Blog Two - Structure, Process, and ideas for choreography

 1.) What is the current structure of your piece, and how have you come to these decisions? -

We took a vote on music and chose 'Blood Stream' by Tokyo Myers.' This was my personal recommendation, as when researching I found a person with DID usually has two or more personalities with one core personality, (Multiple Personality Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, 2016) this reminded me of ‘Blood Stream’ as it has a gentle repetitive melody that resonates throughout the track perhaps representative of the core personality, however is built up adding in instruments and speeding up the tempo. Resulting in a build of tension symbolic of the other personalities and emotions taking over. I felt this music choice would helping bring our point and intention of the piece across in the choreography in relation to the music.

2.) What was the Process and Development? - 

After analysing the calmness, tension and climax, we noted time stamps when the music changes or new musical instruments are added in layered over/ taken away. From research I found that music has the capability to induce compelling emotional reactions such as chills and thrills for the listener. (Heshmat Ph.D., 2019) You can create tension using music for example using a crescendo in which the music keeps building in loudness and intensity until it reaches a climax which is something our music does to help build  tension. (How To Keep Your Audience In Suspense Using Music, 2017)

We then decided what we would show through the movement at each point in relation to following a narrative. You can also see this process in the image below.  

3.) What are my ideas for the sections I have chosen to choreograph to show the intended message in relation to the music? - 

My initial idea for ‘The Split’ is to have two fives and have them begin performing the same movement facing each other as everyone performs the same movement simultaneously together in unison. Linking back to the two sides of the brain working in sync before breaking out into a fight as the two sides run towards each other crossing pathways before the big climax. 

For the ‘Fight with inner self’ I want to use the developmental tasks used in class such as the mirroring exercise and use of the negative space exercise in pairs to show the battle between the emotions in the brain. I think this would be a great way to show how one overriding emotion controls the other and eventually takes over. As one tries to escape and the other follows using their negative space to control where they go next.

Bibliography –

Cleveland Clinic. 2016. Multiple Personality Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment. [online] Available at: <https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9792-dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder#:~:text=A%20person%20with%20DID%20has,control%20over%20the%20person%27s%20behavior.> [Accessed 29 November 2020].

Heshmat Ph.D., S., 2019. Music, Emotion, And Well-Being. [online] Psychology Today. Available at: <https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/science-choice/201908/music-emotion-and-well-being#:~:text=Music%20has%20the%20ability%20to,alter%20mood%20or%20relieve%20stress.> [Accessed 29 November 2020].

Themusicjar.com. 2017. How To Keep Your Audience In Suspense Using Music. [online] Available at: <http://www.themusicjar.com/blog-article/how-to-keep-your-audience-in-suspense-using-music/> [Accessed 29 November 2020].