SHAPE

concepts are:

• aesthetic relationships
• creative and artistic tools
• aids to craft movement choreographically
• tools to artistically transform execution to expression
• the road maps to clarify objectives & intents

every movement made
has a
design
in space
and
a relationship to
time and energy

MOVEMENT

• Shapes express intents behaviors and qualities
• artistically & creatively

Designs in space
are
perceived
by observers
as
shapes

SHAPE COMMUNICATES & CLARIFIES INFORMATION

BODIES, AS SHAPES, ARTISTICALLY EXPRESS

WHAT IS THIS!

LIST YOUR PERCEPTIONS

• a bird
• a running bird
• a running bird on a road with a bug
• a bird running intently to catch a bug
• the road runner caught a bug

Why!

• it looks like running
• there is focus
• His shape is filled with movement
• The relationships clarify the movement

LET'S TRY ANOTHER

PERCEPTIONS

• A happy smiling dog
• Caught in TIME at the right moment
• Expressing a behavior and an ENERGY quality
• Filling the SPACE with movement
• Expressing movement artistically

ARTISTICALLY EXPRESSING

THE CONCEPT-SPECTATORS SEE PERFORMANCES AS:

• organized sequences of movement shapes
• constantly changing shapes
• integrated into a balanced whole
• expressing purpose/objective
• oneness-rhythmically moving as a single entity

MOVEMENT TALKS

TRUST

SUPPORTING ENHANCEMENT

SPACE COMMUNICATES BY:

• shape
• location
• facing
• direction
• level

DOGWORK CONCEPTS

DOGWORK CONCEPTS TRAIN

• movement executed & expressed
• performance & artistry
• creativity & choreography
• imagination & innovation
• oneness, a single shape, expressing team
• presentation's wholeness, music, movement and inspiration
• a unique canine-human relationship illustrated artistically & creatively