Hidden Exposure - Working Diary :: Drama

Hidden Expo positive(predicate) - Working Diary===============================This is a written analysis and evaluation of the creative processleading up to, and applied during, the jump performance of HiddenExposure, based on Obsessive peremptory Disorder and Dreams. Thepiece, was choreographed by Dance Performance Experience year 2, andperformed on January 13, 1998. The aims of this Dance Performancemodule were to follow out newly learnt techniques, movement skills, and theresearch of existing practitioners, combine them with existing leapingskills and knowledge to create an original innovative danceperformance. Members of the class allow choreograph sections, with thecommon theme, in pairs or individually that will be put together tocreate a collage style dance. each individually choreographed sectionshould make use of some recurring motifs and march contactimprovisation where possible.Before we started any of our own choreography we had to limit on astimuli. This is very i mportant, as it will be the topic that allmovements are representing. This is called Ideational Stimuli and iswhen the movement is stimulated and formed with the innovation toconvey an idea or tell a story.1, as contrasted to us taking a pieceof music and dancing to it. As a group we had many ideas to choosefrom but after weighing out the options we opted for OCD, ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder. The idea of counting within the infirmity gives usa good basis for a dance, because we perform to a beat, or a count,usually of eight. It is an interesting subject with much scope forcontact improvisation, or non-contact, as the sufferers would prefer.The stimulus for the dance, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is acondition that affects approximately 2.5% of the UK population. Morecommon in females than males, the sufferer has an irresistible impulseto perform relatively meaningless acts repeatedly and in a specificmanner. Compulsive persons do not enjoy their ritualistic demeanorand vi ew the activity as foreign to their personality. They areunaware of the absurdity of their behaviour and yet are unable to stopit. Compulsive mickle washers may wash their hands several times in anhour. In addition to being time consuming, compulsions can be costlyto a persons well being. Other common compulsions are counting thingsto make sure that they are all there, checking the placements ofobjects, checking appliances are switched off, Exercising, cleaning,and feeling suffocated. (See appendix 1)A dance session should always start with a warm up this comprises of heating system up the different body parts in a trudge of exercises. Start,standing in parallel, beginning with the stop and neck, we gently rollthe head slowly to the left and then to the right repeating this