Introduction Started

This week, the main bulk of the session was putting together the intro of the piece.  We began with taking sections of the house dance routine we learnt and practiced certain movements that the group were not fully comfortable with from the corner. 

Movements often included the extension of the legs, and the manipulation and isolation of the back.  I found the movements challenging, and finding the correct rhythm and co-ordination to perform each task proved to be difficult.  Carla broke the movements down, through this method it became slightly simpler to grasp.

Carla’s choreographic intentions are starting to seep through the movements that she has given us during other rehearsals.  The piece starts with a party type atmosphere flooding the room, with salsa, and African dance.  The music had also changed from our previous sessions with the house dance routine.  It was now far more up beat, and had a Spanish/Mexican theme to it.  The music suited the party theme. 

As a dancer, I believe it is important to have music that the whole cast can have a feeling towards.  Without this I think that the movements and choreography can become weak and not supported by the dancers.  If I was to do the house routine at the same pace, but with a slower, classical piece of music, I wouldn’t really know what vibe I was meant to be having with the movements of a dance style and culture which is completely different from each other, unless, I suppose the choreographers intention was to explore this theme, if this was the case, my mental attitude towards the music would be different.