Dance lesson 4 - 'We Will Rock You' and experimenting with formations

In todays lesson we spent the first hour learning a dance routine to a song featured in the musical 'We Will Rock You' which we will be taking part in later in the academic year.

In the second hour of our lesson we started devising a new dance phrase inspired by 'Faultline'. It included many motifs we have used before as well as adding on a few more moves in order to develop the dance piece.

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I believe our structure of having two groups. i.e. The group of four that walk down at the start and then the group that are in the corner. Is effective as it creates a different layer to the piece and makes it visually interesting to watch as there are two different things going on at once. By also having two groups it could symbolise the theme of 'gangs' from the piece Faultline. For example, they could be in some sort of rivalry as barely any movements are the same in the two groups accept the main dance motif which could symbolise that they are similar but have different views.
Another thing that went well was that we were all in time with each other and the music creating fluid  movement. Making it seem well rehearsed. As well as being in time it makes us look and feel connected with the piece itself.
Another thing I think went well was our formation when group 1 and group 2 merged together ready for the main dance motif. This was structurally engaging as we walked on diagonals and didn't bump into each other making it seem smooth and professional.

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I think to improve what's already been done we could establish emotions more. For example, anger/betrayal etc. This would therefore help us to decided how we should perform the motif. For example, sharp movements or smooth movements etc. This would also then be able to link with 'Faultline' and the themes in the piece. Personally, I feel as though I need to work on my rolls in the piece and making them smoother in practice. For example, I get halfway through the role and then stop. In order to prevent this I need to gain momentum as I go down and think about how to position my legs and arms when rolling.
As a whole I think to develop it we could have the two groups meeting in some sort of stand off and work our fight motif we did a few weeks ago into it. This would then also represent the 'gang' and 'violence' themes throughout.