choreography

Pedestrian actions were something that I never saw as potential choreographic material, as we have already seen these movements time and time again. However I came to the understanding that if you manipulate these movements it then becomes captivating, as the audience recognises he reshaped movements.

They are movements embedded in us as humans and we re-enact them on a day today basis. hey can be anything from walking:

Waving:

Fiddling with hair:
We were given a task to talk to each other and write down any habits or mannerisms that the person used when replying. I found this strange as I wouldn't normally be conscious of my mannerisms and other peoples gestures when in a convocation.


Once we had gathered information we noticed that the results varied, giving us lots of movements that we could expand and put together. We then made a short phrase and presented them to the rest of the group. I enjoyed watching them as the movements were familiar to me, but they looked like an animated version which was fresh and engaging to watch.

I think that pedestrian movements are a good tool to use however it is a fine balance to get right, I feel that if you make them too pedestrian too often then the movements become boring and ordinary.  But then if you use them in an appropriate time and slightly exaggerate or minimalize the original movement, then it gives piece an eerie interesting edge as the movements we know have been distorted.