DANCE TEK - WEEKLY DIARY

WEEK ONE
In week one we started to learn the Dance Tek Choreography which was inspired by  "Union  Dance". There are six moves in the motif that has been taught so far. 
My warrior character name is going to be Akahana which is japanese for Red Rose.

WEEK  TWO
This week I am going to dedicated my time to focus on learning the additional routine of all the other dance company members that are teaching theirs. Once I have gotten the movements I am going to build my character's spiritual journey in the piece up and in my flair to the other dance movements. Learn the rest and the new ending of the Dance Tek choreography. Choreograph four counts of eight to express the individual spiritual journey.

WEEK FOUR
Monday: We got into groups of four and we had to make up one count of eight and to come up with choreography that we all do at the same time. My group chose the prayer position as the move we do in unison. 
Tuesday: We had to plan our pitch to the media class that we felt would make our twenty minute piece more effective since they are really good with all the technical stuff. We even wanted to incorporate some of their work in our piece. 
This week I will be focusing on choosing a stimulus that suits the chosen theme which is gaming  and a spiritual journey. 
Chosen stimulus is the Caleb Mak- Joker song that is well known through the choreography of Les Twins. I chose the song as my stimulus because it links to where and why martials arts started. Martial Arts started in prison and this song can be used to krump. Krumping is a street dance that is popular in the united states however it is well known everywhere. It is very much characterised by free, expressive, exaggerated and highly energetic movement involving arms, head, legs, chest and feet in I realised these parts of the body is used in a fight as well as in a battle. So I thought I could use the song the joker by Caleb Mak and B-Easy to communicate a dance piece that looks like a fight and that also can link to capoeira. In the piece Capoeira movements are used

WEEK

Runescape is a Java-based tremendously multiplayer 3D journey, including monsters to destroy, quests to complete, the treasure to win. You can control your own character who will improve and become more powerful the more you play. The reason to why I chose this particular game is for the reason that during the adventure you will come across a quest which will require the help of another player otherwise you will not be able to complete it.  This quest is called Shield of Arrav. In this quest there are two different enemy gangs (Black arms gang and the Phoenix gang) to complete this quest a player is required to get two pieces of the scrolls to complete it. One piece is with the Black arms gang the other is with the phoenix gang and you cannot be in both gangs as they are enemy gangs and you will get killed.
This week we had to show a bit of our choreography to the class as well as teaching it. Initially, I taught the joker routine but since I wanted to go in much more depth and find a more suitable dance piece to go with the stimulus I chose to go with the Runescape game and use a song by John Legend as I believe it fits my interpretation of the stimulus. The reason to why  I decided to link this to John Legend’s – All of me as my interpretation of the song is that: two people desperately want to be complete but because of the blocks of their lives they are forced to be distant.

The main message my dance communicates is unity in between two gamers and so I thought If my piece had got chosen, we could perform the piece in duets but with all of us on stage to show that we call all come together and complete the dance. This would relate to the game Runescape as it is a multiplayer and without the other player you can not complete the quest. A fuse of Hip- Hop and Contemporary.