Taylor Vain's Choreography Blog

  We have now started to choreograph our piece as a group. One of the choreographic devices we have used so far is formation. Our piece begins with a formation on     centre stage. This is meant to resemble the brain which is the focal point of our stimulus. We then proceed to all move out of this formation using pathways, thus representing the different emotions. Now we have created a split focus effect as everyone is moving in deferent ways, which is another choreographic device. Once we have all separated, we were planning to carry on with the split focus but by using levels. A group will be dancing centre stage on a higher level whilst surrounded by everybody else on a lower level with their individual movements.   During the choreography process for this section many decisions were made based on the last movement. For example, when everybody splits from the initial formation using pathways, naturally it lead to split focus which we then incorporated into the nex...

What is the structure of our choreographic piece and how did we develop it?   During our choreography class, we all as a group came together to discuss how we should structure our choreographic piece. Firstly, we listened to our chosen piece of music and took note of the elements in the song. For example, the instrument/s used at that time, the pauses and the tempo. Once we were aware of all these elements and when they happened we could create a sort of story line for our piece and give it an initial structure. After we had created this initial structure/story line, we could decide who was going to choreograph certain parts. Overall this makes the choreography process easier as everyone can take time outside of class to work on their assigned part and then bring it back into class to teach to everyone.    What are we going to have to do to fulfil the structure we have created? To fulfil this structure/story line we have created, we are going to have to carefully craft pi...

What does the stimulus say to me?   The chosen stimulus for our choreography piece has a lot of potential meanings and messages to give to an audience. To me, it represents mental health and some of the struggles that come with it. This is because the focal point of the picture is the brain, where the ‘mind’ is believed to reside, and stemming off from the brain are multiple branches leading to ‘emojis’ which are symbols used in modern technology to express feelings/emotions. As a result of there being so many emotions it may lead to confusion or a clash of emotions. This is what links it back to mental health. Another theme that I have done some research into is DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is a mental illness that the person who is diagnosed with it will often experience :   amnesia, sense of being detached from yourself and emotions, a blurred sense of identity and the inability to cope well with emotional or professional stress. (Dissociative disorders ...