Continued Creative Development

My piece has really started to come together now that I have progressed into my next big section of choreography, as mentioned in my last creative development blog I had begun with movements all contained in a small box like amount of space, and the feedback I received from my teachers was that I needed to travel more and use the space, so with the next part of my choreography I added in a section where I run around and turn in a circle the whole way round the studio, my reason for this is that it emphasises that I am still lost even if I have escaped the box and aren’t “physically” trapped, I’m still trapped in my own mind and feelings whilst dancing this role. I also added in a floor section that is supposed to widen the variety of levels used and emphasise the desperation felt in the soloist.

At this point I have noticed there is a step I have repeated a few different times throughout this choreographic process and so moving forwards I would like to make sure that I find another place to put it in nearer the end as to me the movement does portray the feeling of being pulled around so in my choreography’s case being “controlled and pulled around my thoughts in the mind”.

There is also a movement that I do that, puts my hand to my face and then pulls it away again, I do this twice throughout my piece and I want that to suggest that I am speechless or that I don’t even feel I can speak, probably because with mental health issues you can question how worthy you are and even be scared that what you say is irrelevant or not wanted to be heard. I think this links well into my stimulus and theme because clearly social media can have this effect on everyone, as we might see people post things about their idealistic lives everyday and that can make your question yours but that doesn’t make it true.

Some more feedback I received was about the arm lines I used throughout the piece, as some of them became very balletic or placed, and my teacher suggest that maybe I should look at the meaning behind the movement and adjust them where appropriate to help it fit into the theme. So there was one section where I did a leap across the front of the studio, however originally I had a very placed balletic Jete, with traditional opposing arabesque arm lines. I then changed this to have arms shooting out in different directions reaching and then landed whilst slamming my hands onto the floor. 

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