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Week 12- Evaluation

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Strategies I used in this task was, setting myself a plan which consisted of creating 1 minute of my choreography a week in order to have it completed by the studio performance with enough time to practice and perfect my choreography, however, as I have mentioned in previous blogs, this was a very unrealistic target due to me only being able to complete 30 seconds a lesson maximum, so if I were to get the opportunity to do this again, I would definitely set myself a more realistic target. So I am not stressing when I don’t hit my target. Another strategy I had while creating my choreography, was improvisation, this really helped me when I was struggling creatively to choreography to the music, this was inspired by my chosen practitioner, this really helped me as I was able to create new and abstract phrases within my peice allowing me to add them within my choreography. Time management was definitely a challenge for me due to me only being able to choreograph 30 seconds each lesson, ...
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Week 11 - Dance Piece 3

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Discuss, critique and review this dance piece:  The movement of this choreography piece is a combination of both ballet and contemporary much like other dance pieces I liked at previously choreographed by Wayne McGregor (Infra, Wolf Works) I would say that this piece is very abstract and delicate due to its unusual music and movements, for example the music is very repetitive and had a basic and simple rhythm to it, however this is juxtaposed through the abstract and creative are arm movements which is continued throughout the whole choreography piece. I also found this piece - Genus Variation- focusing mainly on the contemporary style of dance in comparison to the ballet/ contemporary style (neo-classical) thats is round throughout all his choreographic pieces. I found this very interesting due to Wayne McGregor’s main focus point being the neo-classical style. However I feel although the audience will gather a unexpected reaction allowing them to create and form and ne...
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Week 11- Vlog

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Week 10 - Studio Performance

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I have successfully met all the criteria required within my choreography. I have critically analysed and evaluated variety of works choreographed by Wayne McGregor, I have looked at both Infra and Wolf Works. From there, I managed to not only analyse them separately however also compare them to each other finding both their similarities and differences. Within my choreography I also used many choreographic devices such as repetition, fragmentation, highlight and climax by having a list of choreographic devices I could use within my choreography made my progress a lot easier due to it giving my a set pathway and ideas in which I could use. In addition, I also used improvisation when choreographing, this was inspired by Wayne McGregor and I found it really helped me find new ideas when I was struggling to choreograph. Within my choreography I used a mixture of both contemporary and ballet styles, in which I got inspiration from Wayne McGregor. I have also drawn a plan of where I move w...
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Week 9 - Choreographers Piece #2

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For this choreographer piece I decided to look at Wolf Works Corps choreographed by Wayne McGregor. I found this piece very very chaotic and busy due to the frantic music and the patterns/pathways of the dancers, for example at the beginning of the dance piece the dancers, in pairs, move diagonally across the floor while other duets join in from different angles and directions which confuses the audience. In addition there are many leg and arm extensions from different positions and levels this helps create very abstract movements while still keeping it classical and I think that is Wayne McGregors style, exploring the mixture of ballet and contemporary, which in my options is becoming very popular in today’s industry. The dynamics differ throughout the piece, for example some movements are very soft and subtitle, an example of this would be a developpe or a body gesture, however some moments juxtapose that by them being shape and direct e.g kick. Infra is genuinely more soft and g...
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Week 9 - Vlog

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week 8 - creative task 2

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At this moment in my choreography I am at 1 minute 10 seconds. Throughout this entire process I have struggled with time management. When we first started our choreography, my aim was to choreograph at least 1 minute per lesson however this has not happened due to me overthinking and rechoreographed certain parts of my choreography. This hasn’t allowed me to get as far as I wanted to in my choreographer. However, to overcome this over the next coming week I will stay behind after my school hours to ensure I am where I want to be by the time its my performance. I have used creative movement development to relate to my stimulus by using a high amount of floor and low-level work in order to really exaggerate the idea of depression and giving up. An example of this would be me standing up form the floor however immediately falling back down. From this I hope the audience feel a sense of sadness and sympathy. During my performance so far I have introduced fast continues movements which wer...
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