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In this second study of Deconstruction, my partner and I presented the dance system of Lyrical with the assumptions, contradictions, and power structures that make it what it is. What we could identify as the ‘rules’ of this system is that it is required to move to the music and lyrics being used, detailed in tempos and syncopations, floorwork, facials, costuming (which is normally flowy), heavy on performative dance aspects, and the music is the thing the speaks/emphasizes t

In this first study, I presented something that I didn’t know until the end, which was going to evoke joy in myself and for others, even when it took time to get to that point. What was effectuated for me in this composition was the freedom that I could experience in the details of the movement. I strayed away from what would be called ‘habitual’ practice or tendencies when creating from improvisational movement, which had its challenges and excitements. In this world, the mo