Translation task
In our third session we were given a translation task in groups. The first person was given a word and had to come up with a count of 8 inspired by that word. Some of the words included: heavy, loud, gather, tick, gentle and itchy. The 2nd person in the group would watch this phrase once whilst the others were facing away. Then the 2nd person had to remember the choreography in as much detail as possible to show the third person. Once the whole group had a go, we watched the first person and the last complete the phrase. It was interesting to see how the phrase had changed from start to end. At the end of this task, each group had 8 different pieces of choreography: the original phrase and the final phrase for each person. We then put all 8 phrases together to make one big piece of choreography. To make our piece interesting, we used cannon. At the end, each person would dance their own original phrase all at the same time. After 5 times, one person would stop and stand still whilst the others carried on. Then the next person would stop after an extra 2. Finally the last person left dancing stopped and we finished in our different end positions.
I enjoyed this task because it created two very similar phrases however there were slight differences which made the choreography look more unique for a group piece. However, sometimes the end phrase would become basic due to movements being lost in translation. This could be interesting in group choreography as everyone could dance the end “simple” phrase and one person could be doing the original, more detailed phrase.
Very good blog post Caitlin. You have structured the post very well so I can really get an understanding of what tasks you had to do. I like how you have evaluated the use of the task but if you were to do this task again what would you have done differently or changed? Do you think you are going to use this task to help create movement in your final piece, and if so why?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback Erin! Although the task was interesting, it was often hard to remember the phrase given by the person in front. This meant that sometimes the final phrase would end up quite basic. However, this could look good in a group piece. For example, everyone doing the basic phrase together whilst one person is doing the full original phrase. If I could do this task differently, I would allow more time to come up with the original phrase.
DeleteI very much enjoyed reading your experience of the task! How did the way you chose to structure the choreography make it more interesting for an audience?
ReplyDeleteThank you! At the end of our choreography where we all performed our original phrase at the same time meant that there was lots going on for the audience to watch. When one person stopped, it gave the focus onto only two people and then finally the spotlight was on the one person dancing. This was interesting because there was always something for the audience to watch.
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