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Kelvin Emma and I performed our final group assessment.
We chose the topic of regeneration and the life cycle.
We were well prepared for this assignment as we had rehearsed lots and had lots of discussions about it previously.
We decito keep out costume all black to show that everyone experiences the life cycle in the same way. And everyone has common feeling to do with growing up and ageing.
On reflection I would like to maybe work on the ending a bit more as I think that some of it looked a bit messy.

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We had our warm up assessment. I thought that it went quite well. It used dynamic stretching and yoga to raise the heartrate and warm the body up.

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I was in a group with Emma and Kelvin. We settled on the theme of regeneration.
We decide to look at a life cycle and interpreted into movement. We started looking at the beginnings of life and exploring the world around us. Then we ended with the end of the life cycle.

We had to compromise on a lot. The process for creating the piece was very slow but we wanted to get it right. We also used a lot of improvisation.

We decided to wear all black to show that we were connected and the same. We thought that it looked striking and that any other costume might have looked gimmicky.

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We created out own piece of movement to a given stimulus. I got given a tactile stimulus which was a walking stick.

Had one hour to create a one minute piece, I actually found it difficult to come up with a storyline for the piece.

Overall I thought that it went well but I could have travelled around the space more

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Dynamic stretches.
Running and jogging.

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We had to create a 30 second movement piece of a piece of imaginative stimulus.
Ours was Utopia we also had images of cities reimagined as Utopias.

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Using letters to create movement 19/09/23

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Using letters to create movement 19/09/23

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We had to think of our names and spell each individual letter using a different part of our bodies then we thought above turning the letters upside down, reversing then, capitalizing then, going slower or faster.

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Practice for movement solo exam 12/09/23

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Practice for movement solo exam 12/09/23

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12th September 2023

We got given a 2 minute piece of music and had to create a movement piece in an hour.

Process:
I saw a contrast in the music there was deep melodic pulse and then a higher siren like noise.
I created a storyline of a sailor who was doing heavy labour then heard a siren then tried to resist it's charms but ending up succumbing to its call.

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I chose an excerpt from a monologue from the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.
I analysed the except and thought about what the imagery was and how could I express that through my body. The idea of time ticking, death awaiting were the main themes. I let the sentences set the tempo as it's written in iambic pentameter.
I really enjoyed this task actually and I think that if I choose to perform the monologue that I might see how incorporating the movements in might feel.
The difficulties I faced were that my rented room is very small so I felt that I could not have much space to move as I would have liked.

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Interesting warm up using partners and walking around the space.
Using different weight distribution exercises.
Warming up all the muscles in a non noticeable way.

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Watched a TED talk on how choreographer Wayne McGregor creates movement pieces.
- Literal interpretation, he sees the shape of the TED and thinks, can I move my hand to make the T what if I use my head or my knee. The dancers pick up on what he is improvising and turn it into a routine.
- He gives instructions and then the dancers can then interpret it as they please.
- He allows the dancers to explore in their own space the letter E. How big is it, can you reach the corners, what colour is it, what is it made out of.

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Learning about lifts. Important to apply pressure both ways to that the tension is correct and the lift is stable. Also important to push from your body and core and not your hands.

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I found the planks quite difficult as I was holding all the pressure on my wrists. Advice: tense your arm muscles so avoid this pressure.

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I realised after last week that my ankles really hurt after the class so I need to be stretching them before I go to class and before I go for a run.

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The importance of modifying exercises to suit your body and push yourself in a safe way

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The warm up today was lots of stretching and dynamic exercises. It was very long but I quite liked that, I realised that I need to stretch for longer for the warm up to really be effective.

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Top left hand corner

Literal Observations

Lots of neon signs reflected in puddle water

Lots of big vibrant colours, advertising colours and logos

A rippled effect from the water

Inferencial Observations
The scene is probably in a very busy city. All of the adverts are competing with one other and it makes it difficult to focus on just one

Taken on a rainy day maybe in the winter. At night. A very big city like New York perhaps because we can see the high rises and it looks very similar to times square.

Evaluative Observations

There is a a lot of light and dark. Also a lot of energy and stillness.
The puddle gives it an interesting effect because what would be really punchy sharp adverts are upside down and all muddled up. Lots of wavy edges and the meaning is really loose.
Someone could also be lying on the ground and looking up at them after knocking their head that is what it reminds me of.

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Centre Image

Literal Observations
A rope wound tightly around its self in a circular shape

Light to dark colour wheel

Symmetry

Inferencial
The rope must have been meticulously wound to create this shape. Someone must have spent a lot of time

You can't see the whole thing so you presume that it goes in infinitely

Evaluative
The person who has made this must be very patient
There is a lot of light and shade in the piece
There is a lot of beauty in the repitiveness and labour