Choreography Devices

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 the stimulus as it shows all the emojis/emotions bursting out at separate times but they are all coming from the brain so doing the same thing. As well as linking to the theme of DID and feeling isolated and distanced from your own brain, which causes separation. This is definitely emphasized through the parted cannon movements.

 Throughout the piece there have been lots of devices used because of previous movements. For instance when we use split focus that naturally lead us on the thinking about using mirroring as it was split stage and then everyone can join together yet still be separate just distanced from each other and "split" away. Also, the thoughts of individual pathways lead us to an idea of non-contact collisions, in which we rebound of another person and their emotion without physically touching them.

 I think that during the rest of the choreographic piece we will continue to use a range of devices to ensure the audience immerse themselves completely into the piece and the meaning behind it so they really experience the true pain someone with DID can endure.

One of the choreographic devices we used and had problems with was the mirroring, as we had to turn towards each other, it looked messy and uncontrolled so, eventually we had to change it and just run into our next formation so the dance overall looked sharper.