**Support**
sup_port (s-pÙrt, -prt)
tr.v. sup_port_ed, sup_port_ing, sup_ports
1. To bear the weight of, especially from below.
2. To hold in position so as to keep from falling, sinking, or slipping.
3. To be capable of bearing; withstand: "His flaw'd heart . . . too weak the conflict to support" Shakespeare.
4. To keep from weakening or failing; strengthen: The letter supported him in his grief.
5. To provide for or maintain, by supplying with money or necessities.
6. To furnish corroborating evidence for: New facts supported her story.
7.
a. To aid the cause, policy, or interests of: supported her in her election campaign.
b. To argue in favor of; advocate: supported lower taxes.
8. To endure; tolerate: "At supper there was such a conflux of company that I could scarcely support the tumult" Samuel Johnson.
9. To act in a secondary or subordinate role to (a leading performer).
n.
1.
a. The act of supporting.
b. The state of being supported.
2. One that supports.
3. Maintenance, as of a family, with the necessities of life.
Observations from the evening:
**This felt like an important intention, a fundamental one, really. It lent a certain flavor to the jam as a whole: we were all supporting each other by being here. It was really enjoyable to give support in my dances and to find it there for me when I needed it.
**I started out really slow and heavy.
**yes, I felt really comfortable maintaining a slow and steady pace at first, just living inside support.
**I was feeling and appreciating the never-ending support of the floor.
**I concentrated on noticing the support that my bones provide, my internal structure and how it spreads the weight of my partner evenly inside me and into the floor when she leans into me. I thought about and visualized my bones and hers for the whole first dance.
**I spent time watching others dancing, supporting them by my witnessing. I saw so many different interpretations of support: both the architectural support of actually building things, and supporting partners by continuing an idea they seemed to be having.
**I played with the ways I can support my partner by physically listening and being available to her ideas in the dance: offering myself to push against if that is what she seemed to want; or extending the line of her limbs with my limbs, following her momentum and expanding on it.
**I explored the intimacy of offering support to unusual places on the body, like the face and jaw.
**I enjoyed being playful with disrupting physical support, undoing it and precipitating falls.
**I thought about how I support myself internally in my dancing. A lot of that was just being honest.
**I notice that I'm not as physically drained as I am sometimes at the end of a jam, I think that has to do with how much I was thinking about how I support, how my bones stack up and my structure can take weight without much effort.
**Wen I approached a duet with interest in joining, I concentrated on supporting what they were already doing with my dancing, by watching them closely and circling them and merging in with their tempo and fluidity. The merge felt pretty seamless.
** This whole thing, gathering and experimenting, engaging in this endeavor together feels mutually supportive, whatever we are doing together tonight, everything just wreaks of support!
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