The purpose of this modality is to embody different movements to expand our movement vocabulary and that we are not “stuck” in one or a few qualities when we are improvising. Each quality has it’s opposite, like day-night, yin - yang, male-female.

Here we will try just a few:

• impulse/impact
• fast/slow
• maximum/minimum
• isolation/whole body
• finished/unfinished
• hard/soft
• continued/fragmented
• diagonal/same side
• deliberately/accidental
• attack/withdrawal
• horizontal/vertical
• natural/artificial

but there is an endless list of specific qualities that we can train. And the possibilities are endless. only limited by your imagination.

Back in days when I had my own dance company, I remember that we went through more than 100 specific qualities and their opposites in the time span of 6 months. It was fun and hard work at the same time very enriching and expended our movement and dance qualities in improvisation and performance.

Here in the videos are examples of few specific qualities and teaching methods, starting with solos and on the end working in duets. After you watch the videos, make your own lists of qualities that you want to try and embody, Enjoy your training.