2nd year Dance Performance
Unwritten Dance Performing Shifting Time
From reading the program notes beforehand my mind was open
to the piece as I didn’t really get what the piece was about from reading the
notes. This however changed at the end as I was questioning what it was about
and as a group we were coming up with our own interpretations of what was going
on. One thing that stood out to me is
the use of props especially the bouncy ball, I liked the use of the ball as to
me as I connected it the program notes saying about ‘time became out playmates’.
I made the connection as I believed that the ball was used in one way as ‘que’s’
for the dancers and in another way I saw the ball as a clock ticking showing the seconds therefore both showing timing as a playmate. I also like the use of the ball when I
was watching the piece at one point, as I remember there being so much going on
around me that I found it hard to concentrate as look at everyone and then suddenly
my attention was drawn to the simple action of one dancer bouncing a ball.
In my opinion The name of the Company ‘Unwritten’ was shown
in the piece as there were several moments where the dancers were talking
however you couldn’t understand what they were saying implying that it should
be ‘Unwritten’. There was also a section where a dancer was drawing/writing on
the wall and again it was understandable, relating back to ‘Unwritten’. I thought
this was very clever and exciting for me to watch because I was interoperating
it in my own way and I find when I am able to interoperate things my mind
become involved with the performance instead of just watching.
Overall I enjoyed this piece and I have learnt that it
excites me to come out of a performance and not know totally what was going on
so that I am asking myself the question ‘What
was going on?’ and by asking that I have to try and think of an answer
which is where my own interoperation comes in.
