Evaluation of My Final Product and Process

We set out to demonstrate clear links between our music choice, stimulus choice and our choreography as this was a new experience for the pair of us. I had previously never used stimuli or picked music to choreograph to, so I was worried that the reasons for picking each bit would not be clear enough to an audience. However, I think the choreography that Darcey and I created ties each choice together and presents the motifs distinctly, (breath and deterioration), in our piece. Our creative journey has been extremely positive and exciting, involving highs and lows but an overall incredible experience. We have taken lots of inspiration from our chosen practitioner, Crystal Pite, to create our choreography but at least half is just from working through the movements together. Next time, I would attempt to be more organised with filming new sections from the session as I have found them extremely helpful when returning back to the piece after a week or long period of time to prompt me if I have forgotten any sections. I also use the videos to reflect on my dancing and what I would like to change. I could do this by dedicating the last five minutes of the session to film the new sections.

I think that I am now more open to choreographing than I was previously and I enjoy the process of creating. Darcey has been excellent to choreograph alongside and she has pushed my abilities and beliefs regarding my abilities. I have become more confident, not only choreographing but in the studios in general, and hopefully have improved in my abilities to choreograph and perform. I have learnt new methods to choreograph and explored the order in which choreography can be made.