Sylvia Hall Advanced Independent Choreography (MU60362O)

My chosen practitioner is Wayne Mcgregor because I am intrigued by his creative process and his artistic brilliance. Before I was able to experience the creative process that he uses I would think that his choreography process is interesting however, I never fully understood the task. After trying his method I have found that it suits me very well because it helps me explore my mind but also it is an efficient way of creating choreography. Wayne Mcgregors work is very extraordinary because he likes to think that creating choreography is physical thinking. He also uses a lot of imagery to show in his movement. For example, imagining the letter "T" and thinking that he is inside the T. When choreographing for his dancers, he likes to use improvisation so that his dancers can take an idea from a body and transfer it into another body. The dancers aren't given music, they respond to his counting such as the words "um, bay, bay, a". Another way he works with his ...

My stimulus for my choreography is focused on dyslexia in dance, based off my experience with having dyslexia. I have always struggled with coordination and directions of movement and will be implementing this into my choreography using jolted and uncoordinated movements. I was drawn to this idea as a stimulus because it is something I have always struggled with due to being un-diagnosed until recently. I hope to achieve and present a well-polished piece that the audience can understand through motifs that resemble my stimulus. To further my knowledge of how dyslexia can affect different people I will be focusing my research on professional dancers who talk about their experiences and how they overcome their own challenges. The beginning composition is the instrumental original of ‘Paradise Circus’ ( Massive Attack, 2018) , which is described as ‘just perfect. Three notes you'll never forget.’ ( Massive Attack, 2018) When listening to this piece my attention was caught by the th...

To commence the choreographic process of our solo piece we were given some choreographic tasks by our teacher to guide us into the thought process of this module. We were given three choreographic tasks. The first task was influenced by Merce Cunningham’s Chance Method. In pairs, we picked a selection of random numbers and then associated the number we picked with the words in a book.  (The six sides of Merce Cunningham, 2021). After analysing the words that were selected by the Chance Method, we then took it into our interpretation and created movement/ sequences. Reflecting on how productive this task made me, I think this choreographic method gave me a lot of useful structure and kept me in a focused mindset with creating movements associated with the words/ meaning of the sequence. I intend to use this for my creative process because it made me stay focussed on the task whilst maintaining a positive mindset.  The second task was established from a picture in your camera ...