Unit 14 dance performance

10 weeks of rehearsal logs showing my progression     Review of own technical performance in each rehearsal  Task one- 7th of September Ex - Wives This was our first rehearsal for SIX the musical, so we started with the opening song 'Ex-wives'. This song is the first that the audience will hear and see, meaning it has to start of super strong to keep our audience entertained and engaged from the second the lights go on. The start of the dance begins with creating our own poses to match the beat of the song. These poses don't only need to be sassy; they need to be strong and on time, making sure these poses are sharp is so vital for the overall look of this section. We all have to work as one to ensure that we all have the timing correct whilst creating these shapes. This song has quite a difficult beat/rhythm to follow so using the lyrics to keep with the timing was something that helped me especially on the 'revealing' lyric where we have to do a move that mirrors ...

  The dance style Jazz originated in black America in the 20th century with isolating,  sensuality Jazz  dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in  Black American  society and was popularized in ballrooms by the big bands of the  swing  era. Key features/characteristics of Jazz Dance, which are used in musical theatre dance: Isolating body parts: In the style of jazz dance, the dancer would isolate a part of your body such as only the head, shoulder, rib cage, hips and wrists. For instance, in anna of Cleves song 'Get Down' the queens start of by isolating their wrists shown clicking to the beat shown in the clip below. Sensuality: The style of Jazz is a very sexual style of dance which means making the body flow and look sexual throughout the movements which include slow to fast actions. In our SIX rehearsals in the song 'SIX 'during the lyrics 'The song blew their minds' we bend our knees moving our arms in and out slowl...