Audition Tapes
Strengths: Stays in character, good acting for eating and holding the food.
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Tuesday 18 November 2014
Monday 17 November 2014
Unit 40 - Choreographing Skills: Down & Out/Research
Down & Out/Research
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, Set in Chicago, the film is loosely based on Chicago events from the early 1920s to 1931 in the Prohibition era,
Down & Out Video Clip
We watched the Clip, There was lots of marching sequences, which look very military and the majority of the song was performed in unison. There was lots of repetition used along with movement of lots of stamping, short and static movement. This give it a rhythmic feel to the piece. used From this we deiced we would use unison in our choreography.
Our Group MindMap for our first thoughts and ideas on Down and Out;
Creating our choreography for Down & Out - Video
My Down & Out Video Clip
I feel our choreography and performance of Down and Out changed every show.
After the disaster of the first show performance we went all together into the dance studio with Emily and went through the motifs and movement making sure our timing and movement was correct and looking all the same.
This was due to; missing dancers, which lead to last minute backstage changes and regrouping and different spacing. And the lack of space which meant we have to be closer to together and be aware of chairs, the audience, set and props. This became a problem as every night the tables has slightly moved and audience members were sat in different places, so we didn't really have much place to do our movements big and boldly like we had planned.
The timing was quite often not right but the front 4 dancers tried to stay in the same timing and the back 4 did the same too. When we all danced together I thought the dance worked well and looked good.
The dance was quite different to all the other dances in the rest of the show as this had a contrast, it was down moral dance and is the lowest point of show.
We watched the Clip, There was lots of marching sequences, which look very military and the majority of the song was performed in unison. There was lots of repetition used along with movement of lots of stamping, short and static movement. This give it a rhythmic feel to the piece. used From this we deiced we would use unison in our choreography.
Our Group MindMap for our first thoughts and ideas on Down and Out;
Creating our choreography for Down & Out - Video
My Down & Out Video Clip
I feel our choreography and performance of Down and Out changed every show.
After the disaster of the first show performance we went all together into the dance studio with Emily and went through the motifs and movement making sure our timing and movement was correct and looking all the same.
This was due to; missing dancers, which lead to last minute backstage changes and regrouping and different spacing. And the lack of space which meant we have to be closer to together and be aware of chairs, the audience, set and props. This became a problem as every night the tables has slightly moved and audience members were sat in different places, so we didn't really have much place to do our movements big and boldly like we had planned.
The timing was quite often not right but the front 4 dancers tried to stay in the same timing and the back 4 did the same too. When we all danced together I thought the dance worked well and looked good.
The dance was quite different to all the other dances in the rest of the show as this had a contrast, it was down moral dance and is the lowest point of show.
Source: Website
Date of Post published: Edited 3rd January 2015
Name of page: Wikipedia
Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone
Date Assessed on: 17th Novemeber 2014
Unit 40: Choregraphing Skils: Motif, Climax & Choreographic Devices
What is a Motif?
a short series of actions, repeating in various parts you can develop
What is a Climax, in dance choreography?
build up in dance, dynmiaic point and highlight of the dance.
Different way you can develop a motif/choreographic devices
Fragmentation - breaking the move down nd putting it back together in a different way. (mirror theory - break a mirror and put it back together)
Retrograde - doing the motif backwards
Speed/Tempo - changing the speed and tempo of the move, for example making an arm swing quicker or slower
Quality -
Levels - changing the different level to the motif, for example doing an arm swing lower to the group or while jumping
Repetition - repeating the motif
Embellishment - adding a little or big movement onto a move, for example adding a and flick on an arm swing.
Emphasis - giving a emphasis on a movement
Instrumental -
Size - adjusting and changing the size of the movement, for examples making an arm swing a lot bigger or smalle
a short series of actions, repeating in various parts you can develop
What is a Climax, in dance choreography?
build up in dance, dynmiaic point and highlight of the dance.
Different way you can develop a motif/choreographic devices
Fragmentation - breaking the move down nd putting it back together in a different way. (mirror theory - break a mirror and put it back together)
Retrograde - doing the motif backwards
Speed/Tempo - changing the speed and tempo of the move, for example making an arm swing quicker or slower
Quality -
Levels - changing the different level to the motif, for example doing an arm swing lower to the group or while jumping
Repetition - repeating the motif
Embellishment - adding a little or big movement onto a move, for example adding a and flick on an arm swing.
Emphasis - giving a emphasis on a movement
Instrumental -
Size - adjusting and changing the size of the movement, for examples making an arm swing a lot bigger or smalle
Unit 40 - Choregraphing Skills : Stimulus & Structures
What is a Stimulus?
It is something that gives you an idea or a starting point
Different Stimulus types
Visual stimulus are something you can see, e.g. photos, videos, paintings.
Tactile stimulus are something you can feel, e.g. hedgehog, cotton wool, marshmallow
Auditory stimulus are something you can hear, e.g. music, atmosphere
Ideational stimulus are the idea of something, e.g. holocaust, raining, weather, seasons.
Kinaesthetic stimulus is the movement its self.
Compositional Structures
The AB Structure - Binary - one of the more simplistic structures, like a verse and chorus of a song. A and B need a translation or a link.
Chance - movements are chosen at random or randomly strutted to create a movement sequence or a dance.
Narrative/Episodic structures - Choreographic structure that follows a specific story line. The structure helps the story lime. The structure helps the story unfold and each section is a further exposure of the ideas or story. The choreographer must consider the linking/transitions of each section.
AB/AC/AD/AE Structure - Rondo - A further extension of AB. The idea that A keeps returning.
ABA Estruture - Ternary - So the beginning and end are the same with a contrast in the middle. Like chorus verse chorus.
Theme and variation - A1 A2 A3 A4.- Varying a motif, not developing into something totally new and unseen before but instead caring/changing the dynamics, moods, space, style of A
Unit 40 - Choreographing Skills: Cats/Jazz Solo
Cats/Jazz Solo
Music: Jellicle Cats 
Audition Date: 11th December 2014
Ideas: Choreographic Movements;
- Jumps
- Turns
- Rolls
- Head Rolls
- Leg kicks
- Leaps
- Floor work
- Circler Hips
- Ball changes
Ideas: Choreographic Devices, to use;
- Repetition
- Fragmentation
- Retrograde
- Levels
- Speed
- Size
Speed - use of pauses will be used a lot as the music is very jumpy.
Levels - lots of floor work, jumps for higher levels and rolls.
Size - the size of the movement will be big and bold.
Research into Cats
Background information:
Since Cats first opened on the West End stage in 1981, it has become one of the world’s best known and best loved musicals.
- (http://www.catsthemusical.com/the-show/background/)
1. Jellicle Ball
I like the speed of this dance and the leg kicks,
I would like the use the kicks in my choreography.
2.Palladion Dance - Jellicle CatsI
l like there floor work used in this clip, and hopefully was something like this in my solo too!
3. Macavity
In this clip i like the very simple movement and they way it look effortless and easy to perform. I aslo like the gesture movements and arm movements in this clip too.
Since Cats first opened on the West End stage in 1981, it has become one of the world’s best known and best loved musicals.
- (http://www.catsthemusical.com/the-show/background/)
On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.
- http://london.catsthemusical.com/the-show/
- http://london.catsthemusical.com/the-show/
Youtube Videos for Inspiration & Research
I like the speed of this dance and the leg kicks,
I would like the use the kicks in my choreography.
2.Palladion Dance - Jellicle CatsI
l like there floor work used in this clip, and hopefully was something like this in my solo too!
3. Macavity
In this clip i like the very simple movement and they way it look effortless and easy to perform. I aslo like the gesture movements and arm movements in this clip too.
Rehearsals
In our lesson on the 17th November, we had a short lesson on beginning to start choreographing our solo. In the background we had the music video, this helped me to see what movement is used in the musical and help me with choreographing my solo.
So i have decided for my researched into the Jazz style movement for cats to look at youtube videos and create a motif for the inspiration i have gathered for the videos/research.
After the lesson on 17th November I continued to research and gather movement inspired, I began to create a short motif.
Next I developed onto the short motif I had already made, adding more turns, steps and travelling movement. I also made sure I had Cat like gestutres in my solo too.
This was now called section A of my solo, approx 40 seconds of my solo.
* Here is my Spacing Plan of Section A;
Section B of my solo was created from looking at the movement from the Youtube clip 'Jellice Ball'. I tried to interrupt the some of the movement done in the video in my own and way and use frigramention to create my own motif.
Finally I repeated most of the Section A phrase to finish my Solo, this is also uses the choreographic device 'repetition' .
I used a ABA structure through out my Jazz style Cats solo.
* I made a Spacing Plan to make sure I am using the whole space of the dance studio. This helped me to see where I could put in travelling sequences and use different directions and facings in my solo. I found it very helpful to see where i could go next with my solo and what parts of the space I hadn't used.
Development in My Choreography - Notes
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Peer Assessing
Here is the sheet that Sax used to evaluate my solo, she did this one our last lesson before our audition.
This sheet helped to see what another opinion thought of my solo and more crucially what devices and movements I hadn't put and missed in my solo, its also showed me what devices and movements I needed more of or less of!
Link to finished Solo/ Cats Audition
Evaluation of my Final Cats Solo
The choreographic devices, movements and skills I used in my final solo were repetition, fragmentation, climax, tempo and rhythm changes, structure development, different use of dynamics, confidence, performance skills, gestures, travelling phrase, rolls, leaps, pirouettes and turns.
Some of the strengths in my final solo was the lengths of dance, I made sure I had the right timing and correct time given to express myself and the dance. I found getting into the character and focus of the dance quite easy, this was because I enjoyed the music and the theme of the dance, I also found the characteristics of a being a 'Cat' quite easy to grasp. I was confident and tried to keep the excitement and pace of dance to the max through the dance. I wanted the audience to enjoy it.
The weakness in my final solo were ...
If I was to do it again I'd make sure I'd practised my leaps more and maybe stretched before my audition, so they were higher and prettier to look at and included some kicks to get more levels and heights to the dance.
Some of the strengths in my final solo was the lengths of dance, I made sure I had the right timing and correct time given to express myself and the dance. I found getting into the character and focus of the dance quite easy, this was because I enjoyed the music and the theme of the dance, I also found the characteristics of a being a 'Cat' quite easy to grasp. I was confident and tried to keep the excitement and pace of dance to the max through the dance. I wanted the audience to enjoy it.
The weakness in my final solo were ...
If I was to do it again I'd make sure I'd practised my leaps more and maybe stretched before my audition, so they were higher and prettier to look at and included some kicks to get more levels and heights to the dance.
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