Laban

Laban Effort Graph

On Wednesday we found out the Eight Basic Effort Actions.

Dab
Slash
Wring
Press
Flick
Glide
Float
Thrust

With this we was learning how they work and they they are used in a piece of dance.

Then we did rhythms but we knew most of them because we used it in the impact of collision.
The rhythms are
Rebound
Impact
Impulse
Continous
Swing

We learnt what each of these meant.

Then Jamie gave us 3 character from  Harry Potter and we had to label them what their effort would be from the Laban Effort graph, the eight basic actions they would be and what rhythm they would be.
Then Jamie told us to do ourselves..

17th January 2012

We watched 3 different clips of dance.

Yesterday
Rooster
The Car Man

We had to analyse the clips in to different catagories. The catagories was;
Actions
Space
Dynamics
Space
Aural

The strengths analysing the clips was that I watched it and then I would spot something quickly, I could spot the the actions and aurals easier that the other catagories
My weaknesses was that it was hard to spot between the lines and sometimes I didnt understand what was going on.

Then we had to recreate a piece and choose one of the clips and create in to dance but in our own way.

My strengths for this i came up with lots of ideas for this and make it in to different levels and do different lifts.
My weaknesses were that i cant dance that well.


http://youtu.be/SqFxYj-LN_4


this is the link when we did the final performance when we created a peice on The Car Man.
We used the women moves they were elegant at the start and when it got to the end we used the men movements because they were strong and sharp.

Targets
My targets for the next time we do this is to make more notes so it will be easier to come up with a bit more choregraphy.