Performance studies language of performing arts.

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Jenny Nichols

Performance studies language of performing arts

 

Performing arts is a combination of the three art forms, dance, drama and music. We looked at how they can interlink. They interlink through the use of common language.

They also interlink through the process:

  • Warm up
  • Stimulus
  • Brainstorms
  • Make decisions
  • Improvise
  • Rehearse
  • Refine
  • Perform
  • Evaluate

For our small group pieces, we were given a stimulus, a picture by Salvador Dali, “The persistence of memory.”

This gives the idea of time, hard objects becoming floppy. You can see the Spanish coast, and in the see the sea a whale like creature can be seen.

Small drama piece

Our drama was very serious; we used different techniques to begin.

We went to a dark, quiet room to sit or stand in a circle. We stood in a circle and kept in focus for 10 minutes thinking of serious, negative thoughts

Warm ups for group pieces

Before every performance we completed either a physical, mental or vocal warm up. For the physical warm up, we stretched everything starting from the head down to our feet.

Shoulder circles

  1. Stand straight with your feet slightly apart and knees bent.
  2. Circle your shoulder round 8 times.
  3. Do this clockwise and again clockwise.

Arm circles

  1. Again stand tall with feet slightly apart and knees bent again.
  2. Circle your arms clockwise and anticlockwise.
  3. Do this 8 times.
  4. Repeat this with the other arm.

Shoulder stretch

  1. Stand tall with feet again and knees bent.
  2. Put arms parallel to the ground across the front of the chest.
  3. Bend the right arm up and using the left forearm, push the left arm closer to your chest.
  4. Repeat with other arm.

Groin stretch

  1. Sit with both feet towards you body making sure the soles of your feet are together and your knees are pointing out.
  2. Resting your hands on your feet, slowly place your knees to the ground.

Vocal warm up

We sang scales to warm up our voices. We did some low humming; we also practised the punctuation of our vowels. We practised our breathing by taking in a deep breath, holding it and then breathing out. Then finally we did some facial exercises, by opening our mouths wide and stretching our faces.

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We also played some drama games to build up the trust in the group.

We stood in a circle and leant back to see how much we trusted each other. Another game we did was standing with a partner in a line facing them. Then we held there hands while someone jumped on us to see if they trusted us.

You could use these in dance or drama. We used the line game in our firework dance.

Dance warm up

We did a dance warm up.

  • We put both our ...

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