Choreography for Solo Performance (MU40370O)

Within this blog, I will be reflecting on how I feel the choreographic process has gone so far for me in this module now that my choreography is completed as well as how it has developed since my first lesson working on the piece. Firstly I wanted to evaluate my starting objective if I have succeeded in executing them. My main aim for this piece was to communicate an element of climate change, deforestation, and the aspect of over consumerism within this. I wanted to convey this message as a time lapse through the life of a tree that slowly deteriorates over time due to the environmental impact of humans. My goal is not for the audience to feel saddened but empowered to make a change and appreciate the world we still get to live in, however fragile it may currently be. I think that this message is well displayed; however, I am aware that I need to work on conveying the storyline through my facial expressions and my movements. This issue is something that has also been brought up to me ...

Over the course of this blog, I will be critiquing and reviewing  Crystal Pite's work Flight Pattern as recorded for the Royal Opera House in 2019. The piece begins with a woman sitting cross-legged on the floor right of the stage, huddling over. The stage is dark spare a single spotlight illuminating the woman and casting shadows on the dancers' bodies lying at random in the background. The woman begins moving slightly in a series of slow contractions and looks, surviving her surroundings. As she does a series of lunges turning to the front, it becomes clear that she's cradling a swaddled baby, rocking and appearing to hush them. As she stands, we can clearly see her costume consists of a grey tank top, black trousers, and a slick low ponytail, all of which adds to the sense of bleak despair the piece is emanating at this point. The rest of the piece continues in a series of partner work and as the dancers as a unified body. Something I noted is that the partner work usual...