available tension
explores the use and understanding of tension in its many forms related to energy / movement in communication. the performer(s) utilize(s) the living tension available to create comprehensive communication in the moment of performance.

on a wider scale this practice can be applied to a dialogue with different approaches in dance, music, visual arts, architecture, drama, sociology etc. 
for more specific applications see dance-teaching



drawing from the approach Kinetic Awareness® of intermedia-pioneer Elaine Summers, tension is used as a potential and dynamic gift, before applying it to any specific kind of style or code. Release is understood as a way using of tension, and as basic and essential in order to use tension.  the image of Mary O' Donnell-Fulkerson of each human being as a cloud of experiences, equally helped this understanding to originate.  for the full description click here



sensitive energy
expands this awareness into a different name that synthesizes Kinetic Awareness® and Release , also with specific attention to the ongoing flow of emotions and their work in performance. the goal is to arrive at a holistic continuum where the most minute details can be sensed and evolved at any instant, potentially leading to con·sens·us.
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