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choreography module: second week

 In the second week, myself and my group came together to decide on our own stimulis to bring into the choreography lesson. We chose a picture of a hand which consisted of lots of linear lines and patterns.

In our groups, we went around the room and observed and analysed the other groups stimulis and ideas and commented a word or two that we thought as a group represented the picture clearly.
The words and ideas that were written about our stimulis was the following:

* shapes
*different pathways
*linear and curved lines
*black and white
*intertwined
*represents DNA and information
*the idea of leaving DNA behind
*hand - the idea of contact
*transfer of DNA
*contrast

From the selection of words we were given, we chose 3 that stood out for us and created 4 movements/motifs for each word. Each movement had to be 8 counts and altogether should create 12 movements. The first word we chose was 'contrast':

1st movement - arm swipes head, grab arm up then down.
2nd movement - soft swirls arm breathe over.
3rd movement - soft side bends up and over.
4th movement - sharp swipe of the arm and it loops over bringing together to create a canon down.

The second words were 'different pathways':

5th movement - corkscrew down to leap to kneel.
6th movement - sitting in second to twist round with the hands and roll around.
7th movement - step out arms out then make a circle behind the body.
8th movement - cartwheel like movement which leads into a drag turn.

The third and final word was 'intertwining':

9th movement - swipe arms to clasp.
10th movement - turn with hugging arms.
11th movement - shoulders fold over, touch hands to unfold up.
12th movement - twist arms and fold to hold leg to bring up.

After we created all of the movements, our next task was to number them 1-12. Once we did that, a dice was thrown and whatever number was rolled became the order of how we were to perform the movements altogether. The sequence after the dice was rolled was: 1, 11, 6, 9, 8, 9, 6, 2, 10, 5, 12, 7, 10, 3, 4.
The lesson today we found to learn the technique on finding patterns and movements and putting them together to create a larger phrase. This is preparing us for when the time comes for us to choreograph our own motifs for our own stimulus.

Comments

  1. Daisy StonierNovember 1, 2020 at 11:57 PM

    You have explained the task well and including the description of each movement really helps me to imagine the process you took and phrase that you created. How did you find this task and would you like to use a method of chance like this within your final group choreography?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 4:10 AM

      Thankyou for your comment Daisy. I think the task where we look at the stimulus and pick out words to create movement with will definetly be a way I will personally create movement later down the line when it comes to creating the group piece.

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  2. Abigail DowseNovember 2, 2020 at 10:49 AM

    I really enjoyed reading your blog and you have gone into very clear detail about the motif you created. You have included a list of the words explored in the lesson, did you find doing this task helpful in creating different methods to choreograph?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 4:18 AM

      I did find this task really helpful for creating movement as I felt personally making the movement based on the words can help you choose certain dynamics and emotion behind it. For example; one of the words we had "shapes", so we decided to perform the movement with sharp and strong dynamics.

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  3. sadie medcalfNovember 23, 2020 at 3:44 AM

    I like how much detail you have gone into in this blog. I also like how you have set out the blog. Do you think you would use this task again to create choreography in the future? Why?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 4:33 AM

      As mentioned above, I will most likely use this choreography method to create movement in the final group choreography.

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