MDPE.6:4.2 - Dance: keep a translated phrase as a distinct branch

Stopgap’s Translation Method begins with movement made by one dancer and a receiving dancer with different physicality. Dancers observe effort, spine, focus, direction, rhythm, and detail; they find a correlative version rather than imitate one conventional shape. The direct Work can return translated versions and a choreography decision. It does not settle every later identity, partner cue, permission, or cultural claim.

Suppose Phrase-P3-T is developed from Phrase-P3. A duet rehearsal supports direction, rhythm, focus, and partner dialogue for the named pair. It also shows changed effort, elevation, contact geometry, and partner timing.

The choreographer compares:

• use both phrases under one material identity;
• replace one phrase by revising the other in place; or
• keep the receiving phrase as a distinct branch derived from the source phrase.

One identity hides body- and cue-dependent differences. Revision in place erases a useful alternative. The receiving phrase already supports its intended duet use, so the branch survives. Another performance trial may refine the limits but cannot remove the need for two conditioned versions in this decision.

The decision is branch. It states derivation, supported use, preserved and changed relations, and limits. Participant permission, maintenance authority, description changes, and later rehearsal Work remain separate.

Direct source: Stopgap, Inclusive Choreography — Translation, checked 2026-08-25.