Understanding and creating movement
Within
the first session we focused on movement and developing it through a stimulus.
In one exercise we were tasked to choose 5 random words to curate a sequence of
movements (one movement for each word). I found this exercise difficult at
times as for words such as “up” or “open” it was a lot easier to devise a
meaningful action given as the words themselves are very transparent, however
for words such as “at” or “the” it was harder to give the action meaning. I
found that for these words I had to tune in to other aspects of the stimuli,
such at how the word sounds and what that would look like in a single movement.
This allowed me to play around with dynamics and helped me realise that meaning
does not always have to be so literal. In addition, this will develop my choreographic
process further as it will allow me to think more openly about how I move. In
another task we were challenged to pick a random photo off our phones and once
again curate a small section of choreography. This exercise I found less
difficult however it was hard to create movement from such a vague stimulus.
With my partner we learnt that sometimes you must create meaning/story when it
isn’t directly given to you. Moreover, in a sense also made it easier as we
could use our own imagination and turn the choreography into how we felt and
what we saw in the stimulus such as: the mood, tone, colours, angle or what the
backstory behind it was, turning it into something more personal and unique.
Sparking new ideas
I plan on forwarding some of
the things I’ve learnt into my choreography. The stimulus my group chose was “flower
bomb” a graffitied piece of artwork produced by Banksy. The artwork depicts a
man holding a bouquet of flowers looking as to throw them and is situated on
the 760km wall which separates Israel and Palestine (Public Delivery, 2020). My group and I have
already had small discussion on how we would go about creating a piece centred
around this image. Such as how we might move to portray the connotations of
peace, and how the music might contrast that to highlight the violent
undertone.
* Public Delivery (2020). Banksy’s Rage, The Flower Thrower - Everything you need to know. [online] Public Delivery. Available at: https://publicdelivery.org/banksy-flower-thrower/.
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