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SODA Works 2019

If SODA has established itself over the last decade not so much as a singular vision but as a flexible structure, then like any postgraduate programme that builds a certain reputation for experimentation and risktaking within the constraints of an institution, it has also established an ethos over time. Perhaps it is a ‘choreographic unconscious’1 that we inherit from the collaborative, collective and individual experiences that have formed and shaped the diversity of the SODA histories so far, but perhaps it is also an ethos which, as Nicolas Ridout puts it, is concerned with the realisation of individual and social potential, of an orientation towards the ‘other’; as a concern with process and form rather than content, characterised by ‘an openness to the future and the unpredictable rather than a closure around a specific ethical position’ and the ‘production of ethical relations and situations’ rather than a concern with aesthetics. (Ridout, 2009:49). It might also, from a programme point of view point towards a poetics: ‘an approach to acts of dance- and performance-making that propose the possibilities of a radical coherence — how things might hold together without falling into conventional forms and flows. It considers thinking, dancing bodies [...] as forms of such radical coherence — that is, as a means of proposing conditions for the emergence of the unforeseen, the unimagined, and the remarkable.’ (Allsopp, 2015:24) The work of SODA as a sense of potential ‘coherence’ based not in argument but in imaginative possibility.

If SODA has established itself over the last decade not so much as
a singular vision but as a flexible structure, then like any postgraduate
programme that builds a certain reputation for experimentation
and risktaking within the constraints of an institution, it has
also established an ethos over time. Perhaps it is a ‘choreographic
unconscious’1 that we inherit from the collaborative, collective and
individual experiences that have formed and shaped the diversity
of the SODA histories so far, but perhaps it is also an ethos which,
as Nicolas Ridout puts it, is concerned with the realisation of individual
and social potential, of an orientation towards the ‘other’;
as a concern with process and form rather than content, characterised
by ‘an openness to the future and the unpredictable rather
than a closure around a specific ethical position’ and the ‘production
of ethical relations and situations’ rather than a concern with
aesthetics. (Ridout, 2009:49).
It might also, from a programme point of view point towards a
poetics: ‘an approach to acts of dance- and performance-making
that propose the possibilities of a radical coherence — how things
might hold together without falling into conventional forms and
flows. It considers thinking, dancing bodies [...] as forms of such
radical coherence — that is, as a means of proposing conditions for
the emergence of the unforeseen, the unimagined, and the remarkable.’
(Allsopp, 2015:24) The work of SODA as a sense of potential
‘coherence’ based not in argument but in imaginative possibility.

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stand up ...now, sit down ...now, look to the left ...now, look to the right ...now, turn your head back to centre ...now, look up ...now, blink ten times<br />

quickly ...now, blink once heavily ...now, do it again ...now, clear your throat ...now, turn your body to the right ...now, turn your body to the<br />

left ...now, back to centre ...now, look at the pipe ...now, look at your phone ...now, stretch your arms over your head ...now, relax ...now, inhale<br />

loudly ...now, exhale ...now, walk ...now ...stop, turn to the right ...now, turn to the left ...now, kneel down ...now, touch the floor with your<br />

finger ...now, jump ...now, skip ...now, skip for 5 steps ...now, walk sideways ...now, walk backwards ...now ...stop, walk forward 3 steps ...now, walk<br />

forward 5 steps ...now, walk forward 10 steps ...now, crawl forward ...now, squat and say "ush" 3 times ...now, stand still ...now, do 10 pushups<br />

...now, raise<br />

your right arm over<br />

your head, allow it<br />

to drop, feeling the<br />

gravity ...now, raise your left arm for 5<br />

seconds, allow it to<br />

drop ...now, pretend<br />

to lean against a<br />

wall with your<br />

arm...now, re-adjust<br />

your jacket ..now,<br />

untie and re-tie<br />

your left shoe …<br />

now, raise your left<br />

arm for 5 seconds,<br />

allow it to<br />

drop ...now, pretend<br />

to lean against a<br />

wall with your<br />

arm...now, stand on<br />

the tip of your toes<br />

and go back down<br />

10 times …now,<br />

punch in the air 3<br />

times at light speed<br />

…now, cough …now,<br />

lean your weight<br />

tithe left side, spin<br />

in a circle while<br />

kicking the ground<br />

with your foot …<br />

now, move your<br />

shoulders in a<br />

circular motion from back to front 7<br />

times …now, headbang 100<br />

times …now, pump<br />

your fist 100 times<br />

…now, shake your<br />

hand quickly from<br />

side to side …now<br />

…stop, say “ha” …<br />

now, say “haah!” at<br />

loud volume …now,<br />

say “gesundheit” …<br />

now, jump and<br />

shake your torso<br />

from side to side …<br />

now, hold you<br />

hands straight in<br />

front of you and<br />

twist them at the<br />

wrist quickly from<br />

side to side …now<br />

…stop, take out<br />

your mobile phone,<br />

look at the screen,<br />

and imagine you<br />

see something<br />

funny …now, say it<br />

again …now, stomp<br />

…now, walk towards<br />

the pipe …now …<br />

stop, turn around<br />

360˚ …now, roll<br />

your head to the<br />

back …now, walk<br />

this speed…<br />

1..2..3..4 …now … stop, struggle …<br />

now, take off your<br />

jackets …now …<br />

throw it in the air …<br />

now, pick up the<br />

jackets … now, put<br />

them on the side of<br />

the stage …now,<br />

stop breathing<br />

now .. wait .. wait ..<br />

wait .. breathe<br />

again …now,<br />

everybody loves<br />

you, imagine that<br />

you take a sip of<br />

beer with a razor<br />

blade inside …<br />

now..then imagine<br />

taking a sip of salt<br />

water …now, lay on<br />

the floor on your<br />

belly …now, kneel<br />

on both knees …<br />

now, crab walk to<br />

the right side …<br />

now, hold your<br />

hands in front of<br />

you, bow down 3<br />

times …now, hold<br />

both of your arms<br />

to your side, bent at<br />

a 90˚ angle, shake<br />

your head<br />

rigorously …now,<br />

jog in place quickly<br />

…now ………..stop,<br />

scratch your nose …<br />

now …stop, hold<br />

your left arm<br />

straight out to the<br />

side, look intensely<br />

at your fingertips …now , laugh 3 times like an idiot …now, cross your arms behind your back, lean slightly forward and jump 3 times …now, put<br />

the fingers of your right hand flat across your forehead …now, hiss through your teeth …now, rest on the floor on your hands and knees …now,<br />

stand on the tips of your toes with your arms at 45˚ to the side, with the palms facing forward …now, clap on 4 … 1..2..3..4, clap on 4 …<br />

1..2..3..4, clap on 4 … 1..2..3..4, clap on 4 … 1..2..3..4, clap on 4 … 1..2..3..4, clap on 4 … 1..2..3..4, go to your instrument …now,<br />

pick up your instruments …now, raise your right arm over your head, allow it to drop, feeling the gravity ...now, raise your left arm for 5 seconds,

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