This is a day of lot of work and fun!
We all started with a group discussion as usual.
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| A typical group discussion |
We decided that today, musicians and dancers would stay in one room and work together in the true spirit of CoLab instead of breaking out into groups!
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| Planning together |
I revised with the dancers the choreography for the piece the musicians had composed. We then tried performing it start to end. There were quite a few problems with this.
The dancers couldn't hear the harp cues and sometimes it was hard to gauge whether the cue had happened at all. We managed to fix this problem and the dancers stayed more alert.
In the afternoon, we paired a dancer or two dancers with a musician. Then it was decided that we would have a question answer dialogue like improvisation between the two. The group was very excited and dispersed to try this idea out.
The idea was a success and we decided to incorporate it into our project. In the afternoon we decided on how to join the improvisatory section with the main choreography. We successfully managed to make the transition sound and look smooth.
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| A dancer-musician dialogue |
In the afternoon, we tried to arrange Clapping Music for the instruments and dancers. Daniel, a jazz trumpeter was very helpful in devising harmony.
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| Arranging Clapping Music |
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