Portia's Choreography Blog

The section of choreography I have helped towards is a big fight scene that takes place at a big change in the music where there is a loud explosion. our movements link to the music as they are powerful and sharp and really compliment the impulse coming through in the dynamics. This therefore emphasises that it is fight as there is force and a sense of anger behind our movement. This part of the routine includes everyone coming together in unison and doing the same thing just maybe perhaps in opposite or facing different ways, however all in all we move as one. We begin in two separate groups, then continue to run into two opposite horizontal lines, we also include a V formation a circle, and straight line at the back of the stage. This is the show the transformation of growing from two parted emotions/personalities clashing to one structured brain trying to work out how it fits together. This also links back to the stimulus as we come together in unison and move to, represent the brai...

As a group we have now began to choreograph the piece and included a diverse range of different choreographic devices. We begin by using formation and standing in a group clumped together. We move as a whole to represent the brain in the stimulus working as a one object. We then continue moving on using pathways; individually parting from the group, constituting a different emotion as seen on the stimulus as the emojis shoot out portraying a business and overcrowding in the brain. This therefore causing a stressful atmosphere. This creates a split focus as everyone is moving in different ways and dancing with varying intention. We continue to use spilt focus when there is a group in the centre dancing on a higher level and then people surrounding them moving on a lower level, to link back to our idea of Dissociative Identity disorder (DID) and representing the two personalities. We have also decided to use cannon a lot as it fits extremely well with the music and it also links back to ...

(Myers, 2017) The structure of our piece begins in a group, representing the brain in the original stimulus. We then move out one by one each dancing to portray a different emotion and to constitute for the emojis shooting out. This shows the brain's confusion as there is too many things going on, correlating with the music as the texture gets thicker and creates an interesting tension. We then change into a nostalgic memory and a small group of people will represent a meaningful, joyous memory, using freedom to really emphasise their feelings, and positivity’s of the past. Meanwhile the rest of the group are in split focus doing floor work to intensify the difference in the split stage, so you can really see who's who , whilst portraying their emotions. Contrasting to this we twist into a bad memory when the music gets slightly more distressing and upbeat. A group will highlight negativities and use body language to represent the distressing thoughts. The section after this in...

 As a group we voted for our stimulus, it is a picture of a cartoon brain shooting out lines each with different emojis on the end, to represent different emotions and to show us a contrast with the opportunity of perception. To me the stimulus meant there was lots of thoughts and feelings in the brain, showing it was busy and that our minds are easily confused and overcrowded. I also thought because of the emojis that the photo represented technology and social media and that people used social media to express their feelings and, to show their anxieties but also positivity's.  As a group we explored our ideas and made a mind map of what the stimulus meant to us, we then went into detail on what could be the possible themes, stemming from our range of ideas and meanings. we then voted individually on which overarching theme we wanted, and in conclusion we decided on mental health.  So, in our piece we really want to depict dissociative identity disorder (DID), which stem...