Today we mainly focused on the dances for the pantomime. We started by running through the final dance of The Pantomime to the song 'Let Me Entertain You' by Robbie Williams. Practising in front of a mirror at home, and at college has definitely helped me to improve on my performance of this dance (My blog from the Tuesday 19th December shows a video of me rehearsing this dance at college). However, I did struggle to pick up the new choreography (The art of creating a sequence of steps and movements in a dance) that has been added to the dance. I also need to make my movements 'bigger', so that they come across more onstage Therefore I will rehearse this at home in front of a mirror 10 times a day, without music and with music to get the timing right (timing refers to the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect, in music, the theatre, dance etc.).
Here is a link to a web page, that I have read, which explains the meaning of choreography in detail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography_(dance)
Later, we learnt a new dance for the opening of Act 2. The dance is to the song 'Price Tag' by Jessie J. I was slow at picking up the new choreography. However, I practised it during lunch time. I then went home to practised it 20 times in front of a mirror and I now know the part of the dance that we learnt. I need to practise with the music to get the timing correct. The more frequently I practise this dance the better my movement memory (movement memory refers to the acquisition and retention of sensations that aid the body in remembering movements) for the dance will improve.
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