How I choeographed and Adapted my section of the peice

My allocated section of the piece to choreograph was the first 42 seconds. This section, according to the music represents a sense of normality that then leads to chaos as there are many different elements in the music. This could be related back to the stimulus quite well as there are many emotions all in the same place. Furthermore, the split focus really compliments the idea that there is a lot of confusion and maybe multiple identities. One of the challenges/issues that came with this was spacing. During the section where everyone is moving as their own emotion, the idea of confusion was successfully portrayed, however there were some clashes between dancers. To combat this problem we had to adapt the spacing and swap places between dancers so that we could minimise crossing pathways.

 

The creative process behind mine and Portia’s section was very much all within our class time. We allocated everyone their emotions and then gave them 5 minutes to create some movements specific to that emotion. Next, we decided on pathways making sure that there weren't too many major collisions. We then put these two things together with the music. A problem that we faced with this was again spacing. With everyone moving around at the same time it becomes difficult to know where everybody it whilst dancing which then led to vacant areas on the stage. The only way that we could have fixed this issue was to walk the pathways before adding movement to establish who would be going where and at what times. 

 

I think my plans for future choreography lessons will be to make sure I know about any spacing problems that might occur in lesson and and adapt my choreography before I get into the studio to minimise teaching time.  

 

Comments

  1. Miss Davis11 November 2020 at 08:07

    Great blog again Taylor. Can you show us any imagery and research to show us where your storyboard and process with DID has gone from? Have you had any influences in your work from other pieces you have seen in the past? Looking at time management and your creative process with your opening section, would you change anything going forwards?

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  2. Ella Beales BTUK Assessment Blog11 November 2020 at 14:09

    Hi Taylor, great blog! I found this really easy to read and think you were really detailed and descriptive. I like how you explained how the music at this point was good to relate back to the stimulus and communicate the theme and idea of chaos of all the emotions. Perhaps you could add in a choreographer that might have influenced your movement or choice of choreographic method and how you have worked with the dancers through improvisation.

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  3. Ciara's Choreography Blog15 November 2020 at 06:37

    Great blog Taylor! I liked how descriptive you were when explaining your process. It might be good to talk about any choreographers who might of influenced the movement in your section. Well done (:

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  4. Jessica Bailess22 November 2020 at 06:16

    Hi Taylor, great blog, so easy to read and super detailed! Was there any choreographers that influenced your making of your section if so maybe add it in there and say how they influenced your section.

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  5. Eleanor Blackburn4 December 2020 at 07:55

    Hi Taylor, well done on another great post! I love the way you talked about the challenges you faced throughout your process. Maybe next time you could try to link what you’ve said back to DID a bit more. Really good job!

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