Week 1 – Introduction to Choreography
In this lesson we created movement by using our mobile phone number and our our names. The first video attached are the movements I created that were inspired by my name. This task made me realise how much such a small thing such as writing your name in the air can develop into larger movements. However, due to the fact that this was the first choreographic task I found it hard for the moves to flow and how to travel through the space.. I think some strengths in this piece were that I managed to change direction and use different levels. However, to improve the choreography I would make it travel more and incorporate more dynamics. I chose the word release to show the resistance as I came down from a move, nonetheless, I still think I could’ve made this even more obvious through my movement.
The second video of choreography was created by using different movements for each number. For example a 0 was a shunt and 6 was a swing. I found this task allowed me to build upon the moves as they had already been given to me. Due to this, I was more comfortable choreographing and made me realise how useful these sorts of techniques can be to make the choreography more interesting for the audience. . The strengths in this choreography were that I travelled more compared to the name choreography and that again different levels were used. In spite of this I could’ve mage the movements flow together and think more about the transition from each movement. The word I tried to incorporate in the choreography was impact as with the swings and shunts it would really develop these movements. Although by using impact as a movement quality helped, I still think I could’ve shown more of a contrast between the impactful movements and the movements that were more soft to create more of a dynamic piece.
Your presentation within this post is good and your video is clear. You have clearly stated the creative tasks within the lesson and described what you have created, good work.
ReplyDeleteIf you are looking for the higher marks, you should discuss how your strengths assisted you within the tasks in more detail and how you will improve your weaknesses over the course of the module. Also consider what you would change if you performed this task again.
This then leads us onto your thoughts and feelings throughout the lesson. Question how each creative task made you feel, if you found anything difficult, and how this affected your movement. Consider how you would change the movement if you had to perform this task again.
Overall, some very good aspects within the post, I look forward to reading the improvements.
Miss Norman
Thank you for your comment, my strengths were being able to use different levels within the motif. However, I feel as though I need to work on dynamics to create contrast between different movements to make it more exciting.
DeleteI thought the lesson was really helpful in developing my creative process and made me think about how simple movements can develop into a more whole piece. I did find however, finding ways to link the steps in the phone number together to make the motif move with more fluidity. Therefore, I tried to focus on the linking steps but I feel like this can still be improved in later tasks.
If I was to reattempt the task I would make my movement travel more through the space and also work on creating a more fluid motif overall.
You have clearly explained each of the tasks and have given yourself some useful areas for improvement. What did you change about how you executed each movement in order to give them the 'impact' dynamic? Well done, your writing is structured well and your final sequences are very interesting and performed with confidence.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Daisy, I changed how fast I swung my arms in and also how heavy I made my movements in order to portray the word "impact"
DeleteThe 'impact' dynamic is clearly shown within your motif with contrasting movements. Did you face any challenges when creating this motif?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your question Mhairi, I found it quite difficult to link the steps together in order to make it a fluid piece rather than it appearing disjointed.
DeleteI really love the contrasts in movement (fast to slow) you present in your name motif- it's very effective as viewer. If you were to change the verb "release" to another, how would you change the quality of your movements?
ReplyDeleteThank you Louisa for your comment. If the verb was impact, like the one used for the phone number, I would change the fact that all the movements have the same speed and be more heavy with the upper body.
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