20. Conquering

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20.2. Music and movement

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20.1. Conquering: text and idea

Conquering, Preslava Petrova Conquering, Levi Otte - the good wins over the bad

TEXT

After the night arrives the day,

And after sorrow you are gay (glad),

Still on our way we bravely press

Through happy days and through distress.

Life is endless love and beauty,

And to do God’s will – our duty.

(Repeat from “Life”)

So, press on, achieve your goal,

Fill with light your hungry soul.

Heaven will help you on your way;

Love will cast all fear away.

Happy are those who see the path.

Never waver, never stop –

Nature helps the daring soul,

Victory means life for the whole.

(Repeat from “Happy”)

IDEA

Conquering is also victory. The exercise is about solving our tasks and overcoming, conquering our problems and difficulties. We achieve victory and become masters of the situation.

Exercises 17-21 are related thematically as a group. In 17.Square we have a problem situation, a task. With 18.Beauty and 19.Agility we work to solve it using the hard and the mild approach. In 20.Conquering we solve and overcome it. With 21.The Joy of the Earth we perform the joy for the achieved.

“Both arms move forwards and upwards as if pushing the air. This represents taking possession of everything which has been attained, mastery of that which we have achieved.” [Beinsa Douno, Paneurhythmy, p.80]

QUESTIONS

1.Text: Finish up the sentence with your own words: “Victory is…”, “I can conquer…”

2.Drawing: Draw a picture of the victorious person.Draw an illustration to the exercise.

3.Questions: How do people who win and successfully overcome difficulties in life, look like and act?

4.Experience:Tell us of situations and experiences when you have solved a task in your life successfully, when you have overcome some difficulty. What is the feeling?

5.Imagination: Imagine while you play the exercise that you push forward the whole Earth in front of you with your hands.

6.Affirmation: Write your own positive affirmation for Conquering. For example: I can overcome any difficulty.

7.Quote: He conquers who conquers himself (Latin proverb).The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph (Thoimas Paine). Find your favourite quote for Conquering.

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20.2. Conquering: music and movement

MUSIC

Measure: 3/8

Tonality: G major

Total: 80 measures

1 measure = 1 movement

MOVEMENT

1 cycle = 6 movements

Total: 13 cycles and 2 movements

SP:

Arms: The right arm is to the right side, down and back at an angle of 45°, stretched in elbow and wrist, palm facing the body. The left arm is folded in the elbow, forearm in front of the chest, wrist folded and palm parallel to the right arm.

Legs: Feet together in standing position.

Arms: Both arms move parallel forwards and upwards to an angle of 45°.

Legs: On the very first performance of the cycle, feet remain together. On every other performance, at 1 we have step with the left foot.

Duration: 1 measure

Arms: Both arms fold in the elbows, palms forward. Next the elbows unfold and the palms move as if they push up something energetically upwards and forwards to 45° with wrists bent and palms facing forward, vertical. The arms are parallel.

Legs: Step with the right foot. The left remains on the ground, on toes, to the back.

Duration: 1 measure

Arms: The arms take a position symmetrical to SP: The left arm moves stretched to 45° down to the back with palm facing the body. The right arm folds in the elbow, forearm in front of the chest, wrist folded and palm parallel to the left arm.

Legs: The weight of the body transfers to the left foot. The right foot lifts off the ground, knee bent, and tiptoes point to the ground.

Duration: 1 measure

Movements 1, 2, 3 repeat symmetrically (left to right) with movements 4, 5, 6.

All six make up a cycle which repeats 13 times + 2 movements.

FP = end of movement 2.

When the exercise is over, the arms go down by the sides of the body. The legs come together in standing position.

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