Last Trio Choreography Lesson (Caitlin)

This was our last lesson working on our trio before the final assessment. This was also the first time we rehearsed the piece with the balloon. As soon as I started dancing my solo with the balloon we knew it could be a problem, since it didn't stay in the same place all the time so the choreography was difficult with the balloon. We changed the choreography to more simple moves for my solo. For example we changed the illusion to a turn and chose not to put the balloon down inbetween moves. This made it a lot easier. We then cleaned the next bits of choreography without the balloon ensuring our legs where at the same height and we were all in sync. No more problems occurred until I started dancing with the balloon again closer to the end of the dance. We had to change the majority of our arms to fifth position so the balloon could be as high up as possible, this means it wouldn't be in the way when I was dancing. Even though the balloon caused some problems, they were fixed easily and we believe it made the piece more unique and innovative. It helped us link our piece to our stimulus as there is a balloon in the picture. At the end of the lesson we felt confident in our peice. It was unique to what everybody else in the class done and it played to each of our strengths. We are excited and nervous for the assessment.