“During our first residency for the new project, we spent two weeks in isolation of a small czech village, living together with few animals just across the studio. It all was a precondition for a research of abnormal repetitive behavior. 
From the start, diving into any repetitive movement was a form of meditation for me, all my perception was driven inside my body and I felt enclosed from the outside world. It was hypnotic in a way. Soon my body was transforming itself into a body-machine, I felt like being programmed just to perform this specific action. I started to have an impression that I can only carry out that particular movement as if I have been executing it for ages and was no longer capable of making any other move. However, after some time even the most basic movement started to create a tension in my muscles and joints, everything suddenly felt much heavier. The hardest thing was to find the moment of exit and change from one repetition into a new one. As a dancer you feel exposed even more because each tiny detail stands out and is resonating with the viewer. Nevertheless, I found a lot of new possibilities to play within one move which I wouldn't normally think about and started to introduce small derivations each time. I was researching for myself the motivation and initiation for the movement, its mechanics, speed, dynamics, the accents, intensity, or the effort I used. It is more of a somatic way of work as I am trying to find the right muscles to execute each small movement, to understand how it is created and how it may be carried out using the least effort. Even though I still didn't find a perfect sustainable option for me, I'm looking forward to the process of our research which is very exciting.

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Edita ANTALOVA