Task 2
To attend a professional
Bhangra workshop and then working in groups of 4 using your research in task 1
and inspiration from the professional workshop; you should:
- Attend and take part in a professional workshop
on Bhangra dance, taking notes and photos of the process.
- Develop a dance performance from scratch in the
style of Bhangra.
- Organise and run rehearsals, recording the outcome in a ‘rehearsal log’ that will be submitted in your portfolio.
- Perform final piece to a live
audience.
(This also contributes as evidence for P2, M2 and D2)
On Friday 18th March 2011, the BTEC Performing Arts students took part in their final performance of BTEC does Bhangra! This performance was to be showcased at the schools annual Cabaret show, where students get to show their talents to friends, parents and teachers.
The students have spent 8 weeks working on the Bhangra style, and have spent hours choreographing and researching the culture, social and historic background of the genre to help with the project. Their research included looking at the western influences within Bhangra, which allowed them to experiment with traditional moves mixed with a modern western twist of street and contemporary elements. The students had to storyboard all their ideas focusing on the plot line of 'Forbidden Love', a popular theme within Bollywood films. They then found music, both modern and traditional and worked with the media department to produce a 6 minute soundtrack.
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| L-R - Katie Burrows, Chloe Stockman, Laura-Anne Connor, Kelly Rolfe rehearsing for Bhangra dance in workshop. |
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| Rehearsing line sequence in Bhangra workshop. Back to Front - Alice Norris, Danielle (left school), Shauna McMillan, Shannon Phillips |
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| Perfecting some of the hand gestures and arm positions in Bhangra Workshop - L-R - Katie Burrows, Chloe Stockman, Laura Anne Connor, Kelly Rolfe, Chloe Green. |
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| Trying out a Bhangra travelling step L-R - Laura Anne Connor, Kelly Rolfe, Ellie Goodchild |
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| Trying out a bounce step with arm gesture (screwing the light bulb) in Bhangra Workshop - L-R - Kelly Rolfe, Ellie Goodchild, Chloe Stockman, Katie Burrows. |
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| Rehearsing a cannon move in Bhangra workshop - Front to Back - Kelly Rolfe, Katie Burrows. |
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| Alice Norris (pink) and Myriam Maley Choreographing a cannon arm display in Bhangra Workshop. Myriam is leading in this section. |
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| Alice Norris (pink) leadng a discussion on how to achieve the arm cannon. With Myriam Maley (black vest), Danielle, Shauna McMillan and Shannon Phillips (arms up at back).
The Workshops:
Below is the video evidence of the Bhangra Workshops that lead up to the final performance (that can be found at the end of this blog entry). The workshop videos are evidence for Assignment 2 of 4 (Bhangra), Task 2 (developing a Bhangra dance from scratch): The Final Performance: On the evening, the group were helped by a teacher with costume and makeup, to ensure they looked the part, with brightly coloured scarves and some beautifully applied makeup and bindis. |
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| The cast just before they took to the stage to perform BTEC Does Bhangra |
Below is the video of the performance! Please enjoy and comment!
