Workshop 3

Animals

In this game, everyone had to become an animal and we helped them see life through the perepective of an animal in order to help them become one in their performance. We got everyone to think about what animal you might be and how they move and sound. We then created a jungle scene with everyone being animals. We thought about what the animals were like and what aurrounded them.This allowed them to engage with the task and use their imagination. We can create a whole new environment with these animals and it might be useful to use them in the final performance. I believe this activity was quite succesful. Everyone was fully engaged with the task and most people had different animals which they ejoyed turning into. They loved becoming an animal as it was fun and so simple. Everyone was included in this task so nobody felt left out or felt as if they were unable to participate. However, I think that this game was too complicated which made it very confusing for them. There were too may questions and they struggled to think about more then a couple of things at once. It would have been more succesful if we concetrated on one or two features in greter detail rather than many features.

Wave your flag lyrics

We taught the members od CDO the lyrics to the sng 'Wave your flag.' We know that singing is something they enjoy and that this song is easy to learn. This was very difficult to teach as most of them aren't very vocal or don't speak at all. I think that they found it very difficult to learn the lyrics or to remember all of them. However, they enjoyed the singing greatly. It was mainly the BRIT student who were singing, however I don't think that matters too much. The CDO group seemed really enthusiastic about it and the flags are a great success. We also incorporated different fabrics and flags into our dance, we circled round the room holding onto them and throwing them in the air which they all enjoyed and made everyone feel positive and energectic.

Tom Jones dance

We choregraphed a dance to the song 'It's not unusual' by Tom Jones. We will use this dance in our final performance. We have created and put the dance into 3 simple movements. These will be simple and easy for everyone to follow. At first, the movement was too complex and was too difficult for CDO to follow, therefore we has to adapt our moves in order to make it easier for them to do. After we did this, it became easier and more enjoyable. I think that it gave everyone in the room a lot of confidence and joy. Furthermore, it gave those who are more able a chance to show off their talents which made them feel very proud about themselves. However, I think that we should give them a chance to freestyle and do whatever dancing they want to do as the dancing may be too complex for some or too restricitng for others. It may be a good idea to let them dance in whatever way they want to in the show.