Evaluation

 After performing my independent solo choreography for my assessment I am really happy and proud of myself alongside my choreography. Over the past few months, I have worked well with my time management and ensuring I challenge myself however, still staying true to my theme and story line with the use of emotions and choreographic devices. 

 

From the beginning of my choreographic process I set out to manage my time well, to guarantee I wasn’t overwhelmed with creating too much material as the performance approached, I also thought it was important to create more material than needed and this would allow me to not be stuck on the same section, this was something I gained an understanding from my chosen practitioner, Alexandra Whitley. I also found the idea of improv and experimenting new movements and phrases in the studios would allow me to come up with more material and I could later adapt this into my solo choreography.

 

Over the past few months of creating my solo choreography, I found it difficult to remember all the material I had created especially as it came to the final ten minutes and having to practise my piece full out with the use of props as well as with the edited music. Using a prop as a main factor in my piece was also very difficult, as I had to find interesting ways to use the sail without it taking over the whole of choreography and the story line being lost in the process. If I was to do my piece again, I would have choreographed many of the sections without music, as I feel sometimes the dynamics of the music overshadowed my movement and this was feedback, I got from my peers and teacher in the showing, so for my final performance this was something I really tried to work on but overall, I would have liked more time to work and improve on this.

 

Looking back on these past few months rehearsing and creating for my choreography, I have been able to consider a lot about the choreographic process and how difficult it is, to ensure my solo is intriguing with the use of choreographic devices as well as using different processes and inspiration from my chosen practitioner, Alexandra Whitley. I also found even when I had planned certain sections and where I wanted to go, when I applied this to the studio space and incorporated the music, my choreography went on a completely different path which was really interesting for me as a choreographer as well as a dancer.

 

In conclusion to my choreographic process, I have really enjoyed the experience of being able to have freedom with my creative thoughts and decisions as well as experiment with movements and phrases I haven’t performed or tried before. From this process, I have also been able to learn a lot about myself and how I work, this was my first time choreographing a big piece by myself and I found that I even though it was a challenge I was able to overcome these challenges as well as manage my time well to ensure my choreography was clean and precise for my final performance.