Dance Observation Report

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Overall, I enjoyed this process but I feel that it was very stressful at times and has been a learning curve for both my company and I. I was excited when first learning and developing my pieces as it was my first show as part of the Miskin company and it was good to be doing something I love doing. When we began show runs and I saw all of the pieces, I thought that the mood of the show was very dark and dismal which made me feel a bit unenthusiastic, however, the powerful music helped to motivate me and made my dancing stronger. I was also a bit disappointed that we didn’t have more songs as only a few people’s voices were showcased; nonetheless, we were involved in different dances which I was pleased about. My first thoughts on the opening …show more content…

I was expecting our section to be all dance but she decided that she wanted us to act through it more which I liked as we are MT but I wanted a chance to showcase my dancing more. I was also hoping that our section would be slightly longer as I felt it was the shortest of them all and we didn’t have much time to make a strong first appearance on stage. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the choreography in this piece and because we didn’t over rehearse it, I never lost interest or feeling in it. I was also involved in developing our ‘Spring Awakening’ section which I enjoyed as it allowed me to be creative and work collaboratively with my company. When we first looked at this, I didn’t find it very interesting which I feel set me off to a negative start with this work. When learning the songs, I found it really hard to connect with them and understand the emotions that I was supposed to be portraying however, once I had looked into them and done my research, I found it slightly easier to tell a story but I still struggled to connect. When creating the 3 pieces involved in this section (‘Mama who bore me’, ‘Mama who bore me reprise’ and ‘Totally fucked’), I connected the most to ‘Totally fucked’ because it was upbeat and I enjoyed the choreography that we

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