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choreography module: third week

 In this weeks lesson we were given a task where we had to start standing in a line. The first person in the line was given an adjective such as 'heavy' or 'gentle' and from that word they had to create a motif. From then, the second person in line could watch the movement twice and try and remember it for the third person in the line. We did this activity 4 times creating 4 motifs. Due to the short amount of time we had to watch and remember each motif, once it got to the last person performing what they tried to remember, it always seemed slightly different to the original motif whether it was missing a movement entirely or just using the wrong arm. From this we ended up having the original and the slightly changed version which gave us 8 movements created altogether.

Once we put all of the movements together giving us a bigger phrase we were told to focus on the formations and choreographic devices we can add into our phrase. For the first original motif we decided to stand in a diagonal line with a slight canon and straight after in the same formation we performed the changed version of that motif. 

The second formation for the second original motif we created a straight horizontal line facing the front all performing the motif in unison. 

The third formation for the third original motif to create a triangle where the two people on the end of the line jumped backwards and then the second jump in the phrase was excecuted in canon with the point of the triangle jumping first then the back left person then the right.

The fourth formation for the fourth original motif was from the triangle into a circle and traveling in a circle whilst performing the motif in unison.

After that motif we start to perform the rest of the changed motifs continuing on, we show the second changed motif in a straight horizontal line facing the back in unison.

The third changed motif was executed in canon with the person on the left of the line starting first still facing the back, then the person in the middle changed to face the front and perform the canon second, following on the person on the right who is showing the canon facing the back.

The final changed motif still stayed in the line but facing the right side starting with the person on the right side performing the accumilation, the person in the middle following them and the person at the end finishing the motif.

This class showed us another technique on how to create motifs and phrases simular to last week with the use of creating movements from words but in this case we focused on formations and devices we can use when it comes to creating our choreographies later on in these couple of months.

Comments

  1. Daisy StonierNovember 2, 2020 at 12:01 AM

    This is a really clear and well-structured explanation and it is impressive that your group managed to use a wide variety of formations and devices. Did you also experiment with any changes in dynamic and if so what kind of effect did this give/ would you like it to give if you tried this in the future?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 6:33 AM

      Thankyou for your comment Daisy. In the sections where we performed the original and the different motifs, we decided to change the dynamics to either the orignal or changed motif. We did this so you could see a clear change of the motifs and just a time to explore what we could do with the movements we had.

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  2. Abigail DowseNovember 2, 2020 at 10:51 AM

    This blog is really detailed and you have explored the lesson tasks really well. How did you find doing the Translation method? is this task something you feel like you could incorporate in choreographing your group piece?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 7:03 AM

      I personally found that this task was slightly challenging due to the part of remembering the movement. But in the end, having not remembered the motif exactly, that lead our group having 2 motifs with each word which gave us more material. I don't think I will use this technique for future choreographing.

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  3. sadie medcalfNovember 23, 2020 at 3:47 AM

    I like how much detail you have gone into to describe every step you took in the lesson. Did you like this task? Was it challenging? Would you use this task in the future?

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    1. Hannah Tinsley-HopeDecember 3, 2020 at 9:54 AM

      As mentioned above in Daisy and Abigail's comment, I don't think I will use this choreographic process to create movement in the future.

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