Monday, October 5, 2020

Week 2- Chance Method

 Week 2, the chance method

This week, each house group brought in their chosen stimulus which ranged from items such as; a watch and a plant, whilst other groups brought in an image like the one my group brought in on the left,(Aleliunas, n.d.). Like last week, we went around the studio writing down emotions and movement ideas they evoked. As a class, we then proceeded to voice our most interesting words until we had a vast amount of intriguing words for each stimulus. 

The next task was to pick 3 words from the list that your group found most enthralling. My group chose the words 'sinister', 'protection' and 'blindness'. We then had to generate four movements for each word which would summarize and consolidate the meaning of the words your group chose. 

Once we had firmly established our movements, we had to number them 1-12. Using a 12 sided die generator we were randomly assigned a sequence of 15 numbers. These numbers were in the order of 1,11,6,9,8,9,6,2,10,5,12,7,10,3,4. Following on from this, we then had to choreograph our movements in the new number sequence. Because our small motif ended up getting disconnected into many different fragments, we had to consider some transitions between the numbers to make the motif flow again. 

 To make this task even more problematic we were asked us to pick a number from 1-4 which correlated to pieces of music. My group picked the number 3 and our music was called Legions (war) by Zoe Keating. It was fascinating to dance to as our dynamics and emotions fitted exceedingly well to the music. The unnerving rhythm created an ominous atmosphere which impacted our piece fantastically. Because we didn't know the rhythm or the tempo of the music, you had to be aware of your peers who were at the front so you could duplicate their timing to make it as intriguing as possible for the audience. 

Overall, I found this task to be challenging as the chance method leaves your choreography feeling disjointed. In my opinion, music is the driving force in a piece of choreography and it takes a prolonged time to feel connected with the music in order to enhance your choreographic movements. 

Youtube Links:

https://youtu.be/WKf3xYyKVnA- Sinister phrase 

https://youtu.be/ZhRaPiZRB0c- Protection Phrase 

https://youtu.be/049DXGafEQI- Blindness Phrase

References:

Keating, Z., 2005. Legions (War). [Youtube] Burlington: Zoe Keating. Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhkwHSZMyg> [Accessed 11 October 2020].

Aleliunas, R., 2019. Spy. [Illustration]. Available at: https://dribbble.com/shots/8898898-Spy

6 comments:

  1. Your blog is really interesting and very detailed, I especially liked reading about the method used to turn the three words into movement and the ways you explored. The fact you have voiced our overall thoughts about the lesson. Is this method something you would use in your group choreography?

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  2. Thank you for your comments Abigail. I personally would not use this method again because I found this task to be challenging, as the chance method leaves your choreography feeling disjointed. In my opinion, music is the driving force in a piece of choreography and it takes a prolonged time to feel connected with the music in order to enhance your choreographic movements.

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  3. This blog is very interesting. I like how much detail you have gone into especially about your ideas behind the image you have showed. Do you think you will use this method again in the future? If so why?

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  4. This is a very well thought out blog. You included a list of the words you explored from your chosen stimulus, which my opinion suits the picture well. Do you think that you will always choreograph as the music being the driving force or do you think after learning all these choreography techniques you will find to use them methods instead?

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  5. Thank you for you comment Sadie. For me personally, I wouldn't use this method again as it leaves your choreography feeling disjointed. In my opinion, music is the driving force in a piece of choreography and it takes a prolonged time to feel connected with the music in order to enhance your choreographic movements.

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  6. Thank you for your comments Hannah. I believe the music is the driving force in a choreographic piece and for me it initiates all my movement ideas. I then like to develop them straight away. Depending on the tempo and beat of the music, I can independently come up with a multitudinous amount of ideas that link well with my interpretation of the music. I believe trying to use these different methods will be beneficial as for me, as its important to broaden my choreographic processes, so therefore I will use these techniques and methods to the best of my abilities in all choreographic work.

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