The first dance/movement performance we have done this year on this course has been physical theatre. We based our physical theatrical piece around the company, DV8's piece, Enter Achilles. This piece of movement is based on lads on a drunken night out, where they experience having too much to drink, being watched by others and by bullying one man who is socially different. This dance also explores the stereotypical types of men, which leads to deep emotions, explored through exaggerated movements and focus.
My group, Jess, Livvie, Jen, Bryleah and myself, performed our half learnt half devised piece in worthing college dance studio in front of our class mates, also performing their routines.
The key techniques used in the dance were over exaggerated movement. We used our bodies to clearly project to the audience the idea of being drunken men, having a laugh with mates in a pub. Our signature frame of the dance was us being hunched over, acting as if we were out of control of our own bodies. This gave the effect of being drunk, in a sensible and sensitive manor. We also used one prop for the performance. This was a beer cup. The effect of this was we each held one through out the performance. You could say this was the focus of our dance piece, the emphasise the fact of drinking being a large element of the piece.
My personal main physical strength was that I maintained strong posture and used extensions through out the performance. Watching the clip back, I also found my body was in co ordination with itself. For example, as we performed our opening move of passing the beer cup between our hands, I was able to keep hold of the cup, giving a flawless effect to a seemingly clumsy action. This way, the audience could see my characterisation through the fact I didn't drop the cup however at the same time, trying to make it look like I was going to at any moment. That was the aim of the dance.
My main performance strength was that I held good focus on the main object, the cup and help eyeliner on it, following it around the movements. An example of this was the cup. I think this is a strength of mine because I believe it is important for the audience to be aware of the main focus of the performance, therefore I have worked on my attention span to convey this point across clearly to the audience.
My weaknesses in the performance aspect of the dance, was that I needed to use my face to convey emotions through facial expressions. This is important, to build on your character, ensuring the audience are aware of what you are trying to convey to them. This i need to improve on for the overall impression and message of the piece.
My physical weakness in the performance was that my special awareness of other dancers during the performance need to be improved. Looking back at the performance, I did also notice this myself, however in this particular piece, which is based on drunkenness, it sort of fits in with the idea of being drunk, therefore I maybe need to improve this for other performances aside from this. This is because amount group work, it is important to be aware of others to ensure the piece work. It is a team effort and each individual matters. This is something I clearly need to improve on for those reasons, and I will take action to improve my future work.
In conclusion, my targets for the next performance are;
1) To work on my facial expression during a performance. I will do this by learning the routine thoroughly to ensure my focus can be more on other things, such as my characterisation rather than thinking too much about what I am doing, physically. The routines needs to be second nature to me for this to work out. I aim to achieve this for the next dance performance we do for our musical theatre unit.
2) Ensure I take responsibility for where I am performing the moves, e.g. centre stage. I need to do this to ensure I am not performing in a corner because the audience may not be able to see me and plus, this could mean I do not perform the moves to my full potential, which is essential.
3) I need to improve in my special awareness, making sure I am aware where my fellow dancers are at all times.
4) Finally, as a self evaluative point, I feel I need to be more certain and confident about the movements I am making my body produce, this will convince the audience that I am a strong dancer. Also, if I perform with more confidence, I can bring my self confidence up and how I dance. I know I can do it, however sometimes don't perform to my full potential. This is my main target for future performance!
I aim to achieve this for the next dance performance we do for our musical theatre unit. I plan to focus on these four targets whilst in the rehearsal process for our next unit. Rehearsals will start soon for our next unit, which is a musical. As a class, we will be rehearsing this for three months, with the performance scheduled for December time of this year. I believe we will have a few dance sequences to learn for the musical, which will hopefully be a lot of fun.
My group, Jess, Livvie, Jen, Bryleah and myself, performed our half learnt half devised piece in worthing college dance studio in front of our class mates, also performing their routines.
The key techniques used in the dance were over exaggerated movement. We used our bodies to clearly project to the audience the idea of being drunken men, having a laugh with mates in a pub. Our signature frame of the dance was us being hunched over, acting as if we were out of control of our own bodies. This gave the effect of being drunk, in a sensible and sensitive manor. We also used one prop for the performance. This was a beer cup. The effect of this was we each held one through out the performance. You could say this was the focus of our dance piece, the emphasise the fact of drinking being a large element of the piece.
My personal main physical strength was that I maintained strong posture and used extensions through out the performance. Watching the clip back, I also found my body was in co ordination with itself. For example, as we performed our opening move of passing the beer cup between our hands, I was able to keep hold of the cup, giving a flawless effect to a seemingly clumsy action. This way, the audience could see my characterisation through the fact I didn't drop the cup however at the same time, trying to make it look like I was going to at any moment. That was the aim of the dance.
My main performance strength was that I held good focus on the main object, the cup and help eyeliner on it, following it around the movements. An example of this was the cup. I think this is a strength of mine because I believe it is important for the audience to be aware of the main focus of the performance, therefore I have worked on my attention span to convey this point across clearly to the audience.
My weaknesses in the performance aspect of the dance, was that I needed to use my face to convey emotions through facial expressions. This is important, to build on your character, ensuring the audience are aware of what you are trying to convey to them. This i need to improve on for the overall impression and message of the piece.
My physical weakness in the performance was that my special awareness of other dancers during the performance need to be improved. Looking back at the performance, I did also notice this myself, however in this particular piece, which is based on drunkenness, it sort of fits in with the idea of being drunk, therefore I maybe need to improve this for other performances aside from this. This is because amount group work, it is important to be aware of others to ensure the piece work. It is a team effort and each individual matters. This is something I clearly need to improve on for those reasons, and I will take action to improve my future work.
In conclusion, my targets for the next performance are;
1) To work on my facial expression during a performance. I will do this by learning the routine thoroughly to ensure my focus can be more on other things, such as my characterisation rather than thinking too much about what I am doing, physically. The routines needs to be second nature to me for this to work out. I aim to achieve this for the next dance performance we do for our musical theatre unit.
2) Ensure I take responsibility for where I am performing the moves, e.g. centre stage. I need to do this to ensure I am not performing in a corner because the audience may not be able to see me and plus, this could mean I do not perform the moves to my full potential, which is essential.
3) I need to improve in my special awareness, making sure I am aware where my fellow dancers are at all times.
4) Finally, as a self evaluative point, I feel I need to be more certain and confident about the movements I am making my body produce, this will convince the audience that I am a strong dancer. Also, if I perform with more confidence, I can bring my self confidence up and how I dance. I know I can do it, however sometimes don't perform to my full potential. This is my main target for future performance!
I aim to achieve this for the next dance performance we do for our musical theatre unit. I plan to focus on these four targets whilst in the rehearsal process for our next unit. Rehearsals will start soon for our next unit, which is a musical. As a class, we will be rehearsing this for three months, with the performance scheduled for December time of this year. I believe we will have a few dance sequences to learn for the musical, which will hopefully be a lot of fun.
A lovely evaluation of your performance Holly, just be careful about how you spell 'spatial awareness' and see if you can put a link to this post under the Dance Performance tab. Please also note it is unit 38 not unit 20.
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