>>> Item number 39712 from WRITERS LOG9410E --- (34 records) ----- <<< Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 23:24:07 EST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: "running words..." Subject: EXERCISE: Beat it! 1. Take something real 2. Reduce it to movements (use beats, exageration, repetition, multiple copies to stylize it) 3. Make it unreal--put the movements in a different place, arrange them in a sequence, whatever it takes to make them yours! 4. Then make that arrangement pleasing to yourself. Add patterns, inversions, reversions, reflections, twists, and so forth... AND THAT'S IT! remember, even the simplest movements can become polished, graceful beauty. or, how do you answer the question: Do I dance in my sleep? (with thanks to "Behind the Scenes"--a PBS segment that focused on choreographers in dance, fights, and other parts of the theater, and suggested that this sequence is one basis for their art.) so write to the beat of a different drummer... and we may dance all night! tink