week eight in btec performing arts...

Monday 8th November 2010
On Monday we planned our christmas show! We all sat down and decided who was going to do each job. We all wrote down the jobs, how we are going to set up the hall, catering, risk assessment ect. Our show will be christmas themed. My job was to organise catering, i had to get in touch with the head of the KLSA to ask if they would do our catering. I spoke to the head of the KLSA and they have agreed to do our catering. At the interval we will have mince pies, coffee and tea. We will also have juice and biscuits in case there are children attending. I enjoyed this lesson because it taught us how to use business skills and have a rel insite to what is needed for a good performance. It taught me that its not just the performance that makes the evening, its the setting, company and overall feeling of the area. Comfort is the key.

Tuesday 9th November 2010
On Tuesday we had our double lesson. In the first lesson, we learnt a dance choreographed by Ms Dolan. Its slightly strange and weird but i really like it. It taught us that not everything has to be pretty and perfect, things can be abstract and unique. In the second part of the lesson we worked a bit on our couple routines that are inspired by DV8, also we worked on our group routines. This lesson was unusual but good. It was nice to learn a dance choreographed by someone else, as a little break from constant choreography. It also gave us more choreographic ideas.

Wednesday 10th November 2010
Wednesday we worked on Ms Dolan's dance again, we developed it, added cannons and observed each others ability and saw what worked and what didnt.

Thursday 11th November 2010
Thursday was costume construstion. We boarded up all our research on tartan and denim. We put examples of the materials on the boards along with our costume designs. I enjoyed this lesson because its nice to see what materials look like together. It also gave me ideas on what my costume might look like.
Friday 12th November 2010
Friday's lesson we spent on our group routines. I enjoyed this because we could interpret more people into the dance. It gave us a chance to mix things up a bit and use different ideas. In our group we have different ability's of dance. So it was challenging to find something we could all do. But this was good because we had to think more. Although it was simple we had to make it look effective. It was good to interpret other peoples idea's into the dance, not just our own.