I got helpful feedback from the showing on October 7th. The panel told me that both the music and the choreography was very dense and the combination of the two was sometimes overwhelming but made the moments of reprieve all the more gratifying. I completely agreed with this note; I had been feeling little overwhelmed by the amount of voices I added to the music. Maida also reminded me not to get stuck in center stage. I had not considered spacing very seriously yet so it was good to be have my attention called back. Working with that feedback and my own wishes to make the choreography more relevant to my content, I made the following changes:
-took out the stories in the beginning in favor of a gradual build rather than starting the music and movement with a high level of stimulus and staying high.
-moved the center clump to downstage left.
Here is video:
We have two rehearsals until adjudication (when another panel will decide whether the work will be in DanceWorks of the Choreographer's Concert) and I want to add a large sweeping full bodied movement section on the end, fill some holes/transitions in the beginning and decide on some ideas for how it will end by then. Much to do!
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