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You Make Me

Continuing with my solo project, which I had started in the past couple of months, I was given the opportunity to perform it for a group of people and give them a couple of questions to answer about my performance as an assessment. The main questions being, ‘The music was the stimulus for my solo—which part of the music did you connect with?’, 'What in my solo resonated with you or what did you enjoy?’ and ‘Did my solo help you to see different ways of responding to music?' All eleven people who answered the questions agreed that my performance allowed them to see all the different ways artists can use all levels of music unconventionally. The most common answer to the question, ‘What did you enjoy?’ was the details in the gestures that I made, including the repetition of the hearts and the finger movements at the beginning of the piece. The answer to the last question, ‘What part of the music did you connect with?’ was different for everyone; some said the chorus, some said the added white noise at the beginning and end of the piece, and some even said the entire piece of music. Overall, the audience believed that the song choice fit and matched well with my intention and that it allowed me to reach my goal. This was really important for me to hear, as I wished to show the audience and anyone who watches my performance in the future that you can use music to aid you in many different ways, not just conventionally. I personally believe that this is important to show to new, current, and aspiring dancers and choreographers since, in the modern age of dance, especially within Commercial, Street, and Hip-Hop, artists seem to only use the parts of the music that conventionally work and either stick to one for the entire performance or two that work hand in hand. I would like them all to see that there is no need to be intimidated by dancing to levels of music most wouldn’t initially go for and to see just how many movement possibilities open up when different tempos, dynamics, and intentions are able to be used. Music credit - 'Fallin (Adrenaline)' by Why Don't We (Edited to have extra white noise during the beginning and end)

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