The following videos are Evidence for task 2 (auditioning for dance). This task forms part of the unit 'Auditioning for Musical Theatre Assignment 1 of 7'.
Task 2: You will take part in a series of workshops with a focus on dance skills from a variety of musical theatre productions.You must:
Record your progress in each of the dance workshops using the template provided by the workshop leader.
Choose your strongest dance piece and rehearse, making use of video recordings and peer assessment to track your improvements.
Rehearse your dance and add your own performance skill/interpretation.
Perform your chosen audition piece to the group.
(The bullet points in bold above are particulary evident in the videos below).
One of the masters of Jazz dance and a pioneer in the art of the variety show was BobFosse.Fosse was a man, who fully embraced life, and his death at the relatively young age of sixty came as a shock to almost no one, in fact many were amazed at how long he lived for!
As a practitioner of dance and theatre, Fosse was known for his modern style, a style that everyone knew was his as soon as it was seen on a stage.Today his style is celebrated through the unmistakable trademark snapping fingers, tilted bowler hats, hip and shoulder rolls and backward exits. Not to forget swivelling hips and strutting, white-gloves and single-handed gestures. Fosse’s moves are fluid and languid and he himself was a walking oxymoron of what a dancer is meant to embody.
As a dance practitioner and teacher, one of the most memorable pieces of choreography for me that Fosse created was Sing, sing sing from Dancin’.Dancin' is a musical revue first produced in 1978, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, who won a Tony Award for the choreography. The show is a tribute to the art of dance and Sing, sing, sing is a big band number that comes in two parts.
Enjoy part one below and see why Fosse is a true genius of the jazz genre.
As we approach the end of year 10, you need to be pulling together all your work done this year and in order to be ready and raring to go in September, you need to focus on the following work:
Make sure your blogging is up to date!
Learn your drama monologue off by heart and be ready to perform it first week back in September (Assignment 1, Task 1 'Musical Theatre).
If you see any performing arts over the summer ... BLOG IT!
Those of you that did work experience at Watford Palace Theatre, you need to have collected the yellow assignment sheet from me and make sure you have everything to hand in to me 2nd week back in September.
Extended projects 2nd draft - DUE w/c 12th September.
Remember you can email anything you want me to look at over the holidays!
Well done BTEC Performing Arts students! You have now successfully completed 2 assignments for Dance Development and 2 assignments for Costume Construction.
Don't forget the deadline for Assignment 3 Dance Development (extended project) is due when we get back from Easter!
The following video and photographs are evidence of BTEC Performing Arts C14 (Development of Dance) Assignment 2 of 4 (Bhangra), Task 2:
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 provides evidence for P3, M3 and D3
(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.
L-R - Katie Burrows, Chloe Stockman, Laura-Anne Connor,
Kelly Rolfe rehearsing for Bhangra dance in workshop.
Rehearsing line sequence in Bhangra workshop. Back to Front -
Alice Norris, Danielle (left school), Shauna McMillan, Shannon Phillips
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.
Trying out a Bhangra travelling step L-R - Laura Anne Connor,
Kelly Rolfe, Ellie Goodchild
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.
Rehearsing a cannon move in Bhangra workshop - Front to Back -
Kelly Rolfe, Katie Burrows.
Alice Norris (pink) and Myriam Maley Choreographing a
cannon arm display in Bhangra Workshop. Myriam is
leading in this section.
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.
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!
