Things to do...
Battersea Art Center: http://www.bac.org.uk/
Funky Monkey: http://www.funkymonkey.info/index-2.html (Piano classes)
Jigsaw- performing Arts: http://www.jigsaw-arts.co.uk/cms/
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Performing Arts Job!!
I found this research:
If I could be anything in the performing arts industrey, I would be a film director.
A film director visualizes how a script can be brought to lifeand develops a film's artistic and dramatic content.
To become a good director, I would have to study photography, acting and english. This would give me good knowledge. Also I should attened film festivals and keep up with the industry websites.
Many directors start out as actors in order to understand this aspect of their craft.
Although not required in the field, film directors often have undergraduate or advanced degrees from film or multimedia school programs. Independent art schools, colleges and universities may offer a general grounding in broadcasting, radio, film and TV. Others may offer theoretical media studies, while a few may offer majors in film directing.
With or without a degree, aspiring film directors can gain experience and contacts by becoming involved in the production and technical aspects of movie-making.
Most of the feature films shown in the United States are made in one of only six major studios, and slots to work on such projects are extremely limited and competitive. The path to the director's chair typically involves working as a production or technical assistant, and then eventually progressing to the role of an assistant director. By accepting as much job experience possible in any role relative to the film industry, aspiring directors can begin their path to the top.
If I could be anything in the performing arts industrey, I would be a film director.
A film director visualizes how a script can be brought to lifeand develops a film's artistic and dramatic content.
To become a good director, I would have to study photography, acting and english. This would give me good knowledge. Also I should attened film festivals and keep up with the industry websites.
Many directors start out as actors in order to understand this aspect of their craft.
Although not required in the field, film directors often have undergraduate or advanced degrees from film or multimedia school programs. Independent art schools, colleges and universities may offer a general grounding in broadcasting, radio, film and TV. Others may offer theoretical media studies, while a few may offer majors in film directing.
With or without a degree, aspiring film directors can gain experience and contacts by becoming involved in the production and technical aspects of movie-making.
Most of the feature films shown in the United States are made in one of only six major studios, and slots to work on such projects are extremely limited and competitive. The path to the director's chair typically involves working as a production or technical assistant, and then eventually progressing to the role of an assistant director. By accepting as much job experience possible in any role relative to the film industry, aspiring directors can begin their path to the top.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
Arts Review WICKED!
Yr 9 and I went to see the Musical 'wicked' on the 27th of April 2011.
The main two characters were both witches... Glinda the good witch and Elphaba the wicked witch. Elphaba was born GREEN! This made her life difficult at times, especially university with her sister, Nessa who was is in a wheel chair. Elphaba would get teased and ignored. Untill she was noticed by one of the magic teachers who saw Elphaba cursing a spell on the bully's, unintentionally. She then got the oportunity to meet the Wizard of Oz. Elphaba was so excited. However when she met him, he was a bit of a disapointment. Through out the musical you incounter how the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man come about. There were lots of unexpected twists.
The set was fantastic! There was a huge dragon framing the stage above, wooden wheels at each side and different aristic back grounds. The lighting changed depending on the mood of the scenes, from bright yellows and whites to dark greens. When Elphaba was singing in green lights, her green skin shone!! her face lit up. Glindas costumes were extremely girly and nicely fitted. Usually pink or white coloured. Where as Elphaba's costumes were'nt as nicely fitted. Her dresses, tights and cloaks were mainly black and sometimes green. They looked completly different and they were completely different but eventually became best friends. 'oposits attract'. At one point of the Musical Elphaba and Glinda were in their dorms at University. Glindas side of the room had a pretty, satin cover on her bed, a shelf full of shoes and a feminin lamp. Elphaba had a raggid blanket as a cover, nothing on her shelf apart from wheels and a standard lamp. This clearly showed that one was rich, vain and luxurios and the other was poor, had low confidence and was plain.
The acting was really good and they were confident with their movements. The dancers held their heads high and looked as if they were enjoiying them selves. When there was funny lines, the actors got the timing just right. It's impotant to get it right. The whole of the stage was used, so all of the audiance could see the actors at all different angles.
I thought the performance was really great because it wasn't too over the top or cheesey.
At the very begining it was hard to hear the dialogue and the singing because the music was too loud compared to the actors and the singers voices. However as the musical went on it was fine and I could hear everything clearly. I especially loved Elphabas voice, it was husky but still strong and easy to understand. The performers were interesting to watch as they had loud and detailed clothing, they had expressive faces and the extra cast changed characters alot. Everyone played their rolls well.
Overall I enjoiyed the Wicked Musical becuase it's set changed a lot. My favourite set was the red popey's. The actors were talented and the singing was brilliant!!
The main two characters were both witches... Glinda the good witch and Elphaba the wicked witch. Elphaba was born GREEN! This made her life difficult at times, especially university with her sister, Nessa who was is in a wheel chair. Elphaba would get teased and ignored. Untill she was noticed by one of the magic teachers who saw Elphaba cursing a spell on the bully's, unintentionally. She then got the oportunity to meet the Wizard of Oz. Elphaba was so excited. However when she met him, he was a bit of a disapointment. Through out the musical you incounter how the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man come about. There were lots of unexpected twists.
The set was fantastic! There was a huge dragon framing the stage above, wooden wheels at each side and different aristic back grounds. The lighting changed depending on the mood of the scenes, from bright yellows and whites to dark greens. When Elphaba was singing in green lights, her green skin shone!! her face lit up. Glindas costumes were extremely girly and nicely fitted. Usually pink or white coloured. Where as Elphaba's costumes were'nt as nicely fitted. Her dresses, tights and cloaks were mainly black and sometimes green. They looked completly different and they were completely different but eventually became best friends. 'oposits attract'. At one point of the Musical Elphaba and Glinda were in their dorms at University. Glindas side of the room had a pretty, satin cover on her bed, a shelf full of shoes and a feminin lamp. Elphaba had a raggid blanket as a cover, nothing on her shelf apart from wheels and a standard lamp. This clearly showed that one was rich, vain and luxurios and the other was poor, had low confidence and was plain.
The acting was really good and they were confident with their movements. The dancers held their heads high and looked as if they were enjoiying them selves. When there was funny lines, the actors got the timing just right. It's impotant to get it right. The whole of the stage was used, so all of the audiance could see the actors at all different angles.
I thought the performance was really great because it wasn't too over the top or cheesey.
At the very begining it was hard to hear the dialogue and the singing because the music was too loud compared to the actors and the singers voices. However as the musical went on it was fine and I could hear everything clearly. I especially loved Elphabas voice, it was husky but still strong and easy to understand. The performers were interesting to watch as they had loud and detailed clothing, they had expressive faces and the extra cast changed characters alot. Everyone played their rolls well.
Overall I enjoiyed the Wicked Musical becuase it's set changed a lot. My favourite set was the red popey's. The actors were talented and the singing was brilliant!!
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Teaching Year 7 MUSIC!
My group and I had the task of teaching a year 7 class, for one hour. My group consisted of Joel, Raven, Zoe and Me. We worked well together!
We started with the powerpoint, reading out the learning objectives. As soon as the class was tolded the definition of Tempo, we started teaching them the Italian phrases for very fast, medium and slow. They had to quickly memorise the Italian phrases to be tested on. The quiz worked well for the year 7's shouted out the right words which ment they must have learnt them.
Then we had an activity for them. We managed to get the year 7's to push their chairs and clip boards to the side, without any fuss. I think we were able to do this, as we didd'nt shout at them. Instead we asked them with authority and politness. The activity was to listen to music (and run on the spot when fast tempo, walk on the spot when medium tempo and walk in slow motion when slow tempo). Some students were not patispating therefor we had to try and incourage them. It made the activity more difficult. However I still think the year 7's enjoiyed it.
Once the class was back in their seets facing us, I gave out some sheets to all the students. When some of them lost concentration, we all went round telling them to carry on with the work or asked if they needed help. This part of the lesson showed my group what rolls we had (Joel kept the class under controll, Raven helped get evryone equiped, I got the class to keep concentration and asked if anyone needed help and Zoe helped students and got the disruptive children to behave).
Afterwards, we gave out little coloured cards that had writen on them... Presto, Adagio and Moderato which means very fast, slow and medium. They liked the cards because they looked good as they were in bright colours (orange,red and green). We played a game with cards which ran smoothley.
At the end of the lesson we gave them an evaluation sheet for them to answer and give us feedback. Most of them was good and they best liked the activities where they got to move around.
2 things that went well in the lesson:
*We managed to spread the acvities and powerpoints over the one hour perfectly. (We diddnt run over time or finish tpo early).
* The group took terns at speaking and we acted confident.
1 thing we could have improved in the lesson:
* Asked more questions and talked to students more individually.
I really enjoiyed teaching year 7 music!!
We started with the powerpoint, reading out the learning objectives. As soon as the class was tolded the definition of Tempo, we started teaching them the Italian phrases for very fast, medium and slow. They had to quickly memorise the Italian phrases to be tested on. The quiz worked well for the year 7's shouted out the right words which ment they must have learnt them.
Then we had an activity for them. We managed to get the year 7's to push their chairs and clip boards to the side, without any fuss. I think we were able to do this, as we didd'nt shout at them. Instead we asked them with authority and politness. The activity was to listen to music (and run on the spot when fast tempo, walk on the spot when medium tempo and walk in slow motion when slow tempo). Some students were not patispating therefor we had to try and incourage them. It made the activity more difficult. However I still think the year 7's enjoiyed it.
Once the class was back in their seets facing us, I gave out some sheets to all the students. When some of them lost concentration, we all went round telling them to carry on with the work or asked if they needed help. This part of the lesson showed my group what rolls we had (Joel kept the class under controll, Raven helped get evryone equiped, I got the class to keep concentration and asked if anyone needed help and Zoe helped students and got the disruptive children to behave).
Afterwards, we gave out little coloured cards that had writen on them... Presto, Adagio and Moderato which means very fast, slow and medium. They liked the cards because they looked good as they were in bright colours (orange,red and green). We played a game with cards which ran smoothley.
At the end of the lesson we gave them an evaluation sheet for them to answer and give us feedback. Most of them was good and they best liked the activities where they got to move around.
2 things that went well in the lesson:
*We managed to spread the acvities and powerpoints over the one hour perfectly. (We diddnt run over time or finish tpo early).
* The group took terns at speaking and we acted confident.
1 thing we could have improved in the lesson:
* Asked more questions and talked to students more individually.
I really enjoiyed teaching year 7 music!!
Friday, 4 March 2011
My activity is drama LESSON 1
Today we looked at the play 'stones'. It is about two australian boys who kill a driver. Not intentianlly. They were throughing stones to scare the drivers.
Ms gave us a mini script and I got into partners with Ruby. We rehearsed many times. I was boy B, whilst she was boy A. We attempted to put on an accient but we were really bad at it. We sounded American. Atleast we tryed.
We watched a couple of groups performances. Some better than others. One group had excellant accients which made their performance even better. We however did not have time to show ours.
Ms gave us a mini script and I got into partners with Ruby. We rehearsed many times. I was boy B, whilst she was boy A. We attempted to put on an accient but we were really bad at it. We sounded American. Atleast we tryed.
We watched a couple of groups performances. Some better than others. One group had excellant accients which made their performance even better. We however did not have time to show ours.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
My activity is Music LESSON 1
Today, I went on computers to carry on with our powerpoints and plans for the year 7 lesson that I will teach with my group.
First I added ajustments to the Italian words on one of my slides and then went on the teachers computer so I couls access 'YouTube'. I needed to access 'YouTube' so that i could make hyperlinks on my powerpoint as I need to play examples of fast, medium and slow music.
Today Zoe and I diddnt manage to finish anything, so we saved the powerepoint onto 'Fronter', so that we can add to it at home.
First I added ajustments to the Italian words on one of my slides and then went on the teachers computer so I couls access 'YouTube'. I needed to access 'YouTube' so that i could make hyperlinks on my powerpoint as I need to play examples of fast, medium and slow music.
Today Zoe and I diddnt manage to finish anything, so we saved the powerepoint onto 'Fronter', so that we can add to it at home.
Sunday, 20 February 2011
My activity is keyboard LESSON 5
Today we carried on with our powerpoints for our lessons.
Instead of partnering off with zoe to do tempo, we went on seporate
computers so that we could get more done!
I added to the different slides...making games and learning
objectives, whilst zoe made cards for the game.
I typed up the Italian words for 'fast', 'slow', 'medium
' and 'very fast'.
I hope to finish it next time!
Instead of partnering off with zoe to do tempo, we went on seporate
computers so that we could get more done!
I added to the different slides...making games and learning
objectives, whilst zoe made cards for the game.
I typed up the Italian words for 'fast', 'slow', 'medium
' and 'very fast'.
I hope to finish it next time!
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
My activity is dance LESSON 5
Today was performance day!
First I got into my group, to practise my dance for 15 mins. I choreagraphed more of the ending of the dance.
Then my group and I performed first. (2 groups performed at 1 time) I didnt seem to be nervous, which was suprising because I normally am. I think I felt confident because I knew all the steps well and practised alot. I kept in time with the music and remembered all the movements. I was really glad. I think I could have giggled less, which would have improved my performance...I diddnt giggle to much.
Im happy with my performance and hope to get a good mark. I tried really hard today and was really tired by the end of it.
:)
First I got into my group, to practise my dance for 15 mins. I choreagraphed more of the ending of the dance.
Then my group and I performed first. (2 groups performed at 1 time) I didnt seem to be nervous, which was suprising because I normally am. I think I felt confident because I knew all the steps well and practised alot. I kept in time with the music and remembered all the movements. I was really glad. I think I could have giggled less, which would have improved my performance...I diddnt giggle to much.
Im happy with my performance and hope to get a good mark. I tried really hard today and was really tired by the end of it.
:)
Friday, 4 February 2011
My activity is keyboard LESSON 4
Today I got into a small group with other people who researched Tempo as homework (H/W)
We exchanged our ideas of how to teach a lesson on Tempo and worked out how we could combine the different ideas.
Then we shared our finale disition with the class.
I got into my main group, with the people I will teach the year 7 class with. We then sorted out who will teach on either day 1 or day 2. I am teaching on day 1.
Todays lesson was mainly planning.
We exchanged our ideas of how to teach a lesson on Tempo and worked out how we could combine the different ideas.
Then we shared our finale disition with the class.
I got into my main group, with the people I will teach the year 7 class with. We then sorted out who will teach on either day 1 or day 2. I am teaching on day 1.
Todays lesson was mainly planning.
Friday, 28 January 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
BLOOD BROTHERS (Review)
I went to see 'Blood Brothers' at the theater in the west end!
It was brilliant.
It is about two brothers who are seporated at birth. One lives
with the birth mother, who is poor with loads of other children
and the other goes and lives with a rich family. They meet at the start of the play, not knowing tht they are brothers but become best friends. They relationship gets messed around during the play as they fall in love with the same girl etc... but then at the end they find out that they are brothers just before they both die!
The set was really good. There were doors (front doors for houses)
placed at a slant so that the audiancecould see them, instead
of being at the side. This worked well becauseyou could
see the actors leaving and entering clearly. There was awashingline,
that hung from both sides of the stage, a bridge and a plain
brick wall.
I could hear the actors well, which was helpful.
The lighting was quite dark, to make a grim atmosphere. It was
set in a poor part of liverpool. However when the family move to
the country side, to make a fresh start, The lighting is bright and yellow.
This represents the sun and positiveness. When there were solo
parts (singing), the actor would have a spot light. This brought all
focuss onto them.
The acting was extremly well performed. The children were played
by adults, which was slightly strange to begin with. However as the play
went on, you fogot that they were adults because they were so
convincing. There body language, posture and speech was just like
a child. There was some comedy and serious emotional scenes.
They were both acted well. It made me cry at some parts :(
The accents were very good - in drama at school when we had
to attempt a liverpool accent...I couldnt do it, but I tried. It
was very funny.
What I didnt think worked well was The death scene. They
should have belt the tension up even more. But! The gun shot
was effective because it made every one in the theater JUMP.
I thought Blood Brothers was one of the best shows that I have
seen! It had different types of genres. Including tragic, romance
and comedy. I would recomend any one to see this show, even
if they dont enjoiy musicals. This is because it isn't cheesy and
it is well acted. The story line is touching and grips you right from
the begining.
It was brilliant.
It is about two brothers who are seporated at birth. One lives
with the birth mother, who is poor with loads of other children
and the other goes and lives with a rich family. They meet at the start of the play, not knowing tht they are brothers but become best friends. They relationship gets messed around during the play as they fall in love with the same girl etc... but then at the end they find out that they are brothers just before they both die!
The set was really good. There were doors (front doors for houses)
placed at a slant so that the audiancecould see them, instead
of being at the side. This worked well becauseyou could
see the actors leaving and entering clearly. There was awashingline,
that hung from both sides of the stage, a bridge and a plain
brick wall.
I could hear the actors well, which was helpful.
The lighting was quite dark, to make a grim atmosphere. It was
set in a poor part of liverpool. However when the family move to
the country side, to make a fresh start, The lighting is bright and yellow.
This represents the sun and positiveness. When there were solo
parts (singing), the actor would have a spot light. This brought all
focuss onto them.
The acting was extremly well performed. The children were played
by adults, which was slightly strange to begin with. However as the play
went on, you fogot that they were adults because they were so
convincing. There body language, posture and speech was just like
a child. There was some comedy and serious emotional scenes.
They were both acted well. It made me cry at some parts :(
The accents were very good - in drama at school when we had
to attempt a liverpool accent...I couldnt do it, but I tried. It
was very funny.
What I didnt think worked well was The death scene. They
should have belt the tension up even more. But! The gun shot
was effective because it made every one in the theater JUMP.
I thought Blood Brothers was one of the best shows that I have
seen! It had different types of genres. Including tragic, romance
and comedy. I would recomend any one to see this show, even
if they dont enjoiy musicals. This is because it isn't cheesy and
it is well acted. The story line is touching and grips you right from
the begining.
My activity is keyboard LESSON 3
Today, the class and I had to sort our selves into groups of 7 or 8. Zoe and I went
into a group of only boys. Then mrs told us what our project will be...
It is to make up a lesson about music, to teach a year 7 class. The topics to teach
are DYNAMIC, TEMPO, TIMBRE, PITCHN and more...
We wrote down all the things we need to include in our lesson. Then for homework (H/W), each member of the group has to research thier given topic and decide how to make it into a lesson. I have the topic 'TEMPO'.
However I am worried (and zoe) because the other people in our group, seem to mess around and were not taking it seriously this lesson. :( ....... hopefully we will work together well and teach a good lesson!
into a group of only boys. Then mrs told us what our project will be...
It is to make up a lesson about music, to teach a year 7 class. The topics to teach
are DYNAMIC, TEMPO, TIMBRE, PITCHN and more...
We wrote down all the things we need to include in our lesson. Then for homework (H/W), each member of the group has to research thier given topic and decide how to make it into a lesson. I have the topic 'TEMPO'.
However I am worried (and zoe) because the other people in our group, seem to mess around and were not taking it seriously this lesson. :( ....... hopefully we will work together well and teach a good lesson!
my activity is dance LESSON 4
Today, we recaped over the dance in our groups. We added our
own steps at the end of the teachers choreography. All my ideas
were used :) but we diddn't remove any dance steps.
My group and I reheared the whole dance many times...to make
sure that we got the timing right.
I maniged to dance in time through the whole routine.
own steps at the end of the teachers choreography. All my ideas
were used :) but we diddn't remove any dance steps.
My group and I reheared the whole dance many times...to make
sure that we got the timing right.
I maniged to dance in time through the whole routine.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
My activity is dance LESSON 3
Today I got into a group to dance with. First the group and I rehearsed the dance we learnt last week together. Then we created 4 differnt shapes with our bodies. The first three shapes were very indian... to go with the indian music. Once we created our 4 shapes we added them to the dance (were there is slow music)... We practised a couple times... Then we tried making Maryam and I skip backward to start with and Flora and Ruby to skip forward first. I kept fogetting that I was supposed to go backwards because I was taught the chorography forwards! :)
Next lesson we will choreograph our own steps.
Next lesson we will choreograph our own steps.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
my activity is keyboard LESSON 2
Today we talked about our GCSE's for the first half of the lesson. :)
Then I went onto the keyboards to practice more of the james bond theme tunes. I started going over what i learnt from last week (the chords) to refresh my mind and remember it well...but then realised we were ment to learn a new bit. It diddnt matter because I quickly picked it up when the whole class was playing together.
I enjoiyed todays lesson!
Then I went onto the keyboards to practice more of the james bond theme tunes. I started going over what i learnt from last week (the chords) to refresh my mind and remember it well...but then realised we were ment to learn a new bit. It diddnt matter because I quickly picked it up when the whole class was playing together.
I enjoiyed todays lesson!
my activity is dance! LESSON 2.
Today I danced to Indian style music. However we didnt 'dance' in an indian way.
At the begining of the lesson I warmed up and stretched. Mrs taught the class and I a warm up dance. It really losened us up.
Then we started learning the dance. The steps at the start of the dance are simple but get harder nearer the middle of the choreography. Its hard to stay in time with the music... but I entually managed!
This lesson was really good because I could feel my muscles acking..in a good way :)
I felt like I must have been trying my hardest because I was so out of breath and normally when I dance I dont.
I really enjoiyed this lesson x
At the begining of the lesson I warmed up and stretched. Mrs taught the class and I a warm up dance. It really losened us up.
Then we started learning the dance. The steps at the start of the dance are simple but get harder nearer the middle of the choreography. Its hard to stay in time with the music... but I entually managed!
This lesson was really good because I could feel my muscles acking..in a good way :)
I felt like I must have been trying my hardest because I was so out of breath and normally when I dance I dont.
I really enjoiyed this lesson x
Sunday, 9 January 2011
my activity is keyboard LESSON 1
Today the class and I was told what topic we would be studying this term. It is 'Film Music' .... I was happy because I love film and I love music.
I was given a sheet with the numbers 1-10. So that when I listen to 10 tracks, I can guess whether they are music for a thriller/action or Sci-fi or western or cartoon. I got 10 out of 10 right. :) It was really fun recognising where the music came from!
Then we watched a clip of the film 'Jaws' without sound (silant). It had no tention and diddnt feel scarey at all. So we then watched the same clip but with sound. It changed the scene all together. The music was creapy and tention building. We looked at the musical noted for the music... it only consited of 3 notes maximum. The way the composer got the notes to varey was making them speed up or increase and decrease the volume. The instruments used were the deepest of the strings.
Afterwards we listended to mrs play the 'James Bond' music (I love James Bond) !!! ... and gave us the sheet of music, so that we could learn it aswell. So far I have only learnt the chords.
Before the end of the lesson, the whole class and I played all together!
Really fun lesson :D
I was given a sheet with the numbers 1-10. So that when I listen to 10 tracks, I can guess whether they are music for a thriller/action or Sci-fi or western or cartoon. I got 10 out of 10 right. :) It was really fun recognising where the music came from!
Then we watched a clip of the film 'Jaws' without sound (silant). It had no tention and diddnt feel scarey at all. So we then watched the same clip but with sound. It changed the scene all together. The music was creapy and tention building. We looked at the musical noted for the music... it only consited of 3 notes maximum. The way the composer got the notes to varey was making them speed up or increase and decrease the volume. The instruments used were the deepest of the strings.
Afterwards we listended to mrs play the 'James Bond' music (I love James Bond) !!! ... and gave us the sheet of music, so that we could learn it aswell. So far I have only learnt the chords.
Before the end of the lesson, the whole class and I played all together!
Really fun lesson :D
my activity is dance! LESSON 1
Today Mrs wanted to remind the class and I what a 'rights respecting school' was... it is when each student and teacher has the right to say what they think, give opinions and express themselves how they want to be. I wondered why we were talking about 'rights respecting' untill the class and I watched a clip of dance.
The dance had no music (dead silant) and the dancers were all male. There was a lot of conflict between the two 'inspectors' and the captured prisoner. As there was no music to tell a story or add atmosphere etc... the dancers had to make sharp, easy to understand movements, to make it clear to the audiance. When ever an 'inspector' asked a question he would make a noise with his foot, or display a vicous movement or point, whilst the other dancers stay still. The dance seemed extremly hard to do because you have to be clear with every strech and body movements.
Then I got into a group to make up our own 'inspector' and 'prisoneri'. I was a prisoner. I took more lead in directing the dance rather than dancing.
When it was time to show our performances, I wasnt that confident because we only had 10 mins to create and rehearse them. When it was the group and my turn, we got into our positions (I started sitting on the seat). However we diddnt know when to come in, so we froze awkwardly. Then miss told us that there isnt much music to dance to, so we would have to go when ever we were ready...so we did. Our dance was really short. It wasnt the best but we still finished it. :)
The dance had no music (dead silant) and the dancers were all male. There was a lot of conflict between the two 'inspectors' and the captured prisoner. As there was no music to tell a story or add atmosphere etc... the dancers had to make sharp, easy to understand movements, to make it clear to the audiance. When ever an 'inspector' asked a question he would make a noise with his foot, or display a vicous movement or point, whilst the other dancers stay still. The dance seemed extremly hard to do because you have to be clear with every strech and body movements.
Then I got into a group to make up our own 'inspector' and 'prisoneri'. I was a prisoner. I took more lead in directing the dance rather than dancing.
When it was time to show our performances, I wasnt that confident because we only had 10 mins to create and rehearse them. When it was the group and my turn, we got into our positions (I started sitting on the seat). However we diddnt know when to come in, so we froze awkwardly. Then miss told us that there isnt much music to dance to, so we would have to go when ever we were ready...so we did. Our dance was really short. It wasnt the best but we still finished it. :)
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