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WEEK 12- FINAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Personally I am really happy with my final performance, I remembered my choreography and also the facial expressions I had decided I wanted to show for each part. I also felt quite confident while I was dancing and I think this was reflected in my performance- perhaps this was to do with a panel/audience being present. The only thing I would do differently is alter the spacing, in my performance I ran out of space during the last phrase of the first section which I was quite unhappy about as I had never experienced this problem before. Aside from this I am satisfied with the other spacing issues I sorted out due to the feedback from my studio performance as this definitely enhanced my final performance. After my studio performance I watched a video of my dance and I was quite pleasantly surprised at how happy I was with my choreography. In the beginning of the course I aimed to choreograph a piece that successfully conveyed my stimulus of schizophrenia through the use of choreograph...
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WEEK 11 PRACTITIONER EVALUATION

References Jennings, L. (2019).  Crystal Pite: the Canadian choreographer bringing a bold new mood to contemporary dance . [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/22/crystal-pite-interview-sadlers-wells [Accessed 30 Nov. 2019]. Sadler's Wells Blog. (2019).  Crystal Pite | Sadler's Wells Blog . [online] Available at: http://blog.sadlerswells.com/tag/crystal-pite/ [Accessed 30 Nov. 2019].
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CRITICAL REVIEW OF DANCE PIECE #3

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lju0oiiffam5rut/AABKDV5jnaU_xNFLVve7DttGa?dl=0&preview=Pite+3+-+Emergence+Excerpt.MP4.m4v Pite's Piece Emergence was created in 2009 for the National Ballet of Canada (En.wikipedia.org, 2019) She was able to draw inspiration from a book 'Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software'(Scene, 2019). In this critique I will be exploring comparisons in movement style, dynamics and intentions of 'Emergence' and the two other pieces I have previously reviewed. I feel that the narrative and influences of this piece are so different to 'Flight Pattern' and 'The Seasons Canon'. This work aims to show the parallels between the "social organization of bees and the hierarchical nature of classical ballet companies"(Scene, 2019) however in contrast to this, 'Flight Pattern' depicts the flight of refugees. Although Pite can create touching and emotional pieces that can relate to current iss...
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STUDIO PERFORMANCE

The studio performance went better than I anticipated it would be. I was initially very worried about forgetting my dance or making a mistake but I didn't and I am overall quite pleased with the final outcome. I am very glad we had the opportunity to have a studio rehearsal as we were able to get feedback from my teacher and peers as a new perspective can help identify problems, spacing issues and clarity of dynamics being among these. My feedback from my teacher was to firstly be more expressive while I'm dancing, I feel that I definitely could have used my facial expression more but I was too focused on just remembering the choreography. Next time I perform, I am really going to emphasise this and loosen up my neck as I know it will enhance my performance and make it appear more natural. Furthermore I need to be more spatially aware as I seemed to have run out of space during the front-right corner section. To rectify this, I have thought about what opportunities I can use...
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CRITICAL REVIEW OF DANCE PIECE 2

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lju0oiiffam5rut/AABKDV5jnaU_xNFLVve7DttGa?dl=0&preview=Pite+2+-+Cannon+Duets.MP4.m4v Pite's 'The Seasons Canon' is an innovative piece that was created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 2016. In this critique I will be exploring comparisons in movement styles, dynamics and intentions featured in Pite's other work, 'Flight Pattern'. This choreography focuses on the natural world and can be interpreted as "tribal" or "futuristic" (Nytimes.com, 2019). An aspect that I also observed in Flight Pattern was how well the dancers worked together in their duets; the performance was seamless because all the lifts and transference of weight looked so effortless and fluid, which really contributed to an enjoyable performance. The dancers relied on each other during all the counterbalances- this can be linked to how all the components of nature are interdependent and need each other to survive. The dynamics of both dances ar...
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WEEK 9 CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT -SESSION 3

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WEEK 8 CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT- SESSION 2

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This creative session has been productive and I have roughly finished about 2 minutes of my dance, which I am quite happy with considering our timeframe. One of the things I struggled with was transition steps, I often found myself either repeating the same transition steps like running/walking or running out of ideas on how to link certain movements together. To combat this, next lesson I will improvise to my song (choreographic device: improvisation around a stimulus) and observe how my body naturally wants to move from one place to another; hopefully I will gain some new ideas and help me overcome this problem. I feel that I have successfully been able to convey my stimulus through the choreographic devices I have incorporated so far. For example, the difference between my slow floor work and faster elevated movements conveyed the mood swings that people who suffer from schizophrenia experience. I have also incorporated the use of levels; throughout the dance I transition between ...
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