Lesson 1 Notes

Lesson 1

• We thought of a word which we felt depicted the the First World War. We used this as a stimulus in order to come up with physical/movement piece in groups of four. These worked as small pieces which would depict and convey the four different words relating to war. The word I thought of was strength. I picked this word as I thought it would be a great stimulus and related to many parts of the war. I think the men/soldiers and women equally had a lot of mental and physical strength to get through the war. This is why my small moment within the piece is of my character standing with two hands strongly placed in front of him and a straight, well held back and spine.

•  We also came up with movement pieces about the husband leaving home and the wifes having to deal with this. I really loved the piece that Ursula and I created as I feel it was truly symbolic of the movements that lovers have with each other, as well as the sadness and togetherness people have when they know it could be there final days with each other.