Music Production
January 5, 2022
Augmented Reality
January 6, 2022Choreographers Toolbox
..... By Jennifer Irons
OVERVIEW
This worksheet will enable you to create and develop movement into a dance phrase using several choreographic tools.
Task 1
Choose an object, anything you like, and start to think about the object using the 5 senses. How does it feel? Smell? Sound? Move? Etc. Using these prompts, create a phrase of movement.
PLAY – Try different ways of moving, using different body parts and in different directions.
CHOOSE – Choose the one movement that you like the most.
REFINE – Make the movement clear and repeatable.
Start to put the movements together one after the other so you create a phrase. Try to make at least six movements. There’s no limit to how much you can make. There’s no such thing as wrong!
Task 2
Using the choreographic tools below, go through your movement phrase and change at least one movement for each of the tools. Refine it so it’s clear and repeatable.
Quality – How you move
Levels – Low, medium, high
Speed – Fast, slow, super slow mo, stillness
Direction – Forwards, backwards, up, down, diagonal
Contrast – Sharp/soft, high/low, quick/slow
