

3. What felt good (or provided a healthy challenge) in this loop video experience ?

· Looping is very new to me. My movement experience is varied . I’ve either had expériences of very free improvisational situations as part of creative processes or more structured dance or yoga situations where I would learn a choreography or a sequence to integrate/interpret/execute/perform/teach it. When it came to joining movements together that could follow on and repeat, eventually evolving to allow new variations and new skills to be included, this was and is a challenge for me !

· Having a big space to move in was a priviledge. I’m usually noodling around in a small attic space.

4. If there is ONE thing that you would do differently, what is it ?

To ask for an outside eye from other FF practitioners during my loop creation process. This would have been helpful as my loop feels unfinished to me and needs more time to develop.

5. Please refer to the same question in my Final Project answers.