A reflection of choreography tasks and the process
Within our first choreography lesson, we looked at six pieces of stimuli and then went into small groups to discuss what we thought of the art and photos. We made notations and analysed the stimuli for inspiration within our individual solos. Then we came together as a class to further develop our ideas and intentions on a mind map about certain pieces of stimuli, this was really interesting because there was loads of varied perspectives on the topics we had drawn from the photos and art work.(P//)
We also went on to choose one piece of stimuli we liked the most and annotated it further to create ideas for our solos. I thought about movement ideas, music and style to deliver the story of the art work. For example, using inconsistent and anticlimactic music would represent the stimuli well because it’s showing the difficulty in change of a woman and how she is developing to become older. The stimuli shows vulnerability and how someone may not be happy about changing, this is why I thought about gradually changing the style half way through the performance so that it can clearly convey that something has adjusted. (P//)
My first impression on the piece, was that a young woman was becoming older and more vulnerable which she may possibly be afraid of, as when we get older it prevents us from doing things we enjoyed when we were younger. Other intentions I have from this art work is that she may feel that people will view her as fragile or brittle, which can cause self-consciousness and anxiety of how people perceive her from natural development.(P//)
This is the stimuli I chose to use for inspiration:
(Cosba,n.d.)
Using the ideas from the mind map I made and the choreographic technique of Merce Cunningham, also known as the chance method, which is done by writing down six movements, listing them from one to six and rolling a dice to form a sequence of movements using the idea of randomness (Kerr, 2017). I created a small phrase that portrayed the development of the woman in my stimuli. I incorporated movements with my arms that looked as though I was tearing young skin off my body to reveal the old and aged skin. Using the chance technique I struggled with the idea of taking basic movements like a turn or a jump and linking them back to the stimuli, as when I have created choreography in the past I often use improvisation. However I found this method really interesting and challenged me to think of new pathways and transitions, which was Merce Cunningham’s intentions with his choreography, and therefore I wouldn’t have thought of if not using Cunningham’s technique.(P//)
Refrences:
Cosba, L(n.d). Layered PolaroidPicture.[Image] Availiable at: [Accessed 26 September 2021].
Bibliography:
Cosba, L(n.d). Layered PolaroidPicture.[Image] Availiable at: [Accessed 26 September 2021].
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