Erin Taylor - Advanced Independent Solo Choreography (MU60362O)

Now that my choreography is complete, I can look back on my process and review whether I had achieved my original personal objectives. I hope that this will demonstrate the effectiveness of my choreographic journey and inform my future creative processes. One of the objectives I explored was to let my body and movement lead the way and I think I have achieved this by making the time to experiment with movement in response to both story and music influences before implementing them into my choreography. Another objective was to not make the audience react to their preconceived ideas and as a result of the showings to my peers and tutor I have been able to adapt choreography and music choices so that the piece is my personal response rather than being driven by others’ opinions. I found the process of Liz Lerman’s Critical response process a valuable tool that I will use in future choreography as it helps to clarify intensions in an encouraging way that I found motivating. Understanding ...

To clarify my intentions and the direction of my choreography I decided to formulate a table that set out my journey. Having researched Jonathan Burrows choreographic scores, I wanted to use the process of writing down my choreography to ensure I knew my timeline clearly and could then refine and reflect on its impact on an audience and how I have integrated my inspiration and research. One way Burrows used scores was to be a 'conscious way to distance you from the thing you are making or doing' (J. Burrows, 2010, p142) Having completed the table I immediately felt the clarity I was hoping for. I could see my piece as a whole, as the choreographer rather than the dancer. It has removed me from the physical action of movement and I find it easier to review and refine its impact, its cohesiveness, fluidity and emotive content. Also with the choreography now complete I have looked again at the Learning objectives. I believe I have met LO1 by continuing to research and incorporate ...