Monday, August 11, 2008

COMING TOGETHER NICELY

Finally, the end is in sight.....I see a finished performance heading my way, after a long and patient ordeal!!! The projections are 99% finished, only transitions to do and putting on to disc. I rehearsed with Kate and Leah today with a copy of the projection playing to make sure they went together. I didn't see how the 3d worked as I just did a quick export so the quality wasn't up to much. I need to put the projector up high and tilt it downwards to stop the girls crossing the beam. Tomorrow Nic and i are getting black out material and hopefully putting it up, so i can test the projections out once I have the disc burned. I need to paint over a small patch on the wall where I am projecting to cover some pencil marks and i have to get speakers, with either shelves or stands to put them on. I still have another dress to find for Kate and have ordered 50 pairs of 3d glasses, which are on their way.
All I have left to do as far as the movement is concerned is the last 45 secs. This will be weaving in and out of the stands. I finished the rest of the movement today so the girls just need to rehearse over and over to get it into their bodies. By weds the choreog will be complete and Sunday will be 2 hours of solid repetition of the piece, picking at focus, dynamics, timing and connection between dancers and the screen. We then have just under 2 wks to practice and perfect!!
The 1st section is great, mechanical, 2nd section needs a bit more relation between dancers on repeating it, when Leah stands. 3rd section needs more suspension and release as well as being sharp and quick in places. Ribs section is again mechanical, which goes into reaching out so extension needs to be greater. Handstand section needs to flow with a sense of being manipulated externally (like the dolls were for the footage and as we are dictated to in society) Next is the canon and movement is very doll like, limbs are isolated. After the position is held to reflect the projection, the next section should be bouncy as the lifts are done. Stands sequence mirrors screen then the duet should be close and connected at all times with a sense of competition. So the dancers are trying to get somewhere as the other stops them. They are then back in unison, a society of sheep......This goes into the tumbling part of cartwheels, shifts, bounces and spins to then go back to stands to finish.

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