Showing posts with label Choreography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Choreography. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Dancing to different sounds
In our duets we picked a small piece of choreography that we had and performed it to three different types of sound. As a result, we found that each piece of sound somehow altered our dance and the way in which we performed it.
Tea For Two- Carlos Bica
Easy to follow my partner and stay in time with them
It was very easy to make the dance follow the rhythm given
Woodland Bird Song
Soundscape
Draws us out of our images and rhythms
Difficult to follow some type of rhythm
Aware of other sounds in the background
Didn’t tend to go at the same pace as my partner
Classical
Created the image of a garden party
Difficult to stay away from the rhythm
Tea For Two- Carlos Bica
Easy to follow my partner and stay in time with them
It was very easy to make the dance follow the rhythm given
Woodland Bird Song
Soundscape
Draws us out of our images and rhythms
Difficult to follow some type of rhythm
Aware of other sounds in the background
Didn’t tend to go at the same pace as my partner
Classical
Created the image of a garden party
Difficult to stay away from the rhythm
Questions on my response to sound and music
How do you experience music?
Listen to it
Listen to it more than once to take in something that I find interesting or that I like
Dance to it
How do you experience sound?
I concentrate more when listening to sound as opposed to music
Freeze when I hear something alarming/different
Tense if the sound is too loud
Sound is something that is ambient
Sound shouldn’t be a decoration
What can you hear now?
Pens and pencils
Door squeaking
Footprints
Rattling of boxes
Chalk pieces clicking together
Trouser material moving on the floor
When do you listen to sound/music without lyrics or in a different language?
Irish dancing
When you make your own sounds through the body such as singing, playing an instrument or using a tap routine
Using everyday sound
Listen to it
Listen to it more than once to take in something that I find interesting or that I like
Dance to it
How do you experience sound?
I concentrate more when listening to sound as opposed to music
Freeze when I hear something alarming/different
Tense if the sound is too loud
Sound is something that is ambient
Sound shouldn’t be a decoration
What can you hear now?
Pens and pencils
Door squeaking
Footprints
Rattling of boxes
Chalk pieces clicking together
Trouser material moving on the floor
When do you listen to sound/music without lyrics or in a different language?
Irish dancing
When you make your own sounds through the body such as singing, playing an instrument or using a tap routine
Using everyday sound
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Reading Week
Making decisions is a conscience action not a reaction
I think and therefore I am
Staying with one thing is difficult-can't stay for longer than what is comfortable
Learning to committ!
Chance
Define the word collage
A work of visual arts, constituted of heterogeneous parts stuck together.
Chance
Cunningham used chance methods to decide how to sequence choreographic phrases, how many dancers would perform at any given point, where they would stand onstage, and where they would enter and exit.
"When I choreograph a piece by tossing pennies by chance, that is, I am finding my resources in that play, whcih is not the product of my will, but which is an energy and a law which I too obey.
( Cunningham, "The Impermanent Art" 71)
On using space Cunningham said
" The space was done by taking pieces of paper and making the imperfections in each piece-if you look at nay piece of paper...you see little dots- I would number these dots, and by chance means decide where somebody started in each space and to what space he went next, the next one and so on. Each dancer had different dots. I superimposed them to see if there were any points that came together, and where they did, I would have sequences with people together
(Merce Cunningham, "The Dancer and The Dance" 90-91)
A work of visual arts, constituted of heterogeneous parts stuck together.
Chance
Cunningham used chance methods to decide how to sequence choreographic phrases, how many dancers would perform at any given point, where they would stand onstage, and where they would enter and exit.
"When I choreograph a piece by tossing pennies by chance, that is, I am finding my resources in that play, whcih is not the product of my will, but which is an energy and a law which I too obey.
( Cunningham, "The Impermanent Art" 71)
On using space Cunningham said
" The space was done by taking pieces of paper and making the imperfections in each piece-if you look at nay piece of paper...you see little dots- I would number these dots, and by chance means decide where somebody started in each space and to what space he went next, the next one and so on. Each dancer had different dots. I superimposed them to see if there were any points that came together, and where they did, I would have sequences with people together
(Merce Cunningham, "The Dancer and The Dance" 90-91)
Repetition
Last term we were encourgaed to explore our movements as deeply as we could and I often struggled with this. However, I feel this simple repetition exercise will help me this term in exploring movements and will also enable me to create a stronger piece of choreography. I think this exercise would also be useful to use when needing to strip complicated pieces of choreography back and simplify them.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Cutting
I decided to cut out the part of the journey that was ripped and about to drop off.
I was intirgued to see what the overall picture would look like without it and if there was another journey that I could investigate within the smaller page.
I was intirgued to see what the overall picture would look like without it and if there was another journey that I could investigate within the smaller page.
Rhythms
I thought it was interesting to see how my partner had marked out the rhytms that I had created in my dance.
Journey
What I noticed :
There are no pen marks in any of the corners
Pen marks are more predominant in the centre of the page
The centre of the page has a huge tear
Lines appear to be big and flowy
Began dance slowly, gradually built it up to become faster
Worked on different levels
Spins ripped the sheet apart
Finished the dance abruptly, slowing down straight away
There are no pen marks in any of the corners
Pen marks are more predominant in the centre of the page
The centre of the page has a huge tear
Lines appear to be big and flowy
Began dance slowly, gradually built it up to become faster
Worked on different levels
Spins ripped the sheet apart
Finished the dance abruptly, slowing down straight away
Mark Making Scores
As I moved around on a large sheet of paper, my partner marked out my movements, rhythms and change of speeds in different colour pens.
Space
Define the term polycentric?
Having many centres
What is proscenium theatre space?
This is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large arch wich is near the front of the stage. As a result there is no audience on eitheir side of the stage.
In my duet I want to explore the idea of moving an audience into the space that I perform in so they aren't facing what is commonly percieved as the "front"
Having many centres
What is proscenium theatre space?
This is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large arch wich is near the front of the stage. As a result there is no audience on eitheir side of the stage.
In my duet I want to explore the idea of moving an audience into the space that I perform in so they aren't facing what is commonly percieved as the "front"
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Dance Conversations
Peole can speak at the same time in a conversation, whether they're agreeing on something or talking about different things eg:bus example
Gaps in a conversation and pauses are two different things!
Sometimes you can allow one person to talk for a long period of time like a monlouge.
Many friendships begin akwardly, become closer, have the potential to fall apart and the potential to get closer.
Gaps in a conversation and pauses are two different things!
Sometimes you can allow one person to talk for a long period of time like a monlouge.
Many friendships begin akwardly, become closer, have the potential to fall apart and the potential to get closer.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Solo Positions
In our choreography class we all worked on individual pieces of movement and then performed them to the group. However, in performing them we explored the many positions that we can start in when performing a dance. It was intriguing to see the difference in a performance that is danced to the back of the room, as opposed to the front. We then played with the idea of moving the audience to suit the performer. For example the audience could be placed in a square, in a circle or into two diagonal lines. I really enjoyed this exercise as it emphasised how important it is to pick a spot that will best reflect your dance and draw in an audience at the same time.
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