We had one more rehearsal scheduled on Tuesday 21st March from 5 till 7 in the evening again. This was the final rehearsal before we were due to film next week so it was very important we used the time wisely to improve upon the choreography which had already been put together we just wanted to refine it. Katherine was able to attend a Tutorial with Rachel (Choreography Teacher) the day before hand which unfortunately me and Sugini couldn't make as we were filming for another project. Katherine (Producer) showed Rachel the basic choreography and we got some feedback to work on which is what we used to influence us in the changes we made.
We were all happy with Arachnophobia so we left this section as it was. We marked it through though just to check there wasn't any problems. Once we had done this we moved on to look at Claustrophobia. We realised the strongest parts of this section were when she was showing the entrapment of being in a small space. We lost this slightly once she had stood up and began dancing on higher levels. We revisited this standing section and changed it to add more arm movements which could again indicate entrapment. We also added in more lower levels into this section so it was much more varied to keep it exciting. We then worked on making a stronger ending as we felt that the turning was a bit too messy and out of context. Instead we again used this side of entrapment and especially in a push and pull style. We had her act trapped but in a more dramatic way standing up to build tensions to then end. We still left in a few spins as we wanted to indicate the dizziness and stress that this entrapment can cause. We have made minor changes like a flexed foot though so that it seems more awkward on purpose. We got a lot more involved with arms in this sections and now I feel a lot more confident that the theme stays through out.
Lastly we went over the Astraphobia section as we felt this was our weakest section as it was new. We ran over it and focused more on the idea of Lightning as before we choreographed more with a storm in mind which from feedback we have now realised this could be confusing as she dances too fluidly. We made all her movements a lot jerkier and sudden so that it was more like a flash of lightning. We kept some of the flowing movements in though as we felt this help to show a build but we made sure to keep going back to this fast jolting movement idea. We added in again a lot more arms and hands in a pop and lock style because we wanted it to look like electricity was flowing through her body. It took us a while to work out the best way to do this but once the dancer got to grips with this pop and lock style it worked much better. We also again try to add in more variations of high and low levels as we wanted to keep it exciting and interesting for the audience. We kept the diagonal basis of this dance though as we felt her moving in this back and forth diagonal line of the space was a good way to represent lightning even further. We just found some better ways for her to travel from corner to corner. We are a lot more confident in this end section now.
I felt like this rehearsal was very valuable as Me and the Dancer were able to polish the dance off and make it much more appropriate for each section thinking through the feedback. We also got to show the dance to a few of our new crew members who hadn't seen it before so this was helpful for them. I am very excited to get on and film now!
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