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Garcia, Maria: Forms Of Expression In Common To Movement ...
Ex.: Direct/Slow/Free = Continued pursuance of clear aim
Indirect/Quick/Free = Sudden imaginative ideas
Spell-Timeless (Space/Weight/Flow)
Ex.: Direct/Strong/Bound = Concentration
Indirect/Light/Bound =
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The Tension Flow
The Flow category requires a further consideration. Speaking of Flow,
we refer to the way in which human beings organize their energy drives,
expressed through the body's muscular tone variations. The development of
the Laban model implemented by Kestenberg has introduced an opportunity
to perceive the tension flow as a simple flow of energy, seen independently
from the movement within which it takes place. The restrictions I have
imposed to my present work prevent me from analyzing the method by
which Kestemberg describes the tension flow. I will only mention that, just
like in acoustics, she uses wave charts to indicate the degree of intensity or
the rhythm of the oscillations between Bound or Free conditions.
Before going on, I would like to mention Barenzon's concept of ISO,
that he defines as the "infinite whole of sound, acoustic and movement
energies characterizing an individual". The tension flow is the first
environment where ISO-generated energies emerge and the place where the
resonances of perceptive encounters with the external world and with other
individuals occur. As long as our consciousness of tension flow fluctuations
grows, we start to become aware of our "incipient" (Dosamantes Alperson,
1984, page 145) movements, that is, the still pre-conscious impulses that
struggle to be manifested and are the emerging matter of our expressive
patterns, be they in gestures, music, visual arts. Our own creative process is
thus made clearer, also in that inner environment where it comes to life.
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