CONDITIONS / AGREEMENTS / SCORE

CONDITIONS / AGREEMENTS / SCORE

CONDITION

A condition establishes a field in which material can emerge.

Possible conditions include:

• time limit;
• number of performers;
• spatial zones;
• entry rule;
• exit rule;
• density;
• movement source;
• music cue;
• duration;
• relation.

OUTCOME

The condition does not dictate the exact image or event that will occur.

AGREEMENT

An agreement is shared and understood by the group.

It makes performers responsible for:

• timing;
• attention;
• relation;
• transition;
• completion.

SCORE

The agreement becomes a score when it can organise live action.

DIRECT Q&A

Jeremy describes professional works through:

• clear agreements;
• landmarks;
• stations;
• set choreography;
• structured improvisation;
• fixed transitions;
• open periods;
• known endings.

ROADMAP / FREEDOM

Direct Q&A position:

There is a roadmap and there is freedom.

REHEARSAL

Jeremy states that unpredictability is sustainable because the performers have built a practice.

Rehearsal establishes:

• timing;
• familiarity;
• confidence;
• shared material;
• capacity to respond.

HANDING OVER

Once the work is live, it can grow or transform beyond the originator’s complete control.

Jeremy describes accepting both:

• magical performances;
• performances that do not fully work.

That variability is part of the live offer.

SAFEGUARD

Do not equate:

STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION

with:

FREE-FOR-ALL.