Thursday 3rd

What we achieved today in our group : 

We achieved to build up a climax in our group routine this was by us actually getting hit by the waves and 3people die and only one is left remaining and added in more devices this was by using floor patterns and contact work. We also added retro grade for the end section of our group choreography from Chloe's class on Tuesday. We all thought this would look affective in our group as this would be a good thing to use to tell the audience about the story of a family that are on holiday and get hit by a Tsunami ( Thailand ) . We need to work on our performance and emotions to connect with an audience. We also have a clear mind of what is happening in our routine and we all know what is happening. We need to improve on using more devices 

• dynamics ( making movements more sharper,using force more ) 
• gestures ( creating more gestures that are always shown in the routine) 
• facings   ( different directions but all doing the same thing ) 
• symmetry ( same thing )
• repetition  ( repeating the same thing maybe in chorus ) 
• cannon ( using more cannon in routine but using it in logical sequencing ) 
• unison ( doing more things together as a group ) 
• accumulation 

in our group piece and to also, create more of a routine. We need to improve on rehearsing our routine this would be by setting out when we are all free to rehearse our routine together. 

Tuesday 1st Apirl

Today our class was abit of a mix up because we had no studio for half of the lesson,we then danced outside and dance was created on the streets. This was different to dancing in class as it was a different atmosphere from dancing in the studio. There was also problems with the ground but this is something that in the future if we dance outside that we could consider onto. We rehearsed the routines that we had been doing in class time this was, Fast Car, Launch and urban. We rehearsed Launch and everyones timing was out of time this may of been due to the surroundings around us ( people)  and nerves may of got to everyone. I still need to work on my technique used throughout the dance to improve on my armlines and posture when dancing. I also, need to walk in with my shoulders rolled back and to walk with a attitude. We then moved on to rehearse Fast car I need to work on the floor routine and the timing with everyone else. I also need to work on my character and performance throughout the routine of feelings and emotions. Also, we rehearsed urban this was a massive mix up and nobody could remember the routine. We all need to work on movement memory and working in a team.

Clhoe then took over class but this was indoors to teach us a choreographic principles workshop this was by working in our groups using retro grade for our routine for  the show.
We all worked well as a team and was thinking of using retro grade for the end section in our routine when we are all taken away from the waves.We thought that this would look affective in our routine but it was a challenging thing to do.  Also, we were given development points to make when using retro grade this was by using different facings e.g when hugging turn to the other direction and floor patterns this was maybe by doing the routine at different levels and different spacings in the room.

We are going to develop our routine by counting on using retro grade for our end section and knowing what is going on in our routine.

Thursday 27th March

In my group choreograpthy we have used a range of devices so for to conbine into our routine we have used:

• Cannon
• Repititon
• Motif
• Motif development
• Symmerty
• Uison
• Gestures
• Dynamics
• Musicality

We have used these devices to make the routine more intresting we have used motif development for our chours and changed the facing and spacing for this, we thought this would be a good idea to make the performance to lift. We have used repition throughout the dance and this was by using one of the gestures ( looking) that is always used in the dance.

What do we need to develop on?

In my group we need to develop on using dynamics throughout the dance by this we can develop on making our movements sharper and more clearer. Also we need to develop on rehersal time and this is not by just rehersing in class, we need to rehearse after class and any time we all can. We need to develop on conutie to work on everyones abilites and use of styles.