Reindeer Observation

For my animal performance scene I was a reindeer. The biggest strengths that I had for my scene was my movement, portrayal of eating, and display of the prey-like nature of a reindeer. During research I learned that a reindeer walks heavily but also spry. I properly conveyed this concept in my scene by leaping from leg to leg, making sure to lead with my knees when I was in the air and to place my weight on my leading foot when I landed. Since reindeer eat grass and shrubs that is often buried under snow, I used my legs to display digging through snow similar to how a reindeer does. Lastly I displayed my reindeer as a prey by abruptly halting while I was eating to look slowly around for a predator. The first area of improvement for my scene …show more content…
The strengths of both of their performances were the recreation of the anatomy of their animal, displaying how their animal eats, and their expressions. Hunter did a really good job of showing the anatomy of a coconut crab by keeping his back hunched and making his hands resemble the claws of a crab. Emily’s use of being on her hands and legs was a great way of displaying how a koala would walk on its short legs to move itself from tree to tree. She also had a good facial expression that resembles how koalas seemingly have straight and unchanging expression. They both did a good job of showing how their animal eats by conveying resistance. Emily showed resistance when she was biting the leaves and Hunter displayed it by showing resistance to opening a coconut. Hunter could have improved his performance by making his walking more restrictive and broken, resembling how a crab moves with multiple jointed legs. He could have also spent more time eating the coconut after working so hard to open it. Emily could have improved her performance by showing a greater struggle between her and her competition. The resolution seemed too easy. They both used the skill of visualization where Hunter pictured a coconut on stage and Emily visualized being in a forested area on a tree with another koala bear as competition. Emily also showed stimulus and response by having another koala