FIRST YEAR - Research

The aim of this week’s task is to provide clear evidence of the research you will undertake. Within your post you will discuss in depth, review and consider a variety of research and resources that relate to your stimulus, allowing you to explore deeper into the purpose/ meaning behind your solo. Think about how each resource relates to your initial stimuli, how will it give greater depth and insight to your piece and how will your observations enhance your creative work as you move forward?

By carefully reviewing your research in detail it will offer new questions for your consideration and may help you identify areas you might not have considered within your project. In your post include ways to show the reader that you have used your research to ‘think outside the box’ and go the extra step?’

Remember it is important that you include a wide variety of resources!

FIRST YEAR - Creative Development - Session 1

WEEK 7 - CREATIVE SESSION 1 – What creative devices or processes will you use at the start to develop movement material for your piece, what is your personal creative process and has this altered with the information you have discovered about how your chosen choreographer begins their creative process? Discuss your observations of the chosen practitioner and look at how this information has been integrated within your OWN creative work. Record elements of your creative process and discuss how you arrived at this point. Reflect on your work and direction so far, is this going as hoped? Are you finding the work challenging or empowering? Identify a selection of feedback you have received (e.g. include your time management schedule, etc) and discuss if/how this will impact your piece. (2-3 min Vlog)

Week 7 - Submission date: Monday 4^th November 17:00

SECOND YEAR - Creative Development - Session 3 (28/10)

Task: Review your experience in the sessions so far. Record elements of your creative process and discuss how and why you arrived at these points. Reflect on your work and direction so far, is this going as hoped? Are you finding the work challenging or empowering? Identify a selection of feedback you have received (e.g. discuss your time management schedule, etc) and discuss if/how this will impact your piece. (2-3 min Vlog)

Submission date: Sunday 3^rd November 17:00

Please send me an email with a list of the three people’s names of the blogs you have been commenting on for each post. Please put the name of post – the names (e.g. Week 1 – Choreographic Devices – names of Student 1, 2 and 3). By Friday 1st November 17:00.

GENERAL- BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Please ensure you are referencing your work correctly, including a bibliography at the end.

FIRST YEARS - for your Vlog post, please post your bibliography alongside this. 

If you have any questions then please let me know. 

Thank you,

Miss Norman 

FIRST YEAR - Choreographer Video Links

Hello all,

It appears that there was a problem with accessing the L4 Choreographer videos, however each video has been re-saved as MP4 files, so they should now play on phone and computer devises without any issues.

Please follow the link bellow to find the videos and write your critical review on the #1 Dance for your chosen choreographer, that is has been labelled (e.g. McGregor 1 - Infra Duet).

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lju0oiiffam5rut/AABKDV5jnaU_xNFLVve7DttGa?dl=0

If you have any other problems or questions please let me know.

Best wishes,

Miss Norman

FIRST YEAR - Things to think about!

Over Half Term please take a look at your blogs. Please ensure your layout is correct and remember to keep commenting on each others posts. Within your Lesson 4 blog (Key Practitioner's Lesson 2) please edit your first draft and include a paragraph discussing, reflecting and reviewing your experience in class (discuss practitioner's 2 and 3).

As soon as you receive your feedback feel free to start making amendments - remember to re-post your 2nd drafts using the title: REVISITED - lesson (e.g. Choreographic Devices).

Please come back after half term with your final music for your solos! 

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I hope you also have a great half term!

Any questions please let me know.

Miss Norman 

FIRST YEAR (Half Term) - Critical review of Dance Piece #1

Task: write a review/ critique of Dance Piece #1 from your chosen choreographer.

600-700 words

Please post by Friday 25th October 17:00

Miss Norman

FIRST YEAR (Half Term) - Chosen Practitioner

Task: create a short blog post to discuss-
- why you have chosen this practitioner?
- what drew you to this artist?
- how would you describe their work?
- can you share any discussion on the practitioner's creative process?
- can you see how they work with their dancers?
- what notable works, achievements or awards can be linked to them.

3-5 min Vlog, you must include and discuss your research with referencing.

Please complete by Friday 25th October 17:00

Miss Norman

FIRST YEAR (Half Term) - Final Stimuli Idea

Now you have discussed your initial thoughts towards each stimuli given and have decided which stimuli you will use, further discuss your final idea in depth.

Task: Further discuss and go into detail about your chosen final group idea. Discuss:-
- what you hope to achieve in your piece
- how will you structure your piece
- your final music choice - give reasoning!
- what research will you undertake to enhance and create depth to your group piece.
- what theories/ devices/ creative processes might you include - and why?


Remember to give reason and purpose behind your ideas!

400-500 words

Please complete by Monday 21st October 17:00

Miss Norman

SECOND YEAR - Research - HALF TERM!

Your Half Term Task will be as follows;

Task: RESEARCH POST - please give evidence of the research you have/ will undertake. 

How does this research relate to your initial stimuli?

How will it give greater depth to your piece?

How will you integrate what you have found out, to your piece/ How will it effect your creative process (motif development)?

Please create motifs inspired by your research and don't forget to include these videos within your blog. 

Remember: Referencing should be integrated!

Please complete by Friday 25th October 17:00

Also don't forget to comment on 3 of each other's blogs per task set!

You may also start to make amendments to each blog once receiving your feedback over the course of this Half Term. Please show the development of your work by posting a separate blog with any amendments you have made and label as REVISITED - title of original post. 

Keep a look over half term for any additional posts/ important notices!

If you have any questions over the half term break please email me and I will be happy to answer.

Miss Norman

 

SECOND YEAR - Creative Development - Session 2 (14/10)

I am impressed by the progress each group so far had made and am pleased to see you all working together so well.

Task: Please include a detailed plan of your creative process. How will you manage your time efficiently over the next coming weeks? What goals will you set?  How will you ensure that as a team you will stick to this plan? Why will this plan help your creative process?
Also please discuss where you are at now.
(400 words)

Please complete by Friday 18th October 17:00.

FIRST YEAR - Stimuli

This weeks lesson consisted of an intense and interesting discussion around 8 choices of stimulus resources.

Task: Discuss in your Blog post your thoughts and ideas for a solo performance piece based on discussions around the stimuli. This does not have to be your final idea, more of a scrap book of your thoughts and ideas.

Think about:
- what first impressions/ feelings came you for each stimuli (give more depth to the stimuli's you were more interested in)?
- what questions/ ideas did the group discussion bring up? (other interesting points of view)
- which stimuli were you most drawn to - why?

It will be helpful to read and comment on the posts of your peers to help add depth and support your first ideas.

(400 words) or a 3-4 min Vlog

Remember to use images to help illustrate your ideas.

Miss Norman

SECOND YEAR - Creative Development - Session 1 (07/10)

Start your creative process by following your devised plan made last week.

What you should already have:

- Plan of 10 minute piece - what narrative/ intentions do you want to portray throughout?
- Ensue to give purpose to each section of your plan - what emotions do you want to portray? how do you want your audience to feel?
- Movement Plan - what choreographic devices/ movement structures will you use to enhance your theme? What research will you undertake to add depth to the creation of your piece and enhance how you portray your theme e.g. gestures, intentions etc
- Music for 10 minute piece

Task: Discuss how your plan is going to be broken down in your group. Undertake any research that will enhance and add depth to your work. Discuss how your findings have influenced your piece/ stimulated movement development. Include videos of your created movement based on your research to show this. Discuss your work direction so far, what have you achieved and is this going as hoped? Are you finding the work challenging or empowering? Discuss how you are working as a team - have you encountered any obstacles, if so how did you overcome them? What will you do to ensure you are sustaining good team qualities.

Using a critical eye, please ensure you comment on 3 other people's posts per task each week - note they do not have to be in the opposite group! Please go back to previous tasks and do this if you have not done so.

(500 words)

As you are going into your research stage please ensure you are referencing your work, including relevant quotes and a clear bibliography at the bottom. You should be using Harvard's method of citation to do this.

Please post by Friday 11th October 17:00

If you have any questions please let me know.

Miss Norman

FIRST YEAR - Key Practitioners Lesson 2

This week we continued our research looking at two other key practitioners, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

During the lesson we analysed video's relating to each choreographers work and creative process and started to generate material using their specific methods.

The videos we observed were:

Crystal Pite:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYv1vQ-5wKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSBkT9AFWA


Wayne McGregor:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWNQK8y50SI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHITNtb4NGQ

I found these video's particularly inspiring as we were able to clearly understand as well as physically see each choreographer within the development stage of their creative process.


The creative task we experimented incorporated visualisation with the specific idea of creating movement based of rain rolling down a window. We experimented using different levels, sizes, speeds, partner work and even the idea of reversing the movement. We also watched a video to help!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OYsfDUtZQ


Over the past few weeks we have generated movement based on a variety of contrasting creative exercises, including:
- Name
- Phone Number
- Zodiac
- Shape/ Patterns
- Rain Concept

Task: By reviewing your reflective notes of the session you will discuss, reflect and review your experience in the session. In your post discuss how you responded to the more creative exercises, what did you find easy or difficult? Review your starting objective and if you achieved this in practice, was it readable to your audience? what feedback did you receive? Has this process allowed you to form your own ideas for your own creative processes to create movement? If so, what are your new ideas?
(400 words)

Please complete this task by Tuesday 8th October 17:00. 

As discussed during class please also start to have a look at your selection of Stimuli's for your creative solo project. Start to brainstorm any first impressions/ feelings and ideas for each starting point. Also start to have a think about which choreographer you are most drawn to.

The link for all your information is below:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lju0oiiffam5rut/AABKDV5jnaU_xNFLVve7DttGa?dl=0

Please also remember to keep commenting on each others blogs. You should be critically analysing 3 different people's posts per task set. Please go back and look at each others if you have not already - you will need to be signed into your blogger.com website in order to do this.

Please also double check your layouts of your blogs.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Miss Norman