4 - Exploring Choreographic Devices

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Firstly in this class we did a quiz where we had to match choreographic devices to their meanings. We learnt some new words and ways of creating which will be beneficial moving forward. 

 

After this we started to choreograph phrases of movement that we could potentially include in our solo, thinking of our chosen choreographic devices. We chose contrast/compare, repetition and embellishment as our choreographic devices. Repeating sharpness throughout, will create a contrast towards the flowy movements, which directly links to the contrast of texture on our stimuli’s surface. We plan on embellishing particular movements as our solo develops. For example, we did this by making an arm movement sharper which enhanced the dynamic of our movements, as seen below. Going back and reworking is an example of what I learnt last week… that choreography is not a linear process. 

 

We are influenced by James Cousins method of emotion portrayal in his pieces, and we are including this throughout our solo. In the beginning of our solo we cover our eyes in many movements which signifies feeling trapped in our minds, where overthinking has taken over. Then as we continue to dance we want to break away from having blocked vision, and get to the point where we are seeing clearly and feeling free. This idea must be visible from the beginning to the very end so the audience can understand the concept. James Cousins also includes repetition in his pieces. Towards the end of our solo we could repeat the movements where we covered our eyes but this time don’t cover our eyes. This would be a memorable way to again show the audience the contrast between feeling trapped and then feeling free.

 

From us watching James Cousins piece we have gained so much inspiration on how to make a piece memorable. From us having time to choreograph movements, discuss and share ideas we have made a plan for the direction we want our solo to go towards.



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