We developed are heartbeat dance, and finished it. We then put ourselves into groups, i was with Kelly and Alice, and as the task we are doing is DV8 which is physical theatre and emotions, we had to add emotions to are heartbeat dance. Me, Kelly and Alice thought about an effective theme we could go with. We chose parents divorcing, i was the child Kelly was the dad and Alice was the mum. We showed this in are dancing as the mum and dad slowly split apart, and added more aggression to each other as the dance went on, they also comforted the child, and fought over her. We also showed that the only thing keeping the mum and dad together was the child.
Everyone’s situations where mostly to do with heartbreaks, this is mainly because of the song, and lyrics. This also meant the choreography would go too. Miss Dolan recorded us in progress, and once we had completed the dance she recorded it, here is a video of us talking about adding emotion into are dance-
Here is a video of are whole dance, with the added emotion and stoary in it, are theme is around a young girl whos parents are going through a divorce-
We were set our next assignment this week. And as I said above it is to do with he physical theatre group DV8. We have to research the project in depth. And will be focussing on many chorographers especially Lloyd New son, just like are heart beat dance, his choreography always shows emotion as well as meaning and contains a story. Which each of his dancers he tries to get a message across, this is why we did a lot of drama in are dancing this week.
In costume design this week, we started on our mood boards. And where given magazines to cut images of the colours we are going to be using for our historic costumes, and we arranged them onto paper, to fit in a fashionable and well presented way.
Next week we are going to be focussing on more of the physical theatre side to DV8, which is going to be a lot of hard work and fun! I am also excited as I will be helping out at the Rock challenge auditions next week teaching the audition dance to the students, this will also be a lot of fun.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Second week to btec performing arts
Are second week of Btec performing arts was very different to are first, as we did many different types of activities. I enjoyed this week as much as I did the week before and yet again I feel I have already learnt and achieved so much.
Monday 13th September-
On Monday we had a lesson with Miss Dolan, and got set are first assignment for the course, assignment C14-development of dance. We sat in a group and spoke about the task, it sounds very hard but I’m sure when I set my mind to it, it will turn out well. This project is set for an 8 month time period, but we are also aloud to do some of it in lessons.
Tuesday 14th September-
Tuesday are first performing arts lesson of the course. We got changed into are dance clothes, and then went in the hall to start. Miss Dolan took a warm up, so we were warm and stretched out before dancing; this is so there is less chance for an injury. Miss Dolan had prepared a really nice contemporary dance to a song called Heartbeat. She taught the dance then we went through it a few times to the music. Here is a video of the whole group doing the dance to the song 'Heartbeat'-
I really enjoyed doing this and I had a lot of fun. Once we had finished Miss Dolan took a cool down so we wouldn’t have sore muscles the next day, here is a picture of us cooling down-
Wednesday 15th September-
On Wednesday we had a lesson with Miss Hearne who is in charge of the costume design part of Btec Performing Arts. In this lesson we handed in the homework, and she gave us 3 more tasks to do. We had already chosen are colours that we want to include for are Historical costume; I had chose pink, white, and gold. We had to get a coloured pallet including the colours we had chosen and then we went through different shades of the colours we wanted to use. I thought this was good fun, and good practise as it made me think about colours in a more experienced way.
Thursday 16th September-
Today we had our second practical lesson with Miss Dolan, and we got changed and straight into are warm up as there was no time to waste. We went over the dance and practised it a few more times to the music, and then Miss Dolan taught us the ending of the dance. I thought it was really good fun, and was a challenge at times but when we got the hang of it we all managed it and i think it looked very good as a group. At the end of the lesson we spoke about what we will be doing in are next practical lesson, and I can’t wait to learn the next dance.
Monday 13th September-
On Monday we had a lesson with Miss Dolan, and got set are first assignment for the course, assignment C14-development of dance. We sat in a group and spoke about the task, it sounds very hard but I’m sure when I set my mind to it, it will turn out well. This project is set for an 8 month time period, but we are also aloud to do some of it in lessons.
Tuesday 14th September-
Tuesday are first performing arts lesson of the course. We got changed into are dance clothes, and then went in the hall to start. Miss Dolan took a warm up, so we were warm and stretched out before dancing; this is so there is less chance for an injury. Miss Dolan had prepared a really nice contemporary dance to a song called Heartbeat. She taught the dance then we went through it a few times to the music. Here is a video of the whole group doing the dance to the song 'Heartbeat'-
I really enjoyed doing this and I had a lot of fun. Once we had finished Miss Dolan took a cool down so we wouldn’t have sore muscles the next day, here is a picture of us cooling down-
Wednesday 15th September-
On Wednesday we had a lesson with Miss Hearne who is in charge of the costume design part of Btec Performing Arts. In this lesson we handed in the homework, and she gave us 3 more tasks to do. We had already chosen are colours that we want to include for are Historical costume; I had chose pink, white, and gold. We had to get a coloured pallet including the colours we had chosen and then we went through different shades of the colours we wanted to use. I thought this was good fun, and good practise as it made me think about colours in a more experienced way.
Thursday 16th September-
Today we had our second practical lesson with Miss Dolan, and we got changed and straight into are warm up as there was no time to waste. We went over the dance and practised it a few more times to the music, and then Miss Dolan taught us the ending of the dance. I thought it was really good fun, and was a challenge at times but when we got the hang of it we all managed it and i think it looked very good as a group. At the end of the lesson we spoke about what we will be doing in are next practical lesson, and I can’t wait to learn the next dance.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
My induction week to BTEC performing arts!
I have really enjoyed are induction week to BTEC performing arts, and have already learnt so much in such a short space of time, and can already tell I am going to have a lot of fun this year. Here is a time table of what I have done this week-
Monday 6th September-
Introduction to the course, and we were given are handbooks, told are expectations of the two year course and the outcomes. We also got given a sheet of paper explaining all are assignments, when they are being given and need to be handed in and what we have to do for each of them. At the end of are lesson we had a question and answer session, where we asked questions about the course and got to know it a bit better.
Tuesday 7th September-
We had a double lesson on Tuesday one with Mrs Hearne and one with Miss Dolan. In Mrs Hearne’s class we learnt about costume design and what colours suit what, we also picked are colours that we are going to be using for are historical costume. In Miss Dolans lesson we were in a computer room, we set up are blog for are performing arts diary log.
Wednesday 8th September-
We were in the media room for this, and for this lesson we learnt how to make a soundtrack which i thought was very fun but at the same time challenging. We did an introduction to mixing soundtracks/music, and learnt how to understand how to pick music for performances. I was in a group with Alice, Danielle and Ellie, our first copy didn’t go so well but then we started getting the hang of it and improved it slightly, with the help of Miss Ship. I would definitely love to do this again!
This week i enjoyed learning how to mix the soundtrack the most as I thought it was a lot of fun, although i also thought this was the most challenging thing of the week as well! I enjoyed everything I have done this week as there has been such a variety of things, and I have learnt so much!
Monday 6th September-
Introduction to the course, and we were given are handbooks, told are expectations of the two year course and the outcomes. We also got given a sheet of paper explaining all are assignments, when they are being given and need to be handed in and what we have to do for each of them. At the end of are lesson we had a question and answer session, where we asked questions about the course and got to know it a bit better.
Tuesday 7th September-
We had a double lesson on Tuesday one with Mrs Hearne and one with Miss Dolan. In Mrs Hearne’s class we learnt about costume design and what colours suit what, we also picked are colours that we are going to be using for are historical costume. In Miss Dolans lesson we were in a computer room, we set up are blog for are performing arts diary log.
Wednesday 8th September-
We were in the media room for this, and for this lesson we learnt how to make a soundtrack which i thought was very fun but at the same time challenging. We did an introduction to mixing soundtracks/music, and learnt how to understand how to pick music for performances. I was in a group with Alice, Danielle and Ellie, our first copy didn’t go so well but then we started getting the hang of it and improved it slightly, with the help of Miss Ship. I would definitely love to do this again!
This week i enjoyed learning how to mix the soundtrack the most as I thought it was a lot of fun, although i also thought this was the most challenging thing of the week as well! I enjoyed everything I have done this week as there has been such a variety of things, and I have learnt so much!
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