Q1 . How did you analyze the music into your dance to effectively show your message to the audience ?
I analyzed my music into a dance by listening to it over and over so that I can show my facial expressions into the dance, by doing this is well I put a quote at the begging so people know what the dance is at the beginning. I also screamed halfway through the dance so it shows how bad it can affect children’s mental health. So it can make people realize how bad it can actually affect people.
Q2. What is the type of techniques that you used in the dance ?
The type of techniques I use in this dance was the Martha Graham technique this is because, in the dance I used a lot of contraction and breathing to help show the message of the dance.
Q3. How did you relate to the dance to create a overall message on it ?
I could make this dance relate to me personally by having a topic that has happened to me multiple times in the past where I had therapy is well because of how bad it turned out to be for my mental health. This dance will also relate to other people in the audience because it might of happened to other people in the audience.
Q4. Why did you choose this style of dance ?
I chose this style of dance because its one of my strongest style in dance because it lets me do a lot of technique work, this type of style in dance helps me express my feelings if I have had a bad day that day and get to show it in a dance. This type of style in dance is a very well known style so people can relate to the style.
Q5. What did you like about your work?
The thing I liked about the dance I did was, when everyone came in as there social media because it can show what the quote and the dance in general means. However the other part of my dance that I really liked was, when I got to get to the end of the dance where it actually shows the message of the dance where I turn mentally ill and got to show all the technique in the show.
Q6. What was the objectives of the dance piece?
The objective of my dance piece was to show people that, even though it is talked about how bad social media is on a day to day basis in classes around the world. I wanted to show it in a more creative way to make the audience aware that even though it can be funny to some people, this does affect people daily without realising and how much it will make that person talk and react to people because of social media.
Q7. What could you improve to do next time ?
The thing I would improve on for next time is to focus mainly on the dance and my technique and not worrying on how the social media signs will be in the dance so I can focus on what to put around the dance.
Q8.Explain your view on the overall show ?
I feel like even though we was all very stressed out, it turned out great because we had not done a full show run or bows before the dress run however we made it work out. However I also feel like that, I could of practiced with the social media’s more so they know what to do as we only had a hour to practice the dance, even though there question did not turn out how I wanted it to be I improved the bits they did not come on for.
Q9. How would you improve your performance for future shows in the year?
I would improve my performances for future shows by reading through the script or learning the dance, so then I know what the background is. I will improve on my facial expressions and the way i portray my character so I can get more advanced roles for future shows.
Q10. How have your independence improved in this project?
My independence has improved a lot through this project because, I would normally ask my teachers for hep if I would struggle on something for example coursework however for this project I just focused on may self and not worrying about other peoples stress as I would forget on what I am doing for my dance and coursework. Moreover to this, I had edited my own music which I have never done before and normally have other people do it for me which for me is a big improvement in itself.
Q11. Overall which performance did you think as a performer you did better in ?
I feel like I did better in the evening performance as my nerves calmed down from doing the afternoon show people cant ask me so many questions before the show so I do not have to stress out and getting feedback from Emma helped a lot is well because then I know how to improve my evening performance to make my grade better.
Q12. If someone asked you to a different style would you do it to push yourself for example Ballet?
Yes I would, as I take 3 ballet lesson a week and I feel like it would stand out more because most people in the course did Contempoary or musical theatre it will also show of the technique I have learned over the years.
Afternoon Dress rehearsal :
https://youtu.be/8h7e8PZq-_c?feature=shared
Evaluation from this show :
Q1. What could you do to improve next time ?
In the evening show I would want to improve on my facial expressions and how it will come across to the audience as a whole so they know what is exactly going on.
Q2. What did you like about your performance in this show ?
In this performance I liked how when I went from doing a quote I could see the people in the audience scared on what is going on because of how it went straight from a quote into creepy music which people probably did not except to happen.
Evening Show :
Q1. What could you do to improve next time?
I would improve on just focusing on my self and not put other people in my solo so I do not have to worry on who has not come on and stress after the dance.
Q2. What did you like about your performance ?
The thing I liked most about my performance in the evening is that we already had a run through for the afternoon so it was more relaxing to know people should know how my dance will go and just to let me relax and dance.