Trio Choreography Lesson 5 (Abigail)

Today we had our fifth choreography lesson and we were very prepared as we already had ideas ready before we started the lesson. To begin to tell the story even further, we decided to start with our solo section. Within this solo section, we decided that each solo must have at least one movement towards the balloon as the balloon represents our childhood innocence,therefore the movements towards the balloon show that we are all still innocent. Each solo must be 12 counts long and each solo must be different to demonstrate the different ages of the three characters. Since Emily was the person already stood in front of the balloon,we decided she should be the first person to have a solo,then Caitlin and then me. Since Emily is the oldest character her solo used several turns and sustained leg movements. In Emily's solo she uses a leg movement which all three dancers do earlier on in the choreography. This is a developed motif as, at first, three dancers do the movement and now only one dancer does the movement.  We then choreographed Caitlin's solo. Caitlin's solo is the only solo with a jump in as she is the youngest character. Finally we choreographed my solo. As my character is older than Caitlin's character but younger than Emily's character I decided that my solo should be a solo of very sustained choreography to show that my character is around the teenage years.  Due to this, my solo includes a ponche and a backbend. After the solos were completed we moved onto a unison section. At this point, Emily will no longer dance with the balloon to demonstrate that she has grown up and is no longer innocent. To represent this stimulus,we decided that Emily will dance in the opposite direction to me and Caitlin to show that she has lost her childhood innocence before us. Me and Caitlin dance towards the balloon whereas Emily dances away from it. Despite this section involving unison,Emily uses more force when dancing to show the fact that she is no longer innocent and doesn't want to dance near or with the balloon as the balloon represents innocence. Next lesson we focus on the final minute of our choreography. In this last section, I will begin to dance with Emily instead of Caitlin to show that I am no longer innocent. After this we will all dance a unison section together before Caitlin lets go of the balloon to signify the ending of the choreography but also to show that all three of us are no longer innocent therefore the balloon is no longer needed.