Creating Movement
In our most recent creative movement class, we discussed and
explored different techniques to create movement.
During the three activities we used books, pictures and
numbers to generate key words or ideas for each movement, working in small
groups or pairs.
In the session I learnt that there are different techniques
and processes used to create movement. By using the stimuli of the words or
pictures it allowed me to have a starting bases to create movements off of
personal interpretation and the inferences allowed me to create a potential
meaning to the short phrase which furthered the depth to our creation as group.
Also, the use of music during the improvisation task provided me the
opportunity to explore how movement interacts with tempo and how it can completely
change what you produce. The use of photos enabled me to focus on different
aspects present in the pictures and create using as many or as little parts
depending on the view.
Using new creative processes has enabled me to be open to
new choreographic processes and different movement patterns that I may not be
used to, allowing me to develop my style and how I choreograph. The class also
showed that choreography is constantly developed and changed and that the piece
is never perfect at the beginning and is a consistent process of improvement.
The process of exploration of creative movement enlightened
me to new movement patterns and depths which will become useful as it has
sparked new ideas which will be used or adapted later on in the creative process
over the coming weeks.
During these activities, we came across a few challenges,
such as having too broad of an idea. When there’s a wide range of choice surrounding
what to zoom in on in the photos and all possibilities of movement that is
produced inspired by the stimulus maybe work well with other movements created.
This makes it difficult to decide what option to use.
What did each task entail? How were the difficulties you’ve mentioned overcome?
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DeleteFirst, we looked at a popular choreographic process (commonly used by choreographer Merce Cunningham) which uses the prospect of chance to dictate what type of movement will be used and the order it will eventually be sequenced in.
The first task was to use a random picture off someone’s phone and pick out different aspects of the photo. Such as: light, depth, texture, colour, connotations and anything that could be inferred about the photo. We the used these acknowledgements to inspire different movements, how the movements may connect and flow and overall behave. This resulted in an original short phrase which was then developed further using instrumentation to adapt the first phrase allowing the movement to have new dynamic qualities and levels.
The second task relied purely on chance as we would pick five number between one and twenty and then flick to a random page in a book and then count each word and the jot the words down which were on the same numbers that we had picked. We then created movements inspired by the words which were then randomly ordered and sequenced using different methods of chance. For example: the game rock paper scissors, random number generation and rolling a dice.
DeleteOur final task was to have one person in the group improvise for forty-five seconds to a minute and then the other people in the group would pick out movements they liked (two to three) and learn how to perform them. Once each person had been and improvised the collected and learnt movement would be sequenced together randomly to create a short phrase of movement.
And the difficulties faced were overcome through trialing movements in sequence, asking for others’ opinions about the potential movements or focus of the picture and discussing between the group how everyone interprets it. We also found that some words were more awkward to use as inspiration for a movement as they were either too bland or straightforward and we want to develop the movements to have more depth. We found that in order to overcome this that we could use different aspects of the word such as how it sounds, how many syllables it has, how harsh it sounds and any connotations the word may have- creating more detailed and creative movements.
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