The Stimulus for our dance piece was a painting by Picasso which was influenced by the Guernica war, this painting was very busy and they were a lot of expressive faces, we came up with lots of words that we thought expressed some of the characters in the painting.
From the painting I saw lots of splayed hands and strong facial expressions, this gave the painting a very strong theme, which I first off thought was a theme of a riot or something, as there was so much going on.
To start off our work we looked at different ways of holding the body. This involved learning some different moves, these involved lunges and holds, all exploring different levels and different emotions. Some of them were attacking moves and the others were taking shelter. We then made up our own solos that incorporated all of the moves and we then had to work on different transitions into each movement. I was really happy with my solo in this piece, as I thought that it showed good focus and had some good dynamics, this included changing the speed of how I moved, from slow, rigid movements and then fast, panicky movements. I think that this linked really well to the original stimulus and really showed all of the different emotions of the piece, and showed the destruction of what was going on.
Once we all had our solos we then were put into groups of four, within my group I think that I played a key part in my group when it came to devising, this was good as it gave me a chance to voice some of my ideas, while incorporating it with everyone else's solos. I gave a lot of contribution when it came the filling in the gaps of the dance and how everything should be spaced, I tried to make some sections really close and some really far apart, which would show the chaos of the war and then making things seem really spare made it look dead and empty.
During the final performance I think that I used really good strength during my solo, I did this during all of the holds and when doing some of the more rigid arm motifs and movements. I also thought that my co-ordination was successful, I think that was mainly clear in the jumping phrase that I learnt, this involved stag leaps and hops, during a travelling phrase. When it came to my Interpretive skills I think I showed great focus when directing things out towards the audience, this created the tension of the piece. I also was happy with my musicality and how we waited for certain points in the music which fit best with the movements, this particularly showed in the lull of the music, when we dropped our energy and then brought it back up when the music picked back up.
I think my over all strength of the piece was my performance skills, and how well I portrayed the stimulus and the meaning of the dance, I showed this through my facial expression and my focus out to the audience. I think that I could have improved on my extension and how I participated all of my body into the dance, this includes my face and not just relaxing with it, and getting to lost in what move comes next. For next time that I respond to a stimulus, I would like to spend more time looking into different movement styles and how they can be used to portray a meaning behind something.
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