Task 1: To use the material from Cunningham chance workshop that was created last session to develop the choreography by using ideas from the Banksy painting.
Task 2: To look at the 'Girl with balloon' painting and create movement from it.
Girl with balloon:
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The main choreographic ideas that came from this Graffiti Art:
- Reaching for something like the balloon.
- Meeting and parting
- Light and shade, tonal effects, to create dynamics
- Balloon characteristics such as floating, swaying, weightlessness.
Light and shade task:
After analysing the art we discussed the balloons colour but we also talked about the tonal effect. The black and white and how it ranges from light to dark. Using this light and dark tonal scale we used it to influence dynamics.
Do you think that this task of using the tonal effect in the image to create a change in dynamic was easy ?
Response: It worked nicely you could see the contrast in movement between the three of us. There could have been a moment of stillness in the movement though I feel because then there would be moments where the audience could stop and relate the movement to the image.
Chelsea and Sam created a duet. Chelsea represented the little girl in the image and Sam represented the balloon.
Chelsea's instructions were that she wasn't allowed o take her eyes off Sam, and that she wanted to get close to the balloon to catch it.
Sam instructions were to take on the dynamics of the balloon, the weightlessness, floating and air feeling.
End session discussion,
Did you think using the image as a stimulus to create choreography reinforced the performance?
Response: I had no idea who Banksy was until today and it was good to have the chance method to help stimulate choreography and to expand my ideas.
What did you learn from exploring art as stimulus for choreography?
Response: That the picture had a connection to the dance choreography made. Whatever art form it is they all have a connection to one another on the progress of how they are made.
Did this experiment with art make you re assess the way in which you usually choreograph?
After analysing the art we discussed the balloons colour but we also talked about the tonal effect. The black and white and how it ranges from light to dark. Using this light and dark tonal scale we used it to influence dynamics.
Do you think that this task of using the tonal effect in the image to create a change in dynamic was easy ?
Response: It worked nicely you could see the contrast in movement between the three of us. There could have been a moment of stillness in the movement though I feel because then there would be moments where the audience could stop and relate the movement to the image.
Chelsea and Sam created a duet. Chelsea represented the little girl in the image and Sam represented the balloon.
Chelsea's instructions were that she wasn't allowed o take her eyes off Sam, and that she wanted to get close to the balloon to catch it.
Sam instructions were to take on the dynamics of the balloon, the weightlessness, floating and air feeling.
End session discussion,
Did you think using the image as a stimulus to create choreography reinforced the performance?
Response: I had no idea who Banksy was until today and it was good to have the chance method to help stimulate choreography and to expand my ideas.
What did you learn from exploring art as stimulus for choreography?
Response: That the picture had a connection to the dance choreography made. Whatever art form it is they all have a connection to one another on the progress of how they are made.
Did this experiment with art make you re assess the way in which you usually choreograph?
Response: yes cause I don't normally use paintings or poetry to create movement. I might use a word, a sentence or a theme. I found that the picture helped me to create more interesting un predictable movement that I wouldn't have thought to do before.
What did you find challenging about today?
What did you find challenging about today?
Response: Reading out the poem, I lack confidence when reading out loud so I found it challenging to begin with. However after some practice and once I have learnt the words I will know what I'm doing and feel more comfortable.
Do you think performing a poem and performing a dance are the same?
Response: No because I don't have to speak. I don't like drama so to shout a sentence or call someone's name is easy but to read a full sentence I get muddled. in dance you can improvise and the audience wont notice however in English language there is a pressure to use the correct grammar.
Do you think that the poetry added anything to the choreography?
Response: Yes, it created a storyline. The movement had no connection to the poem but when you heard the poem spoken out whilst you watched the movement I was able to make connections to he words and what I was seeing.
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