In Class: Goals: Figure out definitive rehearsal time for this week/ learn some formal ballet lingo.
I found this, it's a video that shows a combinations of ballet moves and shows the ballerina in slow motion performing each move, while the ballerina performs each move there is text on the screen that tells you what move she is executing. I think I want to include a phrase in the show that is kind of inspired off of that combo of moves. I have two rehearsals scheduled for this week, but I haven't had any feedback on whether or not people can make those.
Out of Class: Goals: work on choreography
So I spent about an hour in the black box, I was trying to take some of the moves from the video and create my own dance, I kind of got a little something, but it wasn't much of anything. One of my friends ended up interrupting me while I was choreographing and started playing "Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi and she asked me to choreograph something to it, so after about 20 minutes I finally had about a 45 second dance to the song which I ended up REALLY liking, I think I'm going to try to incorporate it into my show.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
(I'm doing a double log for both days that we had presentations in class)
In Class: Goals: Nothing
In class for the past few days we have been presenting what we have done so far with our project.
Out of Class: Goals: Remember/Practice dancing
I ended up reading a little more in that book that I found and practiced some warm-ups out of the book. I learned how to do a pas de bourree and worked on my developpe. I also spent about an hour watching videos on ballet technique and watching how dancers perform some of these moves. I'm currently working on trying to do a petit allegro so that I can incorporate that into my choreography, however it's proving to be pretty tricky.
In Class: Goals: Nothing
In class for the past few days we have been presenting what we have done so far with our project.
Out of Class: Goals: Remember/Practice dancing
I ended up reading a little more in that book that I found and practiced some warm-ups out of the book. I learned how to do a pas de bourree and worked on my developpe. I also spent about an hour watching videos on ballet technique and watching how dancers perform some of these moves. I'm currently working on trying to do a petit allegro so that I can incorporate that into my choreography, however it's proving to be pretty tricky.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
In Class: Goals: Read a little about dance technique.
Reality: I actually found a really awesome book about technique! Its filled with ballet exercises and other dance shenanigans. I spent about 30 minutes reading this book and trying out some of the exercises out of class. It was pretty helpful and I kind of want to go out and buy it now, but it took some of the warm-ups we already do in V1 but brought them a little further, it put a little extra challenge into something I already know.
Out of class: Work on presentation
I spent about three to four hours on tuesday and weds fine tuning some choreography and teaching it to other people. I put together a little video showing a little bit of choreography that I taught two dancers.
DANCEEEE
Reality: I actually found a really awesome book about technique! Its filled with ballet exercises and other dance shenanigans. I spent about 30 minutes reading this book and trying out some of the exercises out of class. It was pretty helpful and I kind of want to go out and buy it now, but it took some of the warm-ups we already do in V1 but brought them a little further, it put a little extra challenge into something I already know.
Out of class: Work on presentation
I spent about three to four hours on tuesday and weds fine tuning some choreography and teaching it to other people. I put together a little video showing a little bit of choreography that I taught two dancers.
DANCEEEE
Monday, April 23, 2012
In Class: Goal: Further analyze poetry.
I spent about 20 minutes reviewing poetry and then spent about another 20 taking notes of things that I want or don't to do with the performance, sort of like brainstorming ideas for costumes (I know, it's a little early) thinking about how I want poetry read, and thinking a little about movement. Small problem however, since there is a dance class during B block I'm running out of things to do during class, right now my main concern is choreography, which I need a hell of a lot more of.
Out of Class: Goal: CHOREOGRAPH!
I spent about 30 minutes reviewing choreography and trying new things, I'm having a lot of trouble with one song that I'm trying to choreograph that has a really fast tempo. It's so frustrating because every time I choreograph something the movement is too complicated for such a fast tempo. I decided I would go out and find someone to help me choreograph, which is what I will be doing wednesday evening.
I spent about 20 minutes reviewing poetry and then spent about another 20 taking notes of things that I want or don't to do with the performance, sort of like brainstorming ideas for costumes (I know, it's a little early) thinking about how I want poetry read, and thinking a little about movement. Small problem however, since there is a dance class during B block I'm running out of things to do during class, right now my main concern is choreography, which I need a hell of a lot more of.
Out of Class: Goal: CHOREOGRAPH!
I spent about 30 minutes reviewing choreography and trying new things, I'm having a lot of trouble with one song that I'm trying to choreograph that has a really fast tempo. It's so frustrating because every time I choreograph something the movement is too complicated for such a fast tempo. I decided I would go out and find someone to help me choreograph, which is what I will be doing wednesday evening.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
In Class:
Goals: I hoped to break down poetry and analyze it to make choreography a little more meaningful.
I spent about five minutes figuring out if the black box was being used during my english block only to find that it is being used. Then I spent the rest of the block analyzing poetry and figuring out whether or not I will need another dancer, which I think I do.
Out of Class:
Goals: Find a new dancer, create more material.
I recruited my (hopefully) last dancer and I spent about 30 minutes choreographing this weekend.
Goals: I hoped to break down poetry and analyze it to make choreography a little more meaningful.
I spent about five minutes figuring out if the black box was being used during my english block only to find that it is being used. Then I spent the rest of the block analyzing poetry and figuring out whether or not I will need another dancer, which I think I do.
Out of Class:
Goals: Find a new dancer, create more material.
I recruited my (hopefully) last dancer and I spent about 30 minutes choreographing this weekend.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
In Class:
Goals: I hoped to have get a rough idea of how the performance would look, the playlist and what would come when.
I spent a few minutes e-mailing my cast to tell them the rehearsal schedule for next week, most of them got back to me within the day, and it seems that we will only be rehearsing once. After that I spent about 30 minutes listening to two or three songs and picking my final choice for songs (it will probably change, I don't doubt it) and then creating a finalized play list. I then made a set list and put songs and read poetry in order and created a rough opening and ending in my head. I also kicked out on piece of poetry from my performance "Black Girl White Girl" will no longer be in my performance.
Outside of Class:
Goals: I hoped to have had finished choreographing one of the songs.
I spent a little over an hour working on choreography, I keep on cutting things and I never did get to finish that song, my creativity went in a different direction and I choreographed about 6 stanzas of the poem "999 Smiles". I have about 3-ish minutes of choreography so far, and I want there to be at least 15 by the performance day. However, everyone knows, a dance performance is never finished until one minute before you are on the stage.
Goals: I hoped to have get a rough idea of how the performance would look, the playlist and what would come when.
I spent a few minutes e-mailing my cast to tell them the rehearsal schedule for next week, most of them got back to me within the day, and it seems that we will only be rehearsing once. After that I spent about 30 minutes listening to two or three songs and picking my final choice for songs (it will probably change, I don't doubt it) and then creating a finalized play list. I then made a set list and put songs and read poetry in order and created a rough opening and ending in my head. I also kicked out on piece of poetry from my performance "Black Girl White Girl" will no longer be in my performance.
Outside of Class:
Goals: I hoped to have had finished choreographing one of the songs.
I spent a little over an hour working on choreography, I keep on cutting things and I never did get to finish that song, my creativity went in a different direction and I choreographed about 6 stanzas of the poem "999 Smiles". I have about 3-ish minutes of choreography so far, and I want there to be at least 15 by the performance day. However, everyone knows, a dance performance is never finished until one minute before you are on the stage.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Log #6
Yesterday in class I organized the meeting that I had. I took notes and thought about major points to bring up/ also meeting times for our group. I'm staying pretty tight with my schedule, in fact I could even say that I am ahead of schedule. After meeting with the dancers my one worry is that we wont have enough time to rehearse. I told the group that we would meet once or twice before midterms and then after that we would meet regularly Monday, Wednesdays after school and during some M/X blocks, Sundays, and Friday afternoons. Last night I spent almost all of study hall reworking movement, adding counts, and choreographing some more material to two songs that I will use, however in the upcoming weeks I will be choreographing movement that goes along with the poetry that I found.
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