Trio Choreography-Lesson 1 (Emily)

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. Instantly, as a group, we decided to base out choreography on Katniss Everdeen but we soon changed our stimulus as we realised that this stimulus didn't allow us to be extremely creative. We then decided to base our choreography on the Tale of The Three Brothers. We watched a clip of this stimulus and discussed our possible ideas based on the stimulus. After great discussion, we realised that we couldn't think of many ideas based on this stimulus so we decided to research pieces of art by Banksy instead.

We googled pieces of art by Banksy and looked at the possibilities in which we could base our trio choreography on. We looked at pieces of art such as a maid brushing dust under a carpet and the saying 'I Love You' with an egg timer. We liked the idea that Banksy's art was open to interpretation. After looking at more pieces of art, our group were immediately drawn to a piece of art which included a young girl letting go of a red, heart shaped balloon.

 As a group, we decided that we would base our choreography on this image as it didn't have one clear meaning. We liked that we could think of our own meaning. Our first idea of a meaning was that the girl had lost a loved one,however we thought that this idea was too simple so we decided to change our meaning. We then decided that the girl could be stuck in the middle of her mother and father arguing before one of them leaves the family. Eventually we decided that this idea wasn't creative enough. We then decided on another idea. The idea that we agreed on involved 3 girls,all dancing with a red balloon to show that they were living a very childish life. As the choreography progresses, one by one, the girls would realise the truth of reality and stop dancing with the balloon to show that they have moved on from childhood. The last girl would let go of the balloon at the end to replicate the piece of art. We then decided we would dance to Light-Sleeping at Last as we felt we could show our story well through this song.