Monday 6th January 2014
Today we developed and worked on workshops for auditions this was by the style of "commercial" . The dance routine was to Little Mix "Hey how you doing" this was a quick routine and had contrasting dynamics and different levels.
More technique used
Many styles of commercial such as ;
hip hop, jazz manly covers all styles
Seen on TV ( on screen)
music channels/films
COMMERCIAL
Comes from famous people
e.g Micheal Jackson
Simple moves that are more powerful
then others, most are lyrical
The routine was hard at some points when there was different timing and you had to listen to the music and tempo. This was hard as there was other people in front of me rushing and it sometimes put me off.
Kat treated it like a audition and this was by going through the routine quickly as like the choreographer would in a audition. There were 3 rounds for the workshop audition this gave us a idea of what would happen in a audition and help us with up coming audition to things. There was alot of contrasting dynamics and this is something I'd like to put into my routines I make up. We then danced the routine over so it was stuck into our heads, I went wrong at some points and this was due to me not being that focused. We got the 2nd round and Kat took some people out and I was still standing, we then got to the final round and Kat picked me as she said I had the fluidity that was needed in the routine, this was a great start to the new year as it brought up my confidence.
Tuesday 7th January 2014
Today was Jazz. We worked on technique and flexibility during this lesson, my flexibility has improved a lot and this is due to me stretching at home and pushing myself with the stretches in class. I need to work on my flexibility on my left leg when kicking but this is due to a weakness as I was only told at my dance school to kick with my good leg and not to improve on my bad leg by this I need to do leg stretches and over splits.
We did technique across the class room, my leaps have improved this is by evolution and not having my left leg at the back as bent as what it used to be, I also need to work on my left side on leaps as they are very weak. Chloe then showed us what a layout was , I had done this before but this was by kicking before doing the layout. This was good for control of the leg and good for balance.
Thursday 8th January 2014
Today we recapped over what structures and devices were ;
Structures;
- Conveys a meaning provides foundation of choreography
- Binary - A,B
- Ternary - A,B,C
- Narrative - telling a story
- Rondo - ABACBDABC
Devices
- - Element witch we create choreography with;
- Canon
- Unison
- Contrast
- Contact
- Symmetry
- Floor patterns
- Movement components
- Motif
- Motif development
- Repetition
- Climax
- Dynamics
- Logical Sequencing
We was told that our show stimuli would be Elements for the show case in June, we then worked in groups to create a freeze frame responding to the stimuli we had a photo of a man and a women in Tango freezes. My group discussed that this responded to "elements" this was by Tango being fiery and powerful. We created a freeze frame from the picture that was giving to us by copying the picture on the paper. We then come up with a story of being in a competition and wanting to win against everyone else this also gave the idea of powerful and sharpness.
Today we got given our groups that we would be working with this week,we was given a picture to respond to the stimuli of Elements (AIR) . We was given the music we would be dancing to this was "Breezeblocks" by Alt J" this sound reminds me of slow stained movements. We then looked at the picture this picture was 2 women on ropes in the air and 3 men on there knees with there arms out. We started of with freeze frame and used the picture to help us with the freeze frame by taking the idea of the 3 men on there knees to create good levels.
Today Kat told me my grades for the show and what I needed to improve on, I am really happy with my grades as I have improved with a lot of my technique this year and have pushed myself to do my best at everything when I put my mind to it. I had been told that I have improved on holding myself up right and on my core work as you can see this when I am dancing but I need to work on my arm lines.
Today for the group piece we thought of how the wind moves bushes and how the wind moves rubbish, we thought of the idea of wind pushing a bush by moving backwards and forwards and being pushed in partners. Also, we thought of fish roll for rubbish as it is getting dragged along the street.
Today we went over the group piece to recap what we had done and what needed to be changed. We also, cleaned the choreography up and changed some of the levels in the dance.
Today we showed our group dances that was set for assessment week, Kat was impressed with everyones group pieces. We gave feedback on what our group was good at and what we could of improve on next time. We thought that we worked well as a team bouncing eachothers ideas of one another and using them in the routine and also worked well with musicality, we could improve next time on a structure and the rehearsal time we put into the routine.
We continued with technique for Jazz, I find Jazz is one of my strongest styles and , I enjoy more of. I have felt that I have improved on holding my core and my armlines when doing kicks. We also did a Lyrical Jazz routine to Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" this is one of my favourite songs. I really enjoyed this routine as I connected with the music and the feelings behind the song. The moves were short and sharp with contrasting dynamics. My strengths were movement memory and power. My weaknesses were sometimes rushing the movements and going to fast.
man carrying a bark (could be used as contact/ lift )
