Trio Choreography-Lesson 1 (Caitlin)

Our first trio choreography lesson was the 3rd November and we were handed our first assignment brief. The assignment brief asked us to create a trio choreography, between 2-3 minutes, based on one of the stimuli given to us. The stimuli we were given were; The character Katniss Everdeen from the novel/film 'The Hunger Games', A piece of art by the artist 'Banksy' or the 'Tale of The Three Brothers' from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When first handed the assignment brief we thought about basing our choreography on Katniss Everdeen,however after discussing the stimulus we decided that this stimulus wouldn't allow us to be creative as we wanted to be so we decided to change our stimulus. We then decided on the Harry Potter stimulus and watched a clip from the film to remind ourselves of the story. In the end, we decided this wasn't the correct stimulus for our group so we decided to choose a piece of art by Banksy as we believed it would allow us to think more creatively.

After deciding on our stimulus, we decided to research pieces of art by Banksy. As we scrolled through the many pieces of art, as a group, we were immediately drawn to one specific piece of art. The artwork we chose is a little girl letting do of a red,heart shaped balloon. We decided we would base our choreography on this piece of art as it didn't have one instant meaning. The piece of art allowed us to think of several meanings so that we could choose the best meaning to base our choreography on.

 First of all we decided of a story line of a little girl losing a loved one as the balloon would represent letting go of a loved one, however we decided that this stimulus was very simple and we knew we needed to think creatively. We then decided of a girl who was caught in the middle of her mother and father arguing before her father walks away from their family,however we didn't think this storyline would allow us to think of creative motifs. In the end we decided on the storyline of 3 girls dancing with a balloon to represent that they are living in their own world. As the dance progressed, one by one, the children would realise the difficulty of reality and stop dancing with the balloon until the last girl realises reality and lets go of the balloon.We then thought about music. We decided that a song with different tempos and a range of speeds would be appropriate. After searching, we decided on the song Light-Sleeping at Last, as it included everything we wanted it too.