Movement Self Evaluation By Robyn Ogilvie

The first principles are warm up and cool down. The purpose of any warm up and cool down is to reduce the risk of injury and soreness. For this to be applicable, a warm up must be sustained for no less than 10min and for elite athletes, at least 30min. Included in this warm up must be stretching to loosen up the muscles. There are no physiological adaptations that

Taking methods of the dance or stick with the traditional movements and showing them in a way that would be more interesting to the public. Which is what was done with Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, which take the form of the dance and use it for a dramatic necessity.

Stewart’s choreographic revolution began when he combined movement with rapid and fast rapid techno music which modern audiences relate to. ‘Birdbrian’ has been described by Katy Evans an author as a “heart stopping, eye popping, tempo changing, absorbing one hour and fifteen minutes of pure genius amazement, a truly theatrical and demanding performance that’s funky, fast and furious”. The use of chorographic techniques used, Stewart persuades the audience to not look away. The slow motion, stillness, turns and jumps, cannons, duet works, contractions, high releases, dynamics and zombie like movement all give into gravity and this was shown throw the something floor work. This piece was the first of Stewart’s as Artistic Director to tour internationally. The intensely physical and powerful work represents his trademark modern style, which involves jerking, glitching, abrupt and fast powerful movement making the performance intriguing to watch, the dancers appear to have a sense of power as they come across to be strong. The dull lighting creates suspense and excitement that combined with images projecting over the dancers. The shell of the choreography reveals balletic and classical duet work. The costuming of ‘Birdbrain’ are black legging and simple white T-shirts. In the section where a lady is walking across the stage with point shoes. Is symbolistic of it being a reconstruction of a classical ballet

The play was very well done and was not dull even though it was catered to a large audience. The musical numbers are very entertaining, and the spectacle, both visual and emotional, is well accomplished. I would recommend this to most children and adults, due to the Christmas themes and general lightheartedness of the play.

This show can be seen on TV every Christmas season. Then Ron Howard takes this short film and draws it out to be a two and a half-hour long movie. The worst aspect of the movie is that it makes a mockery of Seuss's main message: “Christmas doesn't come from a store.” This movie is all about selling, from those furry talking Grinch dolls to endless fast-food tie-ins.

On November 25, 2017 I attended The Nutcracker ballet performance at the Eisemann Center. The dance was adapted from a story by E.T.A Hoffman with the music by Tchaikovsky. The show was a faithful adaptation of The Nutcracker with the dancers, costumes, sets, and Tchaikovsky’s music all playing an integral part in depicting the story in an entertaining way. Overall, the presentation was successful in portraying the holiday classic that is The Nutcracker, and the majestic sets and costumes along with the music allowed for sustained attention and spectacle that was still true to the narrative of The Nutcracker. The production did this by having grand, bright costumes and sets that resembled the time period of The Nutcracker and depicted the setting of the dances, the original music by Tchaikovsky which was able to produce the emotions that come with the story, and lighting techniques that showed the weather and time of day which helped show what scenes were being told throughout the performance.

As well as the movie adding the songs, it also added the kids getting a special ticket. Each child had a certain a letter at the beginning of their train ride, punched by the conductor. When the kids were done experiencing the North Pole, the conductor punched out a word pertaining to each kid. The main kid got the word believe punched into his ticket because he did not believe in Santa at the beginning of the movie. The African American girl got leader punched into her ticket because she was the one that always knew what to do. The poor boy, Billy, also got believe because he didn’t think Santa was real either.

The play is staged so those watching feel as if they are in the middle of the film studio that the main character, Little Fellow, inhabits.

Dance is one of the most beautiful, expressive forms of art known to mankind. It expresses joy, love, sorrow, anger, and the list truly goes on for all the possible emotions that it can convey. Dance not only can express how one feels, but it can tell a story or even be used to praise a higher power. Dance has intricately played an important role to every culture over the course of time. Two forms of dance that have not only stood against the test of time but have influenced the development of other various styles of dance is none other than Classical Ballet and Modern Dance.

Dance was not a new element in the theatre realm. It had been used for years as a way of interpretation of feelings of a character that the writer or director wanted the audience to feel visually. Through movement, expression of those feelings was portrayed and helped the audience to somewhat

Margolis uses three Renaissance dances as the different movements in this piece. The first and third movements are lively, with tuneful melodies that students will enjoy. These movements will give students the opportunity to play in both staccato and marcato style. The second movent is simple and slow. The rhythms of this movement are simple, quarter and half notes, and require students to sustain long notes. This piece has a good ranges for young groups, and uses a range of dynamics as well.

What are my thoughts on, “The Long Christmas Ride Home”? It was better than expected. The entire runtime was one hour and twenty-five minutes long, no intermission, no long pauses, just a straight shot; I respected this, usually plays or musicals are unnecessarily long, because of this I steer away from theater culture, though it was short, it managed to get the main point across without having the audience endure hours of senseless character buildup. The atmosphere was different for me, usually I watch a play or musical in a large auditorium or outdoor venue, but this play took place in a pretty small room. In perspective, the room could fit in the classroom

When I heard we were going to the The Nightmare Before Christmas at the El Capitan Theatre, I was ecstatic. This was one of my favorite childhood movies and I had not seen it in maybe 10 years. The night started with us boarding the coach bus which was playing the movie Kidnap starring Halle Berry. This was most of us on the bus seeing the movie for the first time so we were very into it. Since we are a bunch of film/TV students we easily all became instant critics of the film. Not Ms. Halle, Ms. Halle is amazing as always. It was the writing and the scenarios that she was placed in that didn’t seem plausible. This made the ride over very entertaining, a bunch of students reacting and laughing to situations that are dire in the movie. We were very invested. Once we arrived at the theater, I was taken a back from how visually loud it was. All the lights and colors, it was so “Hollywood.” I loved it.

This term my group had to choreograph a dance about the vice ‘Lust’, whilst using the motif ‘moving people’. Three of the dance techniques that I used in my choreography was levels, cannon and mirroring. I used levels to show the heights of different people and to move the chosen subject. Levels were very distinct in showing the choreographical abilities of the instructor. I used cannon to move people across the stage in a longer period of time. Cannon was a vital part of the dance as it allowed repetition of a chosen movement by different dancers. Mirroring was used to show partnership in our dance. I used mirroring to push a person away. My group used the elements levels, cannon and mirroring to contrast with our motif of moving people,

Artists explore movement and motion through their practice. This is evident through Alexander Calder’s “Rouge Triomphant” 1959 - 1965 and Umberto Boccioni’s “The street that enters the house” 1911.