Group 2

Today I worked independantly with Mike, Porsha and Zoe.

We choreographed a routine representing earth, to a song by example. we did not pick the song straight away, firstly we produced a stimuli from a picture that we had been given, at the start we struggled to choreograph but looking into more depth, connecting it with the chosen Element we therefore started to choreograph 4 sets of 8. During the choreography there was alot of cannon, I like using canon in a movement piece due to it looking effective but also helping with musicality and time - management.

There was a range of transformations in the piece, making sure everyones placement changed throughout the piece to be seen. I enjoyed working with this group due to never having the chance before, we took alot of risks and changed a numberous of movement and musicality at the end. We changed the song to ' Michael Jackson - earth, and the movement went correctly in time.

emotions for each element

Earth

• Alive
• Freedom
• powerul
• No limits

I feel there are no limits due to it being the earth, everything could respresent the earth in one big circle.

Fire

• Energy
• Sharp dynamics
• Powerful
• Strong

I feel with fire it is very powerful respresenting all the space, showing emotions, exploration, and very spacious no groundness, all free.

Water

• smooth
• Life
• Neverending
• Fluid
• Free

Water is all on the floor, yet there are alot of physcial movement with the body that can physically represent water, like body rippling, waveing, you could use alot of dynamics grounded on the floor.

Air

• Emotional
• Spacious
• No Limits
• Emotional - sad
• Lyrical

Air you could use alot of jumps and lifts, top visulise air, aswell as breatheness and stillness, Lyrical could coorpriate with lyrcial, as well as using all spaceing.

Elements research

Earth


Dynamics ; sharp, stillness, fluid , open, floor work, spaceing

• Groundnesss 
• Warm colours
• Tribal
• Global warming
• Natural disasters ; Volcanos, tsunami, earthquake
• Animals
• Humans
• Sun - link with global warming
• Snow
• Rain
• Thunderstorms

Fire

• Fierce
• powerful
• Fiesty
• Tension
• Passion - Love, could tell a story - narrative
• Agression - dyanmics; sharp , fierce , grounded, jumps,
• inner / outer
• warm (candles )
• Concerntration
• Energy

Water

• Ripple
• Sharp / powerful
• Harsh
• Cold
• Energy
• Calm
• Flowy
• Wet
• Free
• Emotions
• Life
• Gratetude
• Deep
• Fairytales
• End-less
• Mythology - myths
• Intelligence

Air

• Pollution
• Innocents
• Free
• Spaceious
• Contrasting
• Mixed emotions
• Breath
• Life
• Relaxing
• Travelling
• Autumn
• No limits
• Birds, other animals
• Hot air balloon
• Escape
• Yoga
• Soothing
• Meditation

I then had to interpret to music that was randomly put on in the studio, to these elements, I felt that Fire was my strongest, due to dancing to the emotions, letting of steam, representing angre. I felt this is the one that suited me the most, dynamics and musicallity, I felt this felt more natural as other elements I struggled to improvise, therefore from this practice, I feel that Fire will be my element I will choose for my Solo.

13/1/14

Today we created 4 counts of 8 responding to the air picture given to my group. The choreography needed tobe choreographed to the song ' breeze Blocks'. I already had an understanding of the song due to making choreography up to this in a previous college.

In the choreography I used;
Tabluexes at the start to respresent the picture that was given. the picture represented 5 individuals creating movement signly, but showing a connection from the dynamics. During the choreography we used unison, showing contact through the movement, the relationshio was strong in the group and everyone had individual styles but interpreted the correct styles with the music. Throughout the piece you could see a visual motif development, the motif was a sharp body movement, that required different levels.

The dynamcis that were incorpreted were varied due to different sections; we had;

1. sharp
2. fluid
3. soft
4. fierce
5. control
6. floor patterns

The  choreography developed very quickly and I enjoyed working with my group. Bella, Billie and Kornelia. We was the first to finish our choreography and due to this It was rehearsed well, and time managment was physically positive. I emotionally felt that the choreography could have been developed enormously if we had the chance.

Elements

Elements ;

• Science elements; 
• copper
• Lead 
• Silver 

• Wind ( Air) 
• Tornados 

• Fire ; volcano, sun 
• Natural disasters 
• Earth 

• Godesses , god - greek mothology 
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• Earth - Brown - Green 
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• Air - white 
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• Fire - Yello - Red 
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• Pyriodic table - science 
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• Dynamics - fire - sharp - power - control - fierce - force 
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• Water - fluid, flow , wavey
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• Wind- mixed, sharp, soft, fluid 
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• Earth - Grounded, Sharp

Structure

Structure conveys meaning

• Provides a foundation of choreography 
• Helps to develop a style 

• Binary - AB 
• Ternary - ABC 
• Narrative - A story 
• Rondo - ABACABDA

AB is the begining and end 

ABC every section is different 

ABACABDA is repetition of sections 

Devices - elements wich create choreography with ;

• Canon 
• Unison 
• Contract
• Symmetry 
• Floor patterns 
• Movement component - elevation, fallings, turn 
• Motif 
• Motif development
• Repetition 
• Climax 
• Dynamics 
• Logical sequencing - experimenting, moving body, listen to music - Natural.

9/1/14

What does it take to create choreography;

• Everyones elses abilities 
• Amount of people in the group
• Dance planner 
• Floor spaceing 
• Stamina - Images, Props, Music, Lyrics

1) Research;

• Internet 
• Music 
• Books 
• Photos 
• Outside 
• Television/Films 

2) Consider your group

3) Structures 

4) Devices