ABSTRACT

This variation uses long poles. The peripheral vision required will sharpen your receptiveness to the energy and movements of a conductor.

Find a partner and together find your own space in the room. Stand facing your partner across a small gap. Practise throwing the pole to each other across the gap in a trajectory that keeps the pole vertical in the air. As you become more confident with this you can widen the space between you, though not beyond what is comfortable in the throwing and catching of the stick.