Bhangra- Week 1!

Monday 24th January 2011
On Monday we had our first lesson of Bhangra. We watched two examples of up and coming Bhangra stars in India. We had a few technical issues at frist but we got them sorted and we enjoyed watching them. I enjoyed watching the bhangra videos becuase they were very up beat and the music was very catchy. I couldnt stop singing it all day! We made our way back to the TC's and Miss Dolan taught us some basic moves. From these moves who routines are choreographed. The moves are simple yet very effective.

Tuesday 25th January 2011
Lesson One!
In lesson one we were told we had to choreograph a simple bhangra routine using the moves we were taught yesterday. I was in a group with Shauna and Laura-Ann. We had to include things like :
- A lot of facing each  other.
- Interaction with each other.
- Different directions.
Although we have been told that bhangra doesnt use many cannons we tried to encorporate some 'bhangra style' ones. We started with different hights and then went from a line into a circle into a line. From there, all the other groups performed their dances after us.

Lesson Two!In this lesson we were told to add some western feel into the dance. In other words we added street in that was also in a 'bhangra style'. We tried choreographing in our little groups but some members of the group werent street orientated and were stuck. So we had an idea that once the last group had performed we weould all come together and do the street section together. There are 3 of us in the performing arts group that would be classed as 'street orientated' we came up with a couple of counts of eight that were simple street move that were 'bhangra' and 'simple yet effective' if performed in unison. Once we'd choreographed the dance we just kept going over and over it so that we were all okay with it and remebered it.

Wednesday 26th January 2011On Wednesday all we did was keep going over the dance and added a little bit more street. I enjoyed this lesson because i prefer street and i also enjoy bhangra! In my third lesson i am really really enjoying bhangra!

Thursday 27th January 2011
Thursday we had a costume design lesson. It was a kind of finishing/ begining lesson. I had finished all of my 'We Will Rock You' so I boarded up my corset research and my evaluation. I had lots of space on my big board so i added a sample of joining and sticking.

Friday 28th January 2011
Friday we had yet another exciting bhangra lesson. In this lesson we had to develop the one element that bhangra and street share. Isolations. We first did isolations of the hands, then head and then ribs/chest. We kept going throught the dance so that we again remebered it. At the end of the lesson Miss Dolan set us a task from the assignment sheet. We have to research bhangra and its due in in two weeks. I havent yet started the task but i am looking forward to it!

Ontop of all of this we are still looking at assignment 3! At some point in the next week Miss Dolan is going to check that we are keeping ontop of it and are on track to finishing the assignment in April!

Overall i am LOVING bhangra!