Today we created a dance motif piece for our house. That consisted of group motifs and duet/trio elements. Including walks, skips, jumps, spins and claps. We did this by watching the musical 'Our House' and their interpretation of the dance and seeing whether we could use any phrase in our own interpretation.
We started off with the iconic 'walk' that they use throughout the entire performance. This is a simple step movement with exaggerated arm swings. Performed in a jerky fashion to create sharp, clear movements. We then did a side step into 3 mini jumps whilst swinging our arms again but in a more fluid fashion. In order to create contrast from our previous movement as well as to gain pace and energy as we go into a box-step like motif. We then repeated this motif but instead doing it the opposite way. For example, stepping left instead of right and doing the box-step phrase to the left instead of the right.
We then broke off into two groups fake chatting and stage acting. Looking like we're having fun. We then skip in a line in a figure of 8 crossing paths with the other groups line circling around until we are in a semi circle. Then a group of us go into the middle and perform a motif whilst the rest of us stay around the edge. Then once they have finished and step out the circle we run and slide in, spinning on our bums to the left then spinning/jump up on our rights to get up and walk to the edge of the circle once again.
After this we then got into two's or threes and came up with a little friendly motif to add energy and to start to establish the relationships between characters. I was in a three with Harry and Raven. A lot of our movements involved us facing each other in a triangle formation and often having at least one point of contact. This was to show that our characters knew each other well and were comfortable with one another as well as to show the positive relationships we had. For example, as one moment we have a jump into a high five to represent the classic 'friend group' high five you see in films and shows. We did this to emphasise the positivity our group of characters had to one another.
To finish the devising we all came forward into a group to perform a unison motif which consisted of lifting our arms to our chest with one of our legs then switching the weight from one leg to the other punching towards the ground. We performed this motif twice switching direction.
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I felt that the group dynamic when being introduced to the idea and piece was very positive and enthusiastic. People has loads of ideas and was ready to get started straight away without any hesitation. I also thought that everyone has lots of high energy levels when it came to learning the choreography and people picked it up very quickly. This meant that we could progress our choreography quickly and devise more of the song. I feel as though my first impression was very positive and created a atmosphere of optimism which encouraged other people to jump straight into the piece as well.
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Personally, I feel as though my little trio group could work on our timing when it comes to claps and jumps as we are slightly out of time. This would make our performance slicker and make it seem well rehearsed and furnished when it comes to performing. I also feel that this will also help keep pace and energy levels gong rather than slowing them down as we are out of time.
As a group we also need to sort out timing when their is dialogue in the song. As we do not have any choreography for those moments meaning we are just waiting around for the song to start up again. In order to progress this I feel as though we could create mini narratives that could be mimed during these bits as to not draw attention away from the actors but to make it seem more realistic and smooth.
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