Post 10

 Following my assessment where the full piece was finally realised I feel relieved to have achieved what I set out to do by the deadline. My initial goal after consultation with Miss Evans was to explore movement and display a chronology of events inspired by my research into ASIMO, A.I, and Rosie Kay. I feel I displayed each key advancement in the development of ASIMO by isolating my body movements into clear sections. I feel I showed the concept of machine learning through the accumulation of movement and the use of falls and floor work to suggest failure. And I feel the chaos and unpredictability of my movement showed the idea of a robot uprising. However as with any piece of art these concepts have to be interpreted by the audience, who may take something completely different away from what I presented to them.

Interestingly, my piece has had the desired effect on my audience on myself. Now that I have finished this piece it has left me with a curiosity about robotics and conspiracy theories in general. It has also left me considering how well the piece could work as a group choreography. Having given this concept some thought the first piece would remain a solo and the group would be added in mass at once in the chorus of the second piece, all on their own path of trial and error but would never touch. The final piece would be the dancers coming together to overthrow humanity. The piece could even go on to explore the idea of hierarchy within the new robot system.

Creating a piece out of my comfort zone has been a big challenge and has been interesting. Next time I would like to have more time and space to build my movements in this more robotic staccato style. Because I am less used to this way of moving it is much harder to create these movements with minimal space/ in my head. While the movements do not need to flow into the next the phrases still need to be appealing to the eye and intriguing to the brain. So having more time to explore this in relation to my music would be useful in the future. Something I anticipated to be a challenge that turned out not to be was the music editing. Once I got comfortable with the software I was using and the shortcuts necessary the piece came together surprisingly quickly.

I have discovered things about myself during this process, most notably how I am limited by my workspace and the people in it. What I mean by this is that having little studio time to choreograph and practice has caused my creativity to suffer. And while in previous blogs I mentioned that limitations form new ideas I felt unable to move to the full potential of the music, myself, and the stimulus. However in the studio time I did have I noticed having other people in the room that I was comfortable with helped me focus, stay on task, and on topic.

Overall this has been a big learning curve. I have learned things about how I work best and have been left with an idea for a future work if ever the opportunity presents itself. And, most importantly, curiosity. Something I hope the audience also leaves with.

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