Wednesday 6th November
In today’s class I continued to develop my final solo, I
have now choreographed 2minutes 38 seconds, leaving me with just under a minute
still left to choreograph. Recently, I have been finding it challenging to
incorporate different choreographic devices into my routine. Certain lyrics in
my music are repeated, so I have a particular movement I show when this lyric
is said, which is an example of the choreographic device- repetition. But the
main thing I find difficult is trying to incorporate other devices into my
choreography besides repetition. However after looking back on my previous
choreography, I managed to change some parts and add things in, in order to
include the choreographic devices of: Reverse, Retrograde and Complementary. Meaning
that I have a total of 4 devices currently in my routine, but I hope to add a
few more in the next part of my solo. Another challenge I faced in today’s
class was trying to fill the last part of my solo, as I felt as if I’d ran out
of ideas, and already included everything I wanted to in my routine. However, I
realised that I hadn’t included many choreographic processes in my current choreography.
Therefore, a choreographic process I would like to include in the last part of my
routine is spelling out the word ‘DEPRESSION’ through my movements as this also
relates to my chosen stimulus.
My interpretation of the human stimulus is based around
mental health therefore I’ve added lots of movements in my routine which
portray the idea of suffering, for example I’ve included : reaches forward,
contractions and lots of floor work. I’ve done this in attempt to express the
emotion of sadness not only through my facial expression, but also in my movements.
After completing my further research into mental health I discovered that many
sufferers have the determination to recover from the illness. Therefore I am
also including high energy fast movements like turns and leaps to contrast to
the idea of suffering, and to present the idea of not giving up. As well as integrating
my research on mental health into my choreography, I am also including the research
intomy chosen practitioner. For instance, in my current choreography I include two
movements which are featured in Justin pecks piece ‘Year of the Rabbit’, and I’ve
also used his creative process of linking the movements to the music. Furthermore, I noticed whilst watching Justin
Pecks work, he uses lots of changes in direction throughout his choreography, therefore
this is a process I’ve incorporated into my own choreography. Additionally,
Justin Pecks main style is contemporary with some classical ballet elements, so
this is the style I’m portraying in my solo.
The short video I have attached here shows a short passage of choreography which I have created with the inspiration of Justin pecks choreography, it also has inspiration from my chosen stimulus. It features two movements shown in his “year of the rabbit” piece.
Well done Rachel, this blog is very clear and the video is great! In your blog you spoke about how you took inspiration from Justin Peck’s piece “year of the rabbit” why did you choose this particular piece?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Megan. I chose to incorporate movements into my routine from Justin Pecks piece “Year of the Rabbit” as I preferred the style of this piece in comparison to the other 2 choreography pieces.
DeleteThis blog is really well detailed and presented. The idea of spelling out 'depression' is a great idea as it links to one of our previous creative tasks.
ReplyDeleteThe video you have included shows your inspired movements and how you are linking your piece to your chosen practitioner Justin Peck.
Well done Rachel, i'm excited to see your piece as it gets developed further.
Thank you very much for your comment Abigail.
DeleteThis is an excellent start! The structure of your post is well thought out and clearly describes your creative work in relation to the stimulus and research. In relation to the criteria, I would say that this post currently sits around the 2:1 mark. For further development, discuss how your current creative process may differ to the process you used at the start of your development. Additionally, I would like you to reflect further on your research and discuss how it may have evolved over the past few weeks.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback Miss Norman. At the start, my creative process was to gain inspiration for my movement vocabulary from my chosen song, which I have followed throughout this process. But I have also now decided to incorporate the creative process we learnt at the beginning of the year, where we used our body parts to spell out a word. My research over the past few weeks has given me a greater understanding of depression, enabling me to present this idea more accurately in my choreography.
DeleteI enjoyed reading your blog Rachel, you mentioned that you wanted to add more devices within your piece I wondered whether you had any in mind and how these will add to your piece?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Niamh. I have now added the choreographic device of complementary and embellishment, which will make my piece more exciting.
DeleteTo add to Niamh's comment. How will the devices you choose portray your story and effect the audience?
ReplyDeleteI have incorporated the choreographic device of embellishment, by adding in a hand gesture to certain movements. For example one embellishment I've added is when I have both palms of my hands either side of my head, in attempt to portray the idea of suffering mentally. This will also bring the emotion into my dance which will hopefully come across to the audience.
DeleteI really like how you have been inspired from our first choreographic session and have incorporated it into your piece.
ReplyDeleteTo add for the idea of suffering, what kind of dynamics will you use to help your idea and emotion come across even clearer for the audience?
Thank you for your comment Hannah. I will use both soft and sharp dynamics in my piece, to portray both positive and negative emotions.
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