War
We have now been put into groups of 6 and these will be our groups for the assessment. For our choreography we have a choice of any stimulus or idea. Our group sat down and had a long discussion about all of our ideas. We were all really keen on one idea: war. All of us really liked this idea because there are hundreds of ways to develop and interpret this stimulus. In our 4th session, our group split into pairs to create 3 different motifs based on fear, happiness and a soldiers march. Each pair then taught the whole group the motif and we learnt each one. We also thought of ways to develop the motifs such as different levels, using cannon and bigger/ smaller movements. Then we started to create formations for the motifs. Working on our motifs was helpful as we now have starting points for our choreography that we can build upon. We can also repeat our motifs throughout the piece but with slight changes each time to keep the choreography interesting.
Your ideas about how to develop your motif sound really interesting and it is good to see how you have considered so many aspects such as dynamics, formation and levels. How is your group hoping to present the idea of war in your choreography?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Daisy! There were so many different interesting routes we could’ve taken with our stimulus of war. After many discussions we decided that we would like to present the overall outcome of war: death. It doesn’t matter which war it is, they all end the same! We have many sections in our choreography including: a soldiers march, fear, countdown, PTSD and a minutes silence. We are hoping to really emphasise the impact of war with these sections
DeleteGood blog post Caitlin! I really like the idea and concept of war! What kind of emotion do you hope to portray in your final piece? What do you want the audience to take away after watching your piece?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback! We are starting off with a very robotic marching section and then breaking off into a “coming together” section where all the soldiers are having fun together and showing their personalities. I want the audience to realise that these are real people going to war. The PTSD section towards the end will emphasise the negative impact of war.
DeleteYou have created some very rich and expressive movement! Why do you want to portray such contrasting ideas as fear and happiness?
ReplyDeleteThat’s a good question, thank you Devanshi! We really want the audience to form an emotional connection to the characters. We want to show their fun personalities in training before war. This is so that when they are actually in war and feeling scared, the audience will feel the emotions too.
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