Last Trio Choreography Lesson (Abigail)

This lesson was the last lesson we had rehearsing our piece. Since this was the first time rehearsing with the balloon and the last lesson we will have before the assessment. We came into the studio quite nervous and worried incase the balloon didn't work atall in the piece. When it came to Caitlin's solo she was having difficulty doing her choreography with the balloon so we helped her make small changes to make it easier but still show her off. For example, we changed an illusion to a turn to show the balloon off without the choreography looking messy. The rest of the choreography was fine. We cleaned it and made sure we were all  doing the exact same thing,e.g. all of our legs were at the same height. When we got to the next solo that Caitlin had we faced more problems as the balloon was deflating as we were dancing with it  so it wouldn't stay in the places that we needed it to. We also realised the balloon string was too long and kept getting caught in Caitlin's hair and tangled around her as she danced with it. We changed all the unison armwork to fifth to make it easier for Caitlin to dance. Even though the balloon showed issues at the beginning of the lesson, we slowly became more comfortable with it and believe that choosing to dance with it was a good decision as it made our piece more unique and innovative.