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Final Performance Evaluation

  Blog 10 - Final Performance evaluation    Unfortunately, due to injury, I was unable to perform in the final performance of the group choreography. Throughout the process, despite the challenge of having a medical absence which meant my group had to work slightly differently, I believe the process to be a success because my group overcame the challenge innovatively by composing a plan of aspects to work on whilst I was away that I wouldn’t have to catch up on. We would’ve been less effective in terms of time management if I had to learn the choreography that my group created, instead of using the time we had evolving our piece to become the best it could be. Working well as a group helped us to overcome the issue as if members of my group stressed about the issue and potentially felt compromised by me, tension could’ve been created, and it would prevent successful sessions and productivity. I also feel that, if the group had created a lot of content for me to catch up on, I would’ve
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Reflecting on out group's starting objectives

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Blog 9 - Reflecting on our group starting objectives    The initial aims of my group’s choreography include was to create an informative piece that would showcase a personal experience of Marcy Borders. Using the 'dust woman' photo, which she was the main subject of, as inspiration, we researched further into her background and life experiences that were determined by the horrific event. This influenced many parts of the choreography for example the structures and emotions within these. A life is on a timeline, and I feel this is something we set the structures on. Each section links by the fact that this was the order of proceedings. T his made an impact as Borders suffered a tragic later life with many issues that then lead her to a dreadful depth. The epicentre of these events was 9/11 so it was important for my group to highlight how large of a consequence the initial incident had on one’s life. I feel we successfully showed the intended message within our piece using music
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Continuation of Choreography

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  Blog 8: Continuation of Choreography A section of our choreography that we have been working on in detail recently includes the pedestrian movement at the beginning. When reflecting on this section we decided that it had no structure to it and the intention of the section wasn't being portrayed in the way we want it to. We developed it by thinking of certain gestures that are commonly used within day-to-day life such as holding your bag, checking your phone, tripping up, and interacting with others. This made the reasoning more obvious rather than us all walking aimlessly within the space. I suggested that we come up with 4 different motifs based upon the gestures that we all repeat in different orders. Since we are a group of 4, it was more effective to all create one each and teach it to the group. I created the 'backpack' movement where we start low to show picking up the backpack then circle in a roundward motion with your arms which takes you into a swivel and motion
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Inspiration and Feedback

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  Blog 7: Inspiration and Feedback When creating choreography, I feel it's always important to look for inspiration from other practitioners. For our piece, I felt particularly inspired by Crystal Pite's 'Betroffenheit'. The piece is a deep and meaningful one about trauma but includes quirky and abstract methods such as fun and exciting costumes, something you wouldn't expect to see in a piece like this.  (Betroffenheit - Kidd Pivot, 2021)  We sourced Pite for inspiration within the section of our elevator scene. Our stimulus is similar to Pite's as it is about a traumatic event and is very sincere and deep so found that her methods would work well in our piece. Within the elevator scene, we decided to use quirky 'elevator music' which is sometimes used and usually is something upbeat. We decided to add a movement that has no technical ability and could be seen more as a 'silly' movement. This is to add a lighthearted and comedic charm to this se
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Composition and Structure

Blog 6: Composition and Structure The structure of our choreography is significant to our piece as it needs to tell the correct story in conjunction with the events of 9/11. If we do this incorrect then it wouldn’t make any sense and the objective of our piece would be wrong. To begin with, all 4 of us partake in a pedestrian section which the purpose for this is to show Borders, along with other workers, heading through New York City to their office in the World Trade Centre. We utilised the iconic Subway to set the scene in New York, so it is more obvious to the audience.    This then leads into my solo which is showing Borders at the time of the catastrophe. This is a deep piece that needs to have an impact to show the audience the intensity of the situation. I need to embody the emotions that Borders would’ve felt at the time and correctly use this in my choreography. I will be using many techniques to portray this, for example, repetition but building up more force every time I re
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Motif Development

  Blog 5: Motif development Due to still being absent, I have decided to work productively from home and continue my progression with my solo. When reflecting I had decided that the beginning of my choreography didn’t feel fitting, and I wanted to add something before setting the tone. My group has informed me that they have been working on a pedestrian section that comes before my solo in the structure of our choreography. This is used to set the scene and show Borders and others heading through New York City to the World Trade Centre. I thought I could continue this to make the transition more seamless. I decided to add in some pedestrian movement of my character arriving at her desk and beginning work. When the implosion happens, I decided to switch my movement into slow motion to link with the phrase already created. With trial and error, I made this work and feel I have achieved more fluidity between sections. A benefit of working from home whilst in this creative process is that
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Chance Method

  Blog 4: Chance Method The presence of my solo within our piece is to capture the moment that the plane crashed into the tower and Marcy Borders emotions and experience. I have thought about the 5 senses and what I feel the atmosphere would be like at the time to try and portray the even as accurate as possible. I found that, from never having any personal experience of this, research was key for me to understand.    I found an article that includes Janice Brooks first-hand experience who escaped from the 84 th  floor of the World Trade Centre. She said to hear a “loud bang” and a gentleman bellowing for everyone to leave. At the time of her exiting towards the corridor, among others, everything seemed partially normal until she accounted “there was this loud crashing sound. Lights fell down and dust and chunks of the ceiling were all over the place”. At this point, the stairway had been demolished. “T here was just dust, darkness and some flickering of flames. Then there was this alm
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