unit 4 combined arts

 

 Throughout Unit 4 Combined Arts I have maintained a reflective and analytical review of my progress in developing and applying skills for a Combined Arts Performance.  The final assessed performance of our reimagined version of 'Pied Piper' took place Monday 24th January 2022 in the performance space at Suffolk One.  I will now complete a SWOT analysis of my final performance.  Strengths   Anecdotal evidence Following the performance I received feedback from the audience members. The following comments are evidence of the strengths of the performance; They told us that we clearly communicated the themes and it was obvious by linking social media and the Piped Piper to social issues such as how social media influences people on a daily basis and manipulates them,  'An old tale can relate to modern day technology and issues.',  'Really combined everything to a really good level', 'lighting and sound was really well chosen and supported the mood', '...

 

 What we rehearsed?  In this lesson we rehearsed the whole performance, we went from the beginning to the end of the performance taking it apart and working on what needed more work than other parts. We looked at our timing and our characterisation throughout.  What needed work ? I feel we needed to work on our timing in our rat duets. I think that they were being rushed through and not having 100% put into them. I feel that making them as rat like as possible will show a much bigger difference when we then go back to being human in the next section. What I need to improve? I personally feel I need to improve on my lines by taking my time to say them because at the moment I am rushing them and they are sounding messy and jumbled up. Therefore I need to slow down and process what I am saying. What skill I used effectively? I feel I used my facial expressions effectively throughout when portraying a character. I feel this was really noticeable during our rat duets and the s...

  Identification and development of my main skills in the pied piper rehearsal . Discussion of performance skills in relation to one of the stylistic features of our combined performances .  peer feedback of skills, strengths and  improvements. Teacher feedback of workshops and rehearsals of pied piper. 

 1.In small groups we were give characters to create a piece with. Our group was give children and for this we were given skipping ropes as a prop to help us create our childish characters based off  the Nutcracker by Matthew Bourne. We used the section from the orphanage at Christmas. We used the skipping rope as if we weren’t allowed to have it, by being really sneaky with it and when we saw someone we put the back as soon as possible as we were ‘scared’. We use the music from swan lake, I feel this was a cheerful piece of music which helped us find our inner child.  2. I feel in the children section I really applied facial expressions and made sure they were over the top as this is something Matthew Bourne would do in the nutcracker. I also feel I put myself in the shoes of a child and felt as if this was the first time seeing a skipping rope by having my eyes light up when I figured out how to use it.  3. I feel we worked well as a team when we created our piece....

  In class we were in groups of two and had to create duos using the following words and imagine we were rat like. around  escape  fall follow  lead  repeat  control  entrapment  we created this piece by making sure our moves were fluent and together as a duo.  Me and molly made sure we used different levels in our work to show the contrast between our powers at times. I feel a lot of moves were elegant, however I feel when we did lifts and trust falls, they were very controlled and made us push our comfort zones a little bit.  we looked at some piece or work by Pina Bausch which were based on what we were trying to do. The work we looked at was quite animalistic which helped us by inspiring our with moves that could represent what we were trying to be. In another dance we looked at by Pina Bausch, the couple were trusting in one and other which I feel really shew me and Molly that we didn't need to worry about lifts but we just needed t...

  In lesson we made small sections for our Pied Piper work. In our groups we has information sheets where we had to put a script together from them. Our research sheets were about the Pied Piper being a 'musician marketer' who in modern day would be seen as an influencer.  When creating our scripts we looked for things that stood out to us and caught our eye's. We wanted our piece to be easy to understand and make sure the audience knew what we were talking about therefore we used a conversational style whilst talking and involved each person in the group.  We looked at DV8's 'can we talk about this' for inspiration. we used the idea of gestures when talking, this helps the audience understand what we are saying more as they can link the words to the gestures.  This is a piece from DV8's 'can we talk about this'. I feel we were fluent with the movements and communication to the audience. we were focused throughout, we had good diction and I felt we w...

  https://onecollege.sharepoint.com/:v:/s/Unit4CombinedArtsPiedPiper/Ec242R8AT9xDlOnrD4dTohcB0a1gWzhw0TlJNYvMGtZSdg We created a piece of our pied piper using the movements we created last lesson in smaller groups. The piece started with mine, Molly, Ella and Joe’s piece. At certain movements of the piece we would add the rest of the class in to add effect and emphasis on those parts. We used DV8’s styles of repetition, physical theatre and bits of dialogue. Most parts have the style of unison whether it was with just my group or the whole class. This requires lots of focus and patience as we all have a lot to learn and we are all learning each others pieces as well. We used a range of dynamics in our voices to add emphasis. In a certain part where we split into 2 groups,1 person says ‘I love my life’ and the other says ‘ I hate my life’. We use the volume of our voices to compete with each other and gradually get louder and louder. I feel there was good focus through the lesson as...

Pied Piper    

 Compare and contrast the ways which two practitioners have combined different art forms ans styles of performance. Style  DV8 use an eclectic range of styles throughout their work these include; pedestrian, contemporary, improvisation and verbatim. DV8's style is similar to Pina Bausch's as as they both use real life experiences, Pina Bausch uses the idea of fear and uses her dancers fears in her work whereas in DV8's work they use verbatim from interviews and puts it into their work.  Movement type  Pina Bausch uses a big ensemble of dancers and uses balletic movements. whereas DV8 use gestural movements to get their point across to the audience. They both use repetition of certain movements in their work to emphasises key themes and ideas. Themes  DV8 create work by using taboo subjects and challenging the 'norm', their work covers; religion, sexuality, culture and dancers with restricted disabilities for example in 'cost of living the main dancer has a restr...

In this workshop I explored the combination o physical theatre (movement, gesture, prop and vocal) in the style of the company DV8. We explored a topical issue of the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 to coincide with today's campaign of black lives matter. This is really prominent as we are celebrating Black History month. We used the styles and techniques of DV8 to combine art forms to create thought provoking factual scenes.  DV8 like to take risks physically and topically by using taboo subjects for example sexuality, religion and tolerance/ intolerance. DV8 use a range of different dancers and even include dancers with disabilities. They reflect of real relationships and real themes at the time, they use verbatim to use the real dialogue taken from interviews. They use gestures, and physically demanding moves and lifts to challenge the 'norm'. They use the relationships between genders, people with different abilities and sexuality's and be able to control and convey th...

DV8  DV8 was formed in 1989 in London by Lloyd Nelson. DV8 like to take risks physically and topically by using taboo subjects for example sexuality, religion and tolerance/ intolerance. DV8 use a range of different dancers and even use dancers with disabilities. They reflect of real relationships and real themes at the time, they use verbatim to use the real dialogue taken from interviews. They use gestures, and physically demanding moves and lifts to challenge the 'norm'. They use the relationships between genders, people with different abilities and sexuality's. Their movements and gestures are episodic.   In 'enter Achilles' (1996) it is set in a shabby British pub and through the use of music, and lighting conveys through movement the cruel exploration of the male psych. The managed to succeed as they did their own research by sitting and observing men in their own habitat in pubs.  In  'To be straight with you' (2009) it explores the themes of toleranc...

 In this workshop I explored the unique art forms in the work created by the key practitioner Pina Bausch.  One skill I explored was the use of expression. At one point I was blindfolded with my hands tied together whilst doing a phrases I created based on a key theme Pina used which was fear, I had to show expression in my body language and by the way I was moving. This made me think of different ways to show expression not just in my face, I feel I did this effectively by moving at different paces and different levels to show fear. This skill is taken from one of her dances 'café muller'. Another skill I explored was movement together. In this duo we put 4 counts of our phrases together to create our piece. We did this in unison. The little section before was us conveying emotion through our expressions I was showing care/love towards Honey and she was showing resentfulness towards me. We used another style of Pina where for example I was the object and Honey was moving my b...

Pina Bausch    Pina Baucsh uses a range of different art forms to show emotion in her dances. She uses modern/ post modern dance theatre. Tanztheatre is her company which she has created to make dancers be apart of the work which is being created by using past experiences. Pina wanted to show individuals experience through emotive gestures, 'I'm not so much interested in how people move but what moves them'.  Pina uses modern / post modern dance and dance theatre. The dance moves are abrupt to show the severity of the emotions they are feeling. She wanted to emphasise the fact that the dancers were objects on stage. Pina uses repetition of moves to highlight the emotion the dancers are feeling.  Pina Baucsh uses different emotions for example; Fear her aim is to not be afraid of fear but to confront it and work with different fears to show the feeling of the dancers. she wanted to show relationships between the dancers in her work.  Pina uses Stravinsky's musica...

In this workshop I explored the combination of dance and acting through characteristics and expression in the style of the practitioner Matthew Bourne.  One skill I explored was over expressiveness. The dancers used this a lot with their facial expressions and gestures. when creating my 'dream' phrase I took this into consideration and made sure I was over the top with my expressions. For example I made myself look scared by opening my eyes and mouth wide to show fear.  Another skill I used was unison. In the sweetie land performance we all did out pedestrian movements at the same time to seem like a dream and unrealistic.   Matthew Bourne's way of telling story through abstract moves and over the top expression influenced my work as I felt it was different to other dances as Matthew used pedestrian moves and acting to create unique work. The way Matthew Bourne changed the style to change the look nutcracker completely by emphasising the parts that aren’t in other product...

Unit 4 Skills audit Core skills ·         Distinction in musical theatre exam with PQA ·         Performing arts level 2 merit (GCSE) ·         Grade 6 in dance (GCSE)   Adaptable and transferable skills ·         Time management- with my job I must be on time and make sure that when delivering food to tables I must make sure that it is at their table at a certain time to make sure everyone on that table is eating at the same time ·           Reliable- If I am needed, I will make sure I am able to be there. ·         Commitment- when starting something new I will make sure it is completed before starting a new one ·         Organisation- when it comes to getting resources for exams and other things, I will make sure I get it ·  ...