Choreography Evaluation

 I think that the message/stimulus that we were trying to get across with our piece was very clear. First of all, I think that the formation at the very beginning of the dance that was supposed to represent the brain was a success as we were all in this kind of rounded ‘clump’, moving at the same time, thus giving sense of togetherness. Furthermore, the fact that we returned to these exact positions at the end of the dance, really portrayed the idea that everything had gone back to ‘normal’. (whatever normal is). However, 4 people arrived to their positions in the ‘clump’ later than the others, confused, reluctant and flinching. This made clear the fact that although everything seemed to be ‘normal’ on the surface, what we had been fighting throughout the whole piece was still in fact there in the background and it will never fully go away. It will just be suppressed. Something else that was made very clear was the use of split focus. The two groups mirroring each others exact movements on polar ends of the stage did not fail to represent the fact that this thing we are trying so hard to fight is in fact a conflict of minds/personalities/emotions within one person. I think this is important as awareness that this disorder is a constant battle for the people who suffer from it needs to be raised. 

 

I feel like this process has really helped me to find and develop my own choreographic style. Right from the beginning when all we had was the stimulus, I was thinking of possible ways of moving/sequences that could somehow get the message across and my creativity bloomed. I never thought that I could have so many ideas from one picture but it's very surprising what the mind can come up with. My choreographic style is really at its peak when we do workshop related tasks or planned improv. When we are given a piece of music, a word, a colour, a shape or even a short sentence I feel like it's really easy for me to craft choreography. Also, I like to use trial and error when choreographing. I will play the music and move how I feel like moving to it and take note of the movements that felt right. Then I try and string together these movements to create a sequence.  If I were to describe my choreographic style, I would probably say that I can branch out from nothing but a seed (small stimulus) into a tall tree (a carefully crafted sequence)

 

I would say one issue that we faced was the fact that some of the formations weren't hit in time meaning the message was not as clear as we would have wanted it to be. A strength would be the fact that the planned improvisation section really gave everyone the chance to showcase their own choreographic style.

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