Goals

A movement poem for March 24, 2020 by Jill Randall

 

seeking softness

soles of feet

front of hips

back of neck

 

wholeness

 

hope

 

humor

 

wanting connection

reaching out

offering

giving

 

simplicity

it’s seeing

it’s moving

it’s turning around

 

To listen to the audio recording of the poem on SoundCloud, please click here.

To print out the poem:

Download Goals poem

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Music for today: "The Crumpled I.O.U" by Michael Wall (#4 on this playlist)

To begin today: read the poem once. Select 1, 2, or 3 words. Turn on the music and improvise with those words. Warming up…

Choreographing: create one movement or shape for each line of the poem. Run through your phrase a few times to have a rough sketch. Add the music, or use the audio recording of the poem.

Thank you for dancing today!

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