Though there's a lot less of a range of movements performed during Butoh, I believe it's just as expressive if not more, than the soup exercise. Neither the movement nor the sound dictate one another; the sound rides on the movements and the movements ride on the sound. I feel this made the exercise easier and more accessible as I was able to think of the sound and movements as on, rather than trying to perform them separately but at the same time. By grouping the movements and sound together, it was easier to stop my mind from interrupting what my body was producing as I could look at them as one thing and easily remained focused on my breathing. It was really interesting to see what my body was capable of when I didn't let my thoughts interrupt and I felt surprisingly confident in what I was creating, rather than worrying about the things around me. I was able to completely switch off and simply be a body making sound and movement in that moment, I was able to let go of everything else crowding my thoughts and just feel were my body took me. Like the soup exercise, centralising and focusing on my breathing definitely helped me succeed at letting my body go and leaving my anxieties behind as I found it much easier to just feel the movements as I focused on my in and out breathes.
As we all came together in the center of the room, we were able to develop a group piece on the spot without any comment or instruction. Simply by all doing the same exercise, but carrying it out uniquely, we were able to create a huge barrier of movement combined with sound. Even though we were all in a group carrying out the same exercise, everyone had an extremely individual experience. It was extremely powerful to be part of and I feel that if we had taken time on developing our movements and being bold with the sounds we made, we would've been able to create a really effective piece of experimental theatre.
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