January 11, 2012

Lecturer: Jamie Roberts
Lesson 2

Today we looked at transposing text into movement.
We read a poem called DULCE ET DECORUM EST, then analysed it together. We talked about which words and phrases stood out and affected us most and the meaning behind it. We then individually selected eight words/phrases from the poem that we found particularly emotive and inspiring and created a movement for each one to show our own interpretation of it.

I liked the poem a lot, and thoroughly enjoyed talking about it, as I used to enjoy English and I write poetry myself.

By the end of the lesson, I felt very connected with the poem and the characters in it, which made it easier to become the soldier when I moved. It was so emotional and heart-wrenching, that as I was creating movements from the text and thinking like the soldier, I began to feel more and more vulnerable because I was showing through dance the dread and the fear in the poem.

I think my strength was understanding the character and expressing emotion through dance. I was also proud of my creative input when analysing the poem.
My weakness was my worry/negativity about creating a dance sequence myself, as I automatically thought I wouldn't be able to do it.
I will try and work on my confidence in these lessons.

My target for next lesson would definitely be to use the surrounding space more, as I didn't really move around a lot in my movement sequence.