Student Choreography Reflection

Student Choreography Reflection My most recent endeavor in dance class was a student choreography project. This assignment, spanning a term of several weeks, proved itself to be both an exciting experience and an instructive journey. The first task in starting this project was to form a group chosen from members in class. Next, it became logical for each member of this newly developed group to introduce themselves and their leading ideas to the group as a whole. During this process, various ideas were expressed in terms of concept and conceptual meaning. After much discussion, we sat down together the succeeding day and agreed upon a singular concept. Our concept is best summarized as the contrasting forces of light and dark. Personally, I …show more content…
For my position in this dance, the most predominant example of such usage would be the choreographic variation of time. As a dancer for the subject of light, my partner and I decided to alter the speed of our movement over the course of the dance. Precisely, we danced several of our eight counts in halftime, in comparison to the dark group who was dancing at a regular tempo. The modification of rhythm in our dance was intended to make clearer, for the audience, the division between light and dark. In conjunction to our movements, these timing differences implemented a symbolic idea of gradualism interrupted by more violent events, often is the case for ordinary existence. The next technique employed in our dance was the use of shape to show our concept. Shape, in reference to body shape, is the manner in which the dancer’s body alignment changes over time. In our piece, body shape was emphasized through the use of delicate gestures and stylistic choices. The light dancers focused on maintaining a ballet-strict composure, while the dark dancers were very formless in their overall arrangement. Adhering to the strict techniques of ballet embedded a sensation of unity and traditionalism to the group of light dancers. Equally, the light dancers sought to emit a general understanding of peace and equality, often accomplished through unity and traditions. …show more content…
In addition to our highly organized, recurrent devotion to working together soundly, all dancers in our group put forth complete effort and dedication to reaching a final success. Despite our differences as people, the five members in my group worked side-by-side to choreograph a dance within the allotted time span. All individuals put in an equal effort to assemble this piece, in addition to contributing their ideas and suggestions. Through open communication and daily discussions, various viewpoints and tactical thoughts were introduced. Sharing such ideas not only helped our piece to expand on a momentary level, but also inspired future plans in upcoming sequences. Our group did not have any conflicts in terms of group interactions. As a whole, we did struggle to adapt our dance in order to better demonstrate the constructive criticism we received during weekly showings. Our struggles, contrary to common belief, made our group tolerance stronger in a sense that no one felt left out or too responsible for keeping up their portion of input. As once said by Helen Keller, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”. In reference to our choreography project, this quotation reigns true because a single dancer could not be responsible for upholding the weight of the entire group and ensuring success. Together, though, success could be accomplished by an equal determination and proportionate exertion of energy. This was most