Movement 1: The Beginning of Nisha's Solo

We have finally arrived at the beginning of the piece! The piece will open with a solo by Nisha on the thrust of the stage. This solo is very quiet, reserved, and contemplative. In this movement the soloist is trying to brainstorm ideas for her works of poetry. Many of the phrases in this solo will look familiar as they are drawn from solos or duets created for other dancers in later movements. The idea behind this solo is that Nisha ultimately performs a combination of every other dancer's solo as somewhat of a duet with that dancer. In many cases, Nisha performs scaled down variations of a phrase before performing it fully in order to demonstrate the process of starting with one or two words and developing phrases and ultimately entire poems. When the other dancers perform these movements with her, they will dance upstage in shadow so that only certain elements of the movements are visible, such as a sweeping of the leg or a tossing of the arm.