Task 1- evaluation of process and performance of SIX

                                                                    

  evaluation

 Evaluation: Reviewing my performance of SIX

This is my overall evaluation on the performance of six the musical, I feel that overall I did really well in the performance of six It was really enjoyable the whole way through especially during the end song “six” as i felt it brought us more close together for the end of the number and made us all feel successful together and we had all got through it. I understand there are many things that I need to work on and improve on based on the feedback that was given, however I am really proud of the interpretive and physical skills that I was consistently strong in.

Identifying strengths from feedback 

things that that I was consistent in during the performance-

Physical skills 

I was really strong in my control, alignment, co ordination and Accuracy however I also feel that from feedback, it is evident that my physical skills remained strong throughout the whole Production of SIX. Starting with strength, I can confidently say that my movements were strong throughout, maintaining a high level of strength to allow myself to execute each movement with power and stability. I also used flexibility in each number where I was using jazz dance techniques such as splayed fingers in the number “all you want to do “ Overall, my flexibility was strong and allowed me to perform each movement and dance properly, finishing each movement. My stamina has defiantly improved greatly from doing this show however I feel still need a lot of improvement, this has been gradually improving throughout all of the rehearsals and was evident in the final production by going over numbers one after the other.  My use of coordination was also to a high standard throughout as I was able to perform fast and high energy choreography while coordinating all parts of my body accurately. My accurate use of coordination allowed me to perform movements seamlessly and properly as the choreographer intended and created.

styles

Within the performance there are many different styles of dance like jazz commercial, hip-hop and contemporary. These genres of dance are very differnt styles and consist of very different things. I feel that i was able to show those different styles in each  number for example in the song "get down" i was able to get into character and dance in the style of hip-hop, which is a more powerful style of dance where the movement can come across aggressive as such. Whereas the song "all you wanna do is" is in the style of jazz which consists of a lot more sassy moves, its a style that included a lot of character and sensual ways. Throughout the dance we use a lot of bob fosses technique's like splayed hands and small eyes Aswell as isolations with the use of differnt  body parts. Finally the style of contemporary is used in the song "heart of stone" although I don't dance in this song i still needed to portray my emotion through my singing as contemporary is a very heartfelt and storytelling style so you need to be very slow and fluent.

Characterization

My expressive skills where definitely a strength throughout the whole production of SIX. In each number I used facial expressions to really communicate the intention of each dance and the meaning behind the songs. I also used my facial expressions to communicate the nature and personality of each queen. However this is also something I really need to improve on as when I’m nervous it’s gets the better of me and prevents me from performing to my full potential 

Rhythm

I felt that I was really strong in the rhythm aspect of the dances and in  concepts such as tempo and phrasing were all consistently accurate which led to the precision of my musicality. This allowed me to interpret the movements in my own unique ways and add dynamics that related to the music. This ability is helpful in displaying the movements with high technical accuracy and also allowed me to communicate the mood and style  of each dance.

Accuracy

From the feed back given I can confirm I was very accurate throughout the performance of six, during all of the numbers I was really accurate in all of the movements and styles.

Over all I feel that my focus throughout was really good and I was able to show that I was constantly focused throughout I was always listening and taking note during the rehearsal progress and was dedicated throughout.

my weakness's withing the show that I would like to improve on-

stamina-

i personally feel that my stamina was one of my big weaknesses that i need to majorly improve on, this is because i could tell when performing that i would get out of breathe very easily which would then effect how well that i was performing. For example in the dance ex wives i kept losing my breath throughout especially after the dance break i found it hard to be able to catch my breather back as it was a very fast and upbeat dance and i struggled to sing all of the long notes at the same time. In the future i would improve on this by practicing and going over and over then dances whilst singing so that i can build up my stamina and breath control. 

use of space-

i feel that in a lot of the dances i didn't have a lot of space as we were all very close together and it was really hard to do a lot of the movement when that close to other dances as i was worried i was accidently going to knock them whilst dancing for example in the dance get down i was between two other dances and we were very close together so it was hard to use our arms when doing turns as there wasn't enough room. 

balance-

i would like to improve on my balance as i was worried i was going to fall in the number "six" as i was on the ramp and i had to keep running on and of it in order to change positions for differnt sections of the dance, so when i would jump back on to the ramp i was conscious i was going to lose my balance whilst dancing. in order to prevent this next time i would position myself directly in the middle on the ramp i am on so that i know there is enough room and I don't need to be as conscious.

timing-

i feel that i needed to improve on my timing especially during the dance break in "ex wives" as everyone was going at  differnt times and i really struggled to stay focused in the dance. i feel that it would have helped if we went over the dance a thew more times as we only practiced it once and never really went back to it so we didn't really know the correct moves we just done what we thought was correct . in order to prevent this next time i will ask the teacher for help and if we can go over it again.

 over all i feel that my weaknesses are things i can improve on overtime.