Music studies

My group decided on the piece of music “view from the other side”. This track stood out to me as I really liked the melancholy undertone of the music, I think it helps represent the story our stimulus is trying to convey. Our stimulus highlight’s themes of war, discrimination and violence whilst also contradicting itself with imagery of hope and peace. In my opinion I believe this piece of music really captures that in its tone and melody. Moreover, the actual composition of the piece of music will enhance our story or message. The music builds up in layers gradually and has some nice moments of stillness which could be associated with the eeriness of war, and how there of glimpses of silence and hope. Overall, I think the piece of music has a very deep tone which we can create a meaningful piece of choreography from.

Impact

The impact I hope to have on an audience with this piece is a heartfelt message. I hope to convey how the realities of war, which we as a western society don’t experience as often, can affect our views as humans. In addition, how war and violence can twist the way we perceive other people. Ideologies of war and fighting often divide people into a category of being “good” or “bad”. However, we know that war benefits almost no one. I think our stimulus “flower bomb” really helps back this idea as it portrays the irony of someone throwing a bouquet of flowers, something typically unaggressive, as if it was a grenade. I think this links to how most times during war people are dehumanized and are perceived purely like pawns in a chess game rather than individuals. Through my choreography I hope to interpret this message to my audience.