Personal Development & Reflection

I am now at a stage in my process where I am cleaning and modifying my choreography. An issue I ran into leading up to this point was that I would go to clean a section of choreography and end up removing it from the piece entirely. While this is a normal part of creating choreography, I was doing this repeatedly and not making any progress on finishing the piece. This set me behind my timeline of where I would like to be in terms of cleaning and refining the choreography. 

A concept Pite mentions is ensuring to include moments of pause and clarity within choreography ( Pite, 2022). This stood out to me as while I have been cleaning my piece, I have sometimes noticed that it appears 'mushy' and too consistent. Initially, to combat this, I had adjusted certain movements to have a sharper dynamic, and while this helped, it didn't fully resolve the issue for me. Including these moments of pause, I feel, really did add clarity and shape to the piece, and it is something I will include moving forward.


Bibliography:


Pite, C. (2022) Crystal Pite: Essay, Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive. Available at: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/themes-essays/women-in-dance/crystal-pite/ (Accessed: 26 November 2023).

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