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Week 12 – Final Performance Evaluation

Overall, I was quite happy with how the choreography assessment went, I felt like I was able to show the emotion I set out to portray, using facial expressions. Furthermore, I also feel like I acted on my feedback I was given from my studio performance and I was able to add more weight to my movement which made my choreography have a heavier, more dynamic feel. At the beginning I wanted to achieve a solo which would portray a storyline through facial expressions and also one which had the use of repetition to link to my stimulus. I think I was successful with this as my solo had a lot of repeated movements such as contractions and leaps, incorporating different arms and dynamics to also use the choreographic device argumentation. This was very clear within my solo, especially as the beginning motif of my solo is also repeated at the end although it has been altered slightly for the ending position. Overall, I found the whole process challenging at times but also quite fun. One diffic...
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Week 11- Practitioner Evaluation

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( Above is the TED Talk which was referenced in my vlog at 0:40) Bibliography; Thompson, J. (2017).  Everything you need to know about Wayne McGregor and why he matters . [online] Evening Standard. Available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/wayne-mcgregor-how-the-royal-ballets-resident-choreographer-has-changed-the-world-of-dance-a3454416.html [Accessed 1 Dec. 2019]. Snow, G. (2017).  Interview with choreographer Wayne McGregor . [online] The Stage. Available at: https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2017/wayne-mcgregor-people-will-tell-you-there-are-rules-but-there-arent-any/ [Accessed 1 Dec. 2019]. McGregor, W. (2012).  A choreographer's creative process in real time . [online] Ted.com. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/wayne_mcgregor_a_choreographer_s_creative_process_in_real_time?language=en [Accessed 1 Dec. 2019].
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Week 11 – Critical Review of Dance Piece #3

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Genus - Wayne McGregor   ‘Genus’ by Wayne McGregor was created in 2007 and was performed by Paris Opera Ballet. It was inspired from Charles Darwin’s ‘On the origin of species’ and is based around the theories about humankind. (Studio Wayne McGregor, 2019)   “I was interested to see how a ballet vocabulary could morph and mutate through a series of iterations, different kinds of physical attitudes, and all that seemed to coalesce around this idea of what is the origin of something.” (thestar.com, 2019) The piece is a male solo which is contrasting to ‘Infra’ and ‘Woolf Works’ which I have reviewed on my blog as they were a duet and a group piece. The male dancer is wearing a black bike-tard which has a white panel down the centre front and back. This may have been used to show an organism or portray a stage in the evolution of humans. In contrast, dancers in ‘Infra’ and ‘Woolf works’ both wore tight fitting nude leotards so the costumes didn’t particularly add a c...
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Week 10 - Studio Performance

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During our choreography lesson this week I performed the solo I have created based on dementia. The aim of this task was to be able to perform in the space that we will use for our assessment and also the receive feedback for our solo to allow us to make improvements. Our learning outcomes are: 1.        Critically analyse and evaluate a variety of works by a chosen choreographer within the current dance scene. 2.        Demonstrate the application of theories, processes, devices and technical dance skills to choreograph, create and design original dance to pre-selected stimuli. 3.        Critically evaluate and reflect on personal choreographic work and the creative processes used. I personally believe I have fulfilled these as I have analysed and evaluated Wayne McGregor’s works including ‘Infra’ and ‘Woolf Works’, commenting on the movement, lighting, costumes and evaluating why they...
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Week 9 - Critical Review of Dance Piece #2

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Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor was choreographed in 2015 and was performed by The Royal Ballet. The stimulus of the piece was “ themes from three of Woolf's landmark novels,  Mrs Dalloway ,  Orlando , and  The Waves , with elements of her letters, essays and diaries.” (Studio Wayne McGregor, 2019). Similar to ‘Infra’, the music was composed by Max Richter and the score was specially commissioned for the piece incorporating electronic and orchestral music (Roh.org.uk, 2019). The piece starts with one large white spotlight on the stage with travelling sequences across the spotlight in pairs. The duet work includes jumps such as pas de chats, temps levés and small leaps. There is also travelling lifts with jumps, kicks and slides, also plies and lots of body ripples.  The movement is constantly drifting into and out of the spotlight like an eb and flow. The theme of moving through the spotlight is continued throughout the piece as they increase to 3 spo...
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Week 9 – Creative Development – Session 3

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Week 8 - Creative Development - Session 2

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In this week’s choreography lesson, I continued creating my solo based on dementia. So far, I have managed to create the beginning section, part of the middle and a few core motifs which I aim to use choreographic devices to develop within my piece. A challenge I having been facing recently is trying to link my movement to my stimulus and chosen practitioner. To overcome this, I decided to re-watch some of Wayne McGregor work and made notes on different movements that he uses to ensure his influence and processes are clear within my piece. Some movements he frequently uses are leg extensions, body ripples and lots of sharp and precise footwork and arm placements. I have started to show this by doing arabesques, low développé s and kicks with resistance. In the future, I want to add more sharp, angular movements to try and include his stylisation more. I also did further research into the effects that dementia has on someone mentally and physically so I have a deeper understanding of...
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