Ciaras Choreography Blog

In the classes leading up to starting our piece, we were set short choreography tasks to help introduce us to choreographic devices. Choreographic devices are tools that can be used to help create or develop movement. I found this immensely helpful in learning how to bring ideas to a group and getting out of my comfort zone with the style of music used. Since starting to develop our piece, we have begun to experiment with the use of choreographic devices.  The first choreographic device used in our piece is imagery. In the beginning, we are huddled in a clump like formation representing the brain as depicted in our stimulus. The brain imagery also ties back to one of the main themes, mental health. Following this, we used a choreographic device called split focus. This split focus begins when one by one, we break away from the beginning structure using set pathways in the character of different emotions. This movement creates a split focus for the audience. In addition to this, we ...

This week we worked on the structure of the piece in relation to the music and how it tied back to the theme of mental health and DID. To decide on the structure we first listened to the music (Tokio Myers - Bloodstream) and made note of  where there were significant shifts in the mood of the piece. Secondly we brainstormed what those sections could represent and resulted with a timeline of a DID affected persons struggle with everyday life . Finally we chose sections that we would individually like to be responsible for organising. This is our final structure as of now: 1- Brain imagery- beginning as a group 2- Everyone representing different emotions 3- Nostalgic memories 4- Negative memories 5- Negative memories trigger a divide in personality 6- A moment of calm before clash with inner self 7- clash/resistance with inner self 8- Realisation that something was wrong 9- Seeking help 10- Fight with inner self 11- Regained sense of normality but the disorder is still present The se...

  On first impression I thought the stimulus could  portray how social media can cause you to feel emotionally  overwhelmed. The image consists of a scientific looking human brain with many straight lines coming out of it connected to different emojis. Emojis are regularly used online to depict emotion. The image has many emojis connected to a human brain reminding me of how social media can be very overstimulating causing you to feel too much at once.  I thought the image could also depict how social media can influence how you experience and process your emotions. I thought the depiction of the brain showed that the human mind is a complex system and the lines almost streamlined that  into simple cartoon binaries such as point blank angry, happy, sad, ect. It made me think of how social media can change the light in which you view certain feelings.  As a group we made a mind-map in class of how everyone interpreted the stimulus. Some interpretations the g...