Every single move we make requires some kind of effort. Effort is everywhere. But it is so ubiquitous as to slip from our awareness. Consequently as part of recent MoveScape Center courses, participants and I have been going on “effort hunts” as a way to stimulate effort awareness.
Laban differentiates “movement thinking” from thinking in words. Yet he often characterizes effort combinations as creating a distinctive “moods.” Poetry also captures moods. So this month’s blogs are an experiment.
I’m going on an effort hunt to see if I can find poems that reflect the mood of one of the effort drives. I will be looking for action-packed rhymes, visionary verse, odes to passion, and poems that cast a mysterious spell….