KEY: focus
My motif development is after the first motif. As my motif did not have much travel I added a lot of travel and more movements which link the stimulus when the wind is blowing me to show the wind is blowing stronger and therefore is pushing me further. On the floor down stage facing right sitting on my knees I slowly kick to show contrast which shows the difficulty of a warrior within the weather. My right arm swings backwards softly and slowly to show the energy of the wind, towards stage right I follow the movement with my head I lean back and my hand touches the floor I repeat the same with my left arm which changes the position of my body flowingly . My arms swinging show the direction of the wind I get up and I hold a balance tightly towards stage right. I then twist towards stage right and perform the same movement of the direction of the wind but this time with my arms I end by falling down to a crouch due to the power of the wind.
Phase 1 Phase 2
Phase 3
Motif 2
In the second motif I focus on the closeness also seen as a bond, this relates to the poem where it talks about the relationship between the “brothers.” In this motif I use a lot of arm gestures to show as if the warriors have connected again. My motif starts of at centre stage I face sideways to the left side of the stage I bend with my arms reaching towards my feet; my hands form a bond by being in contact. I calmly open up this bond as this shows the freedom being released from the brothers; I release my left foot and arm at the same time changing the order of my legs and back again showing the change from delicate to strong again. I then perform a powerful twist presenting my right arm at centre stage, my other hand grabs the other hand being presented which forms a bond, I gradually melt down and my body slides onto the floor.
Phase 1 phase 2
My motif development used similar movements to emphasize how important they are, I developed the motif using a softer contrast to the motif showing the softer and delicate side to the warriors. It starts of with me sitting on the floor where I swing my left arm twice before I jump up and gradually wiggle twice to show contrast and then I perform the same position as my starting position with my hands across my face, the wriggle in this phase identifies the small amount of frustration the warrior has in regaining the closeness he had before breaking it this keeps the audience interested as it gives a story to the dance. I then form the same bong which was in the motif but I use my arms instead I jump twice to the right I then added a travel I kick my foot up with both my arms reaching. I kick my left foot front and then my right foot towards the side from his movement I warp my arms around my waist strongly; I bend down and perform a leap jump.
Motif 3
My last motif is about the ancient warriors described in the poem, for this motif I used strong movement to emphasize the strength of the warriors. My first movement is performed centre stage; I lift my arms up near my waist my head being held up high. I then violently return back to the starting position, where I roughly pull my right leg and arm back to the left of the audience and perform a punch I rotate and lean towards I then rest arm on top of my right arm. I then march walk twice to show the violent side to the ancient warriors.
Phase 1 Phase 2
In my motif development I used retrograding to reflect back to the strength of the warriors. From the March walk I perform a repeated movement which is a punch towards the floor showing the importance of the movement and also as the word “land” has been repeated a number of times this shows the poem is also concentrated on a battle so by performing the small punches twice it reflects back to the poem and the warriors battle. After this movement I hop twice to travel and retrograde the motif starting from my left arm resting on top of my right all the way through to the starting position.
Climax
My climax is made out of some of the key movements that are taken out of each motif. I first jump whilst I perform the shield against the wind I then travel in a diagonal pathway and kick my right foot swinging my arms over to perform a cover and open up this curve and repeat the movement slowly to show the contrast of the climax I then perform a swing and melt down quickly in a position similar to the one in motif 1, I then perform a roll where I stand up and swing bringing my left arms to the right side I then twist and end in the position I started but on the floor. In this position I slowly open the cover from my face showing contrast and the end of my climax and then bring my hand forward again I then roll onto my knees look above and whilst I bring my arms from behind and then suddenly get up and end in the position I started.
Appraisal/ evaluation
The idea of this dance is about how warriors can fight through different phases of the weather, also the great strong posture these warriors have of fighting. The movement I produced considering this dance is linked to the stimulus as the first motif clearly shows with the first position about how a warrior struggles in the wind and covers their head to protect themselves, and how the warrior is pushed down onto the floor I think this movement is very important and was very successful within my dance as I used this movement throughout my dance reflecting back to the stimulus within different parts of the body. Within the first motif the dance didn’t travel much, this is mainly because to emphasize and show the strength of the wind which links back to the poem.. The development shows the wind still acting against the warrior this is shown when the warrior swings his arms. Towards the end of the motif there was a sense of victory of the warrior against the wind shown when the warrior stands up but is then forcefully pushed down. In the second motif about closeness and bond I added softer and more delicate movements to suggest the relationship between the warriors as brothers this movement was also a success as I was able to use it in my climax to show the importance of it. Such as the bond being continuously formed and then broken. The last motif is about the ancient warriors within this motif I added powerful armies walk to suggest the ego, strength and proudness within the warriors. I retrograded the development to emphasise how important some of the movements were. My climax was made out of the important key movements taken out of each of the motif, which was then given a travel to make it faster in dynamic. Within this dance I could have used a duo instead which would have emphasized and performed bonds and direction of the wind, within this duo I could have used enough energy to show the movements.
