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Blog 9 - evaluation

Now that we have completed our final piece, we can reflect on the creative process as a whole and evaluate if we have achieved our original goals. Initially, we aimed to focus on society and social constructs, including how diverse individuals fit into society and the human condition as a whole. Starting from our stimulus, the TV show "The Traitors," we have expanded our scope to analyze different aspects of society, which we then broke down into various sections in our piece. We drew inspiration from Crystal Pite's practitioner study and incorporated her use of duets as well as her focus on modern-day issues within society, making our work relevant to all audiences. Additionally, we studied "The Statement" and included physical theatre in our work, which effectively conveyed our message. Our piece explores how themes such as power, greed, and wealth impact an individual's role within society, making it comparable to "The Statement" and relevan...

Blog 8 - personal development and reflection

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During our creative process, we have taken into account the feedback we received and incorporated more complex and diverse movements in our piece to enhance the clarity of our message and make it more appealing to the audience.   Originally, our research for the piece was inspired by the TV show 'The Traitors', which led us to explore how different individuals fit into society and the human condition. We divided our piece into sections, each focused on a different character we aimed to portray to the audience. In the first section, we embodied a masculine figure and explored themes of power and control within society. The second section contrasted the masculine character with a feminine figure. This contrast was highlighted in the music, which was more playful, and the livelier movements. In this section, I remained a masculine figure while the other three girls embodied the feminine side, further emphasizing the difference. The movement style in the second section was also ...