Movement 2: Hannah & Tal Duet

This week I am meeting seperately with pairs of dancers to create the duets that will form movement 2. The basic idea is that in this movement, the poet figure achieves early success by creating lines and phrases that work harmoniously at first. These duets are spatially simple but are detailed at the same time in order to convey the early stages of the writing process. Each duet focuses on a certain movement aesthetic to depict the creation of different varieties of poems. This duet between Hannah & Tal, the first duet of movement 2, looks at Dickinson's "master poems" or those often addressed to a 'sir' or 'madame'. These types of poems were often regal and majestic, which is conveyed through the long, clean lines of the dancers' movements.