Reading

This book, (which I think is the one Noyale spoke of) looks like it would be really relevant. It's content focuses on how senses are affected and how one responds to loads of different performances in contrasting settings.
Reading this would give us some insight into what's already been explored, which would help us with choosing a direction for further choreographic experimentation to attempt to pursue an original research question[s].

This week, considering our time-frame, we need to do all our research and reading so that studio sessions can focus on playing and developing ideas so that we can begin mini-testing phases by Thurs. This way, we can identify key points of interest and clarify our research intensions.

First discussion and initial idea

As a group, we discussed using sensory and how it could be affected when watching a performance. How would it feel to watch a performance with obscured sight, hearing, touch or even taste? 

We will be experimenting with these senses:

• Touch - Interacting with the audience through this.
• Sight - Blindfolding the audience.
• Hearing - Having the audience use ear defenders or headphones with specific music. 
• Smell - Using foods, perfumes or other objects with a distinct odor.  
• Taste - Objects and food that have a distinct taste.

An idea that had risen in conversation was that there would be one sense used at one time to isolate the other senses and bring attention to only one. Also, the performance that the audience will be watching will be choreographed and devised for each specific sense and will be flexible with similarities.

We also discussed obscuring our senses as performers to evaluate the differences from our point as well as the audience and how this can affect the performance as a whole.

Possible materials we may need would be:

• Blindfolds.
• Ear defenders.
• Materials for tasting and smelling.