Single-Movement in Performance

After exploring R.A.D.S, we then moved onto exploring slapstick comedy in movement. Slapstick is a stylistic type of movement that focuses on the exaggeration of actions, they become more lively and are also used to create humour. This lesson we focused on taking inspiration from the 1952 film 'Singin' in the Rain', targeting the number "Make em laugh" performed by Cosmo aka Donald O'Connor. After watching the video it was clear that most of his movements were very clumsy and silly however that was the sole purpose of them-to make the audience laugh, Though whilst he's movement was humorous Donald's expressions, posture and the way he carried his body had 100% dedication, his number was also full of  energy which kept the humour in place. After the video we was assigned into trios and 4's to come up with a short and set he task of creating our own version of a slapstick comedy, we thought it would be comical if we went with a love triangle...

This lesson was focused on the Action in R.A.D.S. Again, there are key words for Action and they are: Elevation Jump Landing Hop Preparation Take off Leap Two feet to one Two feet to two One foot to two Turns Twisting Whole body turn Rolling Pivoting Spinning Travel In a Group Rolling Stepping Slidding With a partner Walking, Running  Technical, pedestrian Stylistic differences  As a transition  Gesture Functional (e.g. beckon, nod, salute) Non functional (e.g. abstract) Conversational (e.g. gesticulate, social e.g. hug) Emotional (e.g. wring hands) Stillness and falling Pause Shape Tableaux Use of centre to aid balance  On and off balance Suspension Fall and recovery After learning the words for Action we was then put into pairs with an assigned word we had to focus on as well as a stimulus which was a picture of two elderly people walking in opposite directions however their shadows casted their younger selves....

This lesson was focused on space, however I was not present in one lesson. So I am going to analyse movement pieces I have found online and analyse them. There are many key components that make up the word space, they are the following: Spatial Awareness. Levels (Low,Medium and High). Pathways- On the floor and in the air. Peripheral Vision . Direction- this can also include stage directions as well. Dimension E.g Height,Depth and Width. Lines in space (Curved, Straight or free form). Personal and General space (Body Shape and Group shape). Planes (Vertical,Horizontal and Sagittal). This video above explores Air and Floor pathways. After watching the video I soon discovered that you do not necessarily have to be lying on the floor or jumping in the air in order for a move to be considered pathways. In my opinion, Pathways just seems to be the way you move your body along floor (or air) whether that be like the marching/walking (0.07-0.0.14) or even to the...

This lesson we focused on relationships sector of R.A.D.S in movement. There are many keywords that revolve around the word Relationships. They are the following. Side-by-side Waiting Back-to-back One behind the other Mirror Unison Canon Interaction Answer and Question Lead + Follow Passing Contrast We was given the task of working in pairs to create a small movement piece incorporating these key words into our movements, Our stimulus was a phrase "The breakdown of a relationship"  I was paired with Henri. We both decided that we should come up with a movement piece first before we add music, This way we could decide the emotion and pace with the music separately, as long as we had a base idea. We tried to incorporate each keyword into our movements. After lots of decisions we made a list of movements. Here is the list below: Here is the video of our performance:  As you can see in the video we tried to focus and inc...

This lesson involved us composing the final product of our movement piece- putting together every pairs' own movement and incorporating them into our main task. As we are focusing on Dynamics in this lesson it is essential that we have a full understanding of what we are actually creating. To make it easier for us to understand our director developed a sheet with key terms that branched off with other key terms- in pairs we had to come up with what movement suited what key term. We collected our ideas in and this is the result. Flow: Free It was decided that the move where we swing our arms is an example of a free movement in dynamics- I have to agree with this as your arms move based solely on the direction your body is moving, therefore your arms loose and free to move in the motion your body is moving Bound The movement we picked for bound was the matrix, mine and Alice's action. The move is continuous and sustained as we all move as one. Weig...