Another exercise

Another exercise we used for this piece that was earlier on in relation to the Superheroes was Ready Fire Aim. i really enjoyed this exercise as you get ready, fire so we ran and then aim so we froze in different positions. It was fun to see the different things we came up with. And we used the sides of the room as one side would be the silliest pose, in the middle would be a middle pose, and near the end would be the most serious.

Us rehearsing

This is a picture of us rehearsing. We where practising our rhyming in this section. I am there just facing the wrong way!!
Sprightly
Tightly
Nightly
Brightly
Slightly
Sightly
Rightly
and POLIGHTLY!

Previous ideas before final piece

Before our final piece that Matthias Sperling created, he decided that he wanted us to be Superhereos inspired by his piece 'DO NOT BE AFRAID.'
We looked at a video of his piece to see what it is about and understand it more and get a feeling for what he wanted. We also used it to get an idea of the costumes he wore and what he wanted us to look like as this was what he was aiming for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQeaePYixY

After this we got an email saying he wanted to scrap this idea and start a new one that was completely different and he had been thinking of doing for a while. So, we started from scratch.

This is a picture of our map of our piece. It is The final Loop. It shows clearly the different places we have to go to and what we do in each section.

Performance Projects: Exercises

One of the exercises we had to work on during this piece is called what lights up leads.
I found this quite a difficult exercise as i got stuck on different things to lead by. After a while i was doing the same thing over and again and had to think on a wider scale. I then thought about using smaller bits of the body including little parts of the body like the nose, fingers etc. We got told to use this as inspiration and to take the exercise further:
                          Let the body part take you as far as it can only it one direction not multiples.
                          Take it slow and steady 
                          Let the body part take you as far as it can only it one direction not multiples.
                          Know your body                          Explore what lights up in the space first
                        

These are ideas we put towards developing our Duet piece

We recorded Sophie sleeping for our duet and wrote down what we saw. I noticed Sophie's heavy breathing so we tried to do this but develop it and make it less obvious by representing the heavy breathing but using a different part of the body..



This is Sophie doing her choreographed motif of what she took from the video of her breathing:

A starting piece for our Duet

This is a piece we was working on for our Duet piece. It is based on dreaming. We started it about Deja Vu and it developed to dreams. We then looked at common dreams and one we looked at was falling. We looked into falling and the feelings and reasons why we dream of falling and then developed it into movement.

Body Story - Breathing

I would like to base my Body Story on Breathing and respiration. I feel this is good for me to focus on because it is a big part of my movement. I think that i don't breath enough when i'm dancing and i think too much about when and how often i should be breathing that my breathing becomes irregular. Usually too fast. This makes my intake of Oxygen higher and causes me to panic. Therefore i feel looking at breathing will be something good for me to look at

About my Body Story

This is to do with Breathing and the respiratory system. This helps me a lot as this is what i will be studying in my Viva Body story as i feel that is appropriate for me.

A video of me in class

This is a motif we did in one of Andreas movement classes. I feel by recording myself and then putting it on my Blog, i can see what i was doing wrong and it helps me to understand the feedback i was given by my fellow peers

This is my improvised solo for my assessment. I based it on Evolution. I feel that it went well but i was quite disappointed as due to me being nervous i obviously rushed it and missed bits out that i did through out my rehearsals

This is an interview off a fellow colleague who has witnessed my moving

-what do you think i do well when i am dancing?
You have a good head tail connection and you fully extend everything from your torso right out to your fingers and toes.

-what do you think i need to concentrate on and don't do as well?
I feel you need to work on your fulidity through movement, making sure you finish each move before moving on to the next and also think about your head strings more pulling you up.

-what do i need to do to work on these things?
Go over any set material between classes so you know the phrase and dont need to think about what comes next, having a feel for what you are moving from helps too. Imagine you have strings pulling you up from the skull.

-how do you think i move as a dancer?
I think your movement is quite strong and sharp.

-how can i make my style more contemporary?
Think about softening your muscles and bones, release tension. Also work with slower movement phrases to get a feel of becoming more fluid and soft because you tend to work fast and sharp. 

This is me and Sophie doing a motif we learned in Studio practise.

This is my solo piece but as a whole. This was when i performed it to my colleagues.

This is an earlier practise of my piece, so it is not complete and im still quite hesitant with it.

This is my solo piece on Evolution but a practise one that i did in the studio.