I’ve been back in the studio this past week, putting together some material for an upcoming show. The concepts are outlined in my head, but the movement is coming out slowly. I started on Thursday setting one phrase on Karilyn:
On Friday I started messing around with a phrase for The Pen Pal Project just to clear my brain and get in a choreographic mindset, and I came up with this:
I realized the two phrases could be manipulated to contrast and match up, so I began working with putting them together:
There’s still work to do on these two pieces; I want Karilyn’s to be smoother with no stops, while I want mine to be more staccato and envoke the feeling of struggle. Using my camera (even though it has to be propped up on a bench, risking falling to the ground or at least shaking as we dance) has been an incredibly helpful revision tool, allowing me to instantly see what movement looks like from the audience perspective and manipulate as necessary. I’ve always used my camera in some capacity in rehearsal, but I usually wait until I get closer to the final product to begin this revision process. Revising as I go along, I believe, will help my final product be of a higher quality. We’ll see …
Tags: choreography, pen pal project, video dance, work in progress
