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Ideas/concepts I want to explore with my solo :

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Ideas/concepts I want to explore with my solo :

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1. Body image

2. Grief

3. Exhaustion

4. Vanity

These are themes that are personal to me and that drive me to create movement material.

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This silhouette offers me a means of brainstorming key words, thoughts and feelings about what self - identity means to me, and how body image is perceived.

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After considering what my initial ideas/concepts meant as a whole, I realised that they all fall under the theme of 'self - identity'. I feel that this theme offers me a multitude of different pathways that I can create movement material.

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I want to explore the contrast between vanity and body image. I want to see how similar/different they are from each other, and how close do they meet in the middle.

I also want to explore movement textures, to be able to create a visual transition from one theme to the next.

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This close up image of this woman looking in the mirror makes me want to explore bold and big movements, moving within and beyond my kinesphere

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What comes to mind when I think of vanity?

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What comes to mind when I think of vanity?

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Definition of vanity :

1. 'Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements'

2. 'The quality of being worthless or futile'

To be completely self - absorbed, exuding confidence and assurance. Believing that the world is just as obsessed with you, as you are with yourself...

Some quotes to reference :

1. 'Vanity is the flatterer of the soul' - Edward Counsel

2. 'This is vanity : living to pretend, living to seem, living to appear. And this makes the soul restless' - Pope Francis

3. 'Vanity plagues us all. From lowly selfie - takers pouting at their phones and zapping their images out into the cold infinity of cyberspace, all the way to those occupying the highest offices in the land. It's unseemly, this desperate campaign to control how we are seen by the world. But it's also deeply human, something that unifies us all, this lonely pettiness, this struggling against our forever - thwarted egos' - Richard Lawson

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'Scars to your beautiful' by Alessia Cara - 'She just wants to be beautiful, she goes, unnoticed she knows, no limits'/'She craves, attention she praises, an image. She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor'

'Born this way' by Lady GaGa - 'I'm beautiful in my own way cause God makes no mistakes'/'Don't hide yourself in regret, just love yourself, and you're set'

'Vanity' by Christina Aguilera - 'I'm not cocky, I just love myself'/ 'Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fliest b*tch of them all? Never mind, I am. That b*tch is so f*cking pretty, yeah I am'...

'Vanity' by Lady GaGa - 'Pictures in magazines, movie screens'/'There is a camera, so many beauty queens'/ 'It's so good to be populous and glamorous, we love ourselves and no one else'

'Nothing wrong with being just a little vain, we need a little pretty cause this country is insane'/'So go ahead and label me whatever you like,But nothing's quite as sexy as a woman this fine'

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Tasks I can use to help me generate movement material :

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Tasks I can use to help me generate movement material :

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Create a choreographic score based on each concept/theme and work with the boundaries that they place in my kinesphere.

(Choreographic scores are a set of parameters that take different forms of frameworks (instructions) to set up a dance structure).

From this, this will help me to think about how I use space + dynamics + quality to influence my performance.

Create an improvised task where spontaneously create a move, link it to another move, then get rid of the first move until I am satisfied with the material I have.

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Random words to consider/include associated with movement, dynamics, textures etc :

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Random words to consider/include associated with movement, dynamics, textures etc :

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Speed

Pace

Close

Exterior

Sharp

Soft

Intention

Contrast

Small

Self - conscious

Bold

Arrogant

Shapes/lines

Attitude

Facial expressions

Focus

Duality

Calculated

Timid

Heavy

Light

Frustrated

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In this material, I’m exploring movement that I would associate with the concept of power and sorrow. This exploration of movement came from a choreographic workshop given to me by one of my lecturers who practices with techniques and tools from Indian dance theatre. This workshop focused on ‘The Art of Storytelling in Dance : Gestures, Characters and Emotions’. We had to choose 2 emotions from a list of 9 - called Navarasa (‘The 9 human emotions of the Indian aesthetic’) - and create whatever movement material comes to mind. The 9 emotions include : Shringara (love/beauty), Hasya (laughter), Karuna (sorrow), Raudra (anger), Veera (heroism/courage), Bhayanaka (terror/fear), Bibhatsa (disgust), Adbutha (surprise/wonder), Shantha (peace/tranquility).
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tea-with-life/navratri-is-the-festival-to-control-nine-emotions/
From this task, it made me think of how I can link power with vanity, and sorrow with body image, and explore the two opposing concepts in my solo.

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Body Image (Unattainable Perfection) || Spoken Word Poetry - Jad's spoken words [FREE AUDIO].

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Some audio I want to use to make up my soundtrack…

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Some audio I want to use to make up my soundtrack…

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This audio is a clear contrast to the concept of vanity, and is a clear representation of body image and self identity.

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Body Image (Unattainable Perfection) || Spoken Word Poetry - Jad's spoken words [FREE AUDIO].

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Exploring the first stages of my movement material, this will be the section where I use spoken word as my soundtrack. Here, I will be exploring body manipulation and more heavier, grounded movements.

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Although this piece is about self identity, I feel that mental health comes into play with this as well

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Although this piece is about self identity, I feel that mental health comes into play with this as well