In today’s class I performed my solo piece the final
assessment, I am pleased with how it went as I feel as though I performed
and danced to my maximum ability. Looking back on the overall experience of
choreographing a solo, at times I’ve found it difficult. But I have also learnt
a lot during the process, and I think I would feel much more confident in
future choreography tasks. It’s been a very useful experience and overall I
have really enjoyed this experience.
I am pleased with the final choreographic work I produced; I
think that I implied my stimulus and chosen theme well throughout my solo.
Furthermore, I incorporated some choreographic devices and processes into my
work, as well portraying my chosen practitioners work in my routine. All of the
points I’ve mentioned were my aims at the very beginning of this process and I
feel as though I have achieved them all.
One challenge I faced during this process was incorporating
choreographic devices into my routine, however I overcame this by looking back
on my solo and finding parts where I could adapt my choreography, or even add
one in. In my solo piece I expressed 5 choreographic devices: repetition,
reverse, retrograde, complementary, and embellishment. Additionally, I
struggled to come up with new material to fill the last section of my solo. To
overcome this I followed the creative process we learnt at the beginning of
year, where we spelt out our names using different body parts. I decided to use
this pervious creative task for inspiration, and I spelt out the word ‘depression’
through my movements, as it also relates to my chosen stimulus and theme.
Although I’m really pleased with the solo I created, in the future
I would like to explore more interesting movements, in order to make my
choreography more exciting. Additionally, maybe I would explore the idea of
telling a story in my choreography, to further connect with the audience and it
will also allow me to add more emotion and performance.
If I have the opportunity to perform my solo on stage I
would exaggerate my movements and make them even bigger, in order to make them
stand out, even to the people sat at the back. Furthermore I would also
consider the setting and the lighting on stage. I think I would keep my setting
minimal, in attempt to present the idea of loneliness and emptiness which are
common symptoms of depression. Additionally, I would have a complete black out
lighting apart from one spot light, in attempt to present the idea of living in
darkness when dealing with depression.
In conclusion, now I am at the end of this project, there
aren’t any further questions or thoughts that this process has left me
considering.
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