Rehearsals Dance The Madagascar Piece

This the Madagascar piece where its about children in Africa who have nothing and our dance represents their lively hood. This style is African Contemporary. I found this dance really interesting because it was based on real people and real photos that where taken in the same year performed the piece 2015. My strengths in this dance piece was my facial because we had to represent the children in the photos so i used that as an opportunity to make me feel the part so when I'm dancing people can see I'm that part this is what this piece means to me. My memory of the movement, even though I missed some lessons I caught up in time to remember the moves when I come back into the next lesson. My weaknesses in this dance piece was my timing because sometimes I would be out time with others in my group, My footwork was all over the place in some movements for example in the stick section in the beginning I turned but landed with the wrong foot crossing the other foot which made it harder for to get into the next movement. What I need to work on to improve for next time s my timing making sure I hit each movement correctly with each beat in the music and follow the beat as well, and I also need to improve on my footwork and coordination so that I don't make it harder for to move into the next movement.      

The release technique in dance (warm up)

The release technique where you have to relax your body and just flow with the music, its all about using the core most of the time as it helps you with having strong balances and getting up from certain positions, you  always have to have a strong core. You always have to be in time with the music, each movement has to hit each beat. You have to have good coordination with the arms and legs and have good body strength so your able to lift your self and hold yourself up. This exercise normally make you very tired so you need to be able to control your breath within each movement because it takes alot of energy. 

Rehearsals The Martha Graham Technique

My strengths are memory of the movements, knowing the technique and what is expected, have good stage presence when coming stage. My weaknesses is keeping control of my balances because I'm not using my core enough, I need to work on having contraction in all my movements so  I need to keep control of my breathing and I need to work on my timing so that im not out of time with the others because it is noticeable to the audience.  

Rehearsals in dance The Martha Graham Technique

In dance you should always engage in what your doing and always be truthful with our performance because that's when the audience see the story, because it comes to life as we perform it. 

Rehearsals for the Scratch Show The Martha Graham Technique

Dance Technique 

Having straight arms when swinging, always bend your knees and legs, point the feet, twisting your body which means always have attitude and when breathing always contract in each movement. Always have coordination with the arms and legs and always have control of the body and your breathing. When your doing your breathing contractions always take control of your breath as you contract. You should always use the core because when doing contractions the core gets stronger which will help with you being able to hold your balance just using the core. 

When your contracting you can notice it when your back moves with the ribs for example in the turnouts, and when your in the high release positions you should always arch the back. 

Madagascar Nation Rehearsals

The main thing I saw about my self in these videos when I watched them back My main weakness was my timing, because sometimes I do the wrong movement which puts me off and makes me out time with the others. So I need too make sure I go over the movements and get the right coordination with my legs and arms. My main strength was doing the movements really strong and powerful, even though I forgot some moves I still had energy and did each movement full out. All I need to improve and work on is my timing and knowing of my movements, and working on my coordination with my arms and legs.   

The release warm ups in class

The Release warm ups are to help us with techniques that are in our Madagascar Nation piece, because some dance movements in the dance piece have release techniques in there. My strengths was doing the exercises full out, adding little details like pointing my toes and using coordination. My weaknesses was my memory of movement and my timing. What I need to improve on for next time is make sure I'm in time with the others and practice the technique over and over in lesson and outside of lessons so that when I come to next lesson, so I know the whole thing without making a mistake.