Sylvia Halls Choreography

One of the choreographic devices we have used is formation. In the beginning of the piece we are all in a formation, each row in different levels, representing the brain. We then each individually spread out into places in the stage with movements that represent/ show the emotion that we have been given. After this a split focus will occur with different levels- A small group of people will be doing set choreography, on a high level, created by a member of the group whilst the rest of the group will be doing different choreography on a lower level. Later on in the piece there is a short count of music that will be for a cannon. I think this represents the process of the brain and the signals that you get from a reaction. Using the choreographic devices has helped us develop a better idea as to what that movement means which helps us link back to the theme which is mental health and DID. For example, myself and another member of the team have created the idea of the emotions colliding...

  The music for our choreography piece is called “Bloodstream” by Tokio Myers. This piece of music was suggested by another member of the group. I think the music fits perfectly with the theme of creating awareness for mental health because there are a lot of different sections in the music where there is a change in dynamics and chords. This helps highlight the everyday struggles that a person with DID has to go through. We listened to the music and allocated each different section to people. They then created an idea of what the music would represent and what emotion would be shown. Section 1- Piano melody, group- For this section everyone is all together representing the brain. Section2- Piano trill- This is when we continuously brake off individually to show the emotions we have picked in our solos. I am confusion and the way I am going to portray that is by doing a movement and through my face think that I have the wrong arm. Section 3- Change in chords, nostalgic- This ...

In one of the very first choreography lessons, our teacher introduced us to choreography by giving us an image and asking us what our first thoughts about the image were. We were then asked how we could then tell the audience through our movement what the image was. This was very beneficial because we can take that advice and the feedback that we were given to help us with our group choreography piece. We chose the stimulus for our group piece by voting out of four images which we, as an individual liked the most. We then agreed that the brain image would be best to choreograph for because there were so many different interpretations. It was very interesting to hear people’s suggestions for the theme such as using technology to hide emotions and how social media can lead to mental health problems.  To me, the stimulus is exposing mental health for not just affecting you on the inside mentally but also on the outside physically. As a group, we chose mental health and split personali...