Pairs mirroring - Flying low and passing through

This painting was captured live in the dance studio at Rambert Dance Company in London at a session called Playground. The choreographer Irene Cioni directed a group on a concept of pairs of dancers mirroring then flying low and passing through. I work in the moment capturing dance movement as it happens in front of me. The painted marks using Chinese ink and acrylics on paper are a response to the dancer’s expression and movement through space. The combined painted marks captured of combined dance sequences form an accumulation of information that acts as a record of the feel and expression in summary form. I use a combination of brushes using a wet and dry brush technique to describe the dance language in painted form. The paintings composition is improvised in real time like a jazz players riff. The dance performance and experience dictate the paintings formation and progress to completion. I only stop a painting once the story has been told by the dancers.