Inspiration Material

 

Two Sapphires

 

Run Baby Run

 

Suicide Hotline

 

Fire on Fire

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How these dances inspired me

 

Two Sapphires inspired me with how one dancer performed and then the other one did once the other had finished, I think most of the time I feel the need for both my dancers to perform whereas they don’t need to and it is nice to see them both do an 8 count by themselves. The synchronisation of the two really made me focus on the timing when choreographing as they looked clean and executed perfectly. I also liked how they face apart from each other but bounce back to the centre almost immediately from 0:55- 1:00. 

 

Run Baby Run’s beginning was more similar to my conversation concept as throughout this performance the two girls really questioned and answered one another. Specifically, from 1:15- 1:17 a move they did where one girl swung her arm back and the other whacks it back down to her side, I really thought this was as if she had asked something and the precipitant instantly shut her question down which is exactly how I want my dancer’s to react to one another. Again, the beginning really brought out the idea of a question and answer type of movement with one girl pulling the other down between 0:22-0:25. This duet really put my vision of my performance into perspective physically.

 

Suicide Hotline didn’t relate to my pitch; however, it did link to a part in the script about the speaker talking on how they would kill themselves given the chance. I thought their movement could help me add subtle hints to suicide without making it obvious. The solo that happens within the quartet at 0:54-1:04 really should struggle which is how I want Elise to be or look as she should be tired and warn out yet still trying to survive this fight.

 

Fire on Fire had really powerful moves in it, I loved the connection between the two especially in the beginning up to 0:34 were they both face each other mimicking one another. The lift at 0:53 I definitely want to use as it can show how Elise wants the help off of Izzy but I want Izzy to face the opposite direction as she’s so worn out from trying to reach out previously. The use of contact work is also something I want to embrace into my idea as I want Izzy to physically show she is trying to help but Elise want accept this from anyone especially Izzy.