Contraction

She's a bit weird? Her voice is annoying but it helped a lot!

Martha Graham Technique.

The perfect Martha Graham technique mastered by third year students.

YR 12 Graham Technique- Warm up, Arms, Seated Contractions, Feet.

This is our first video of us attempting Martha Graham technique... oh God.
The first thing I noticed when watching the video back was my habit of fidgeting.
1:51- the shuffle.
3:01- playing with my strap
3:03- pulling down my leggings!
My alignment in stretches are pretty good but there's plenty of room for improvement. At 2:50, my arm is slightly out but will be easy to correct next time :)

3:10- I look like I'm in army training but nevertheless my toes are pointed!
3:19- Starting to lose it ever so slightly...barley lifting my feet off the floor.
3:39- Pull down leggings...again.
3:52- What a disaster! The fear of tripping over wedged out dance from my head. I need to work on my balance and spacial awareness so I don't knock somebody over when attempting to run backwards.
4:10- FINALLY SOMETHING POSITIVE! My arms are engaged and this really helps my moves look extended and full.
4:13- Alignment's looking sharpish :)
4:55- I do it wrong... Need to make sure I don't get too lost in the exercise and actually remember which way I'm meant to be doing it!
6:23- Make sure my head is down making the bottom of my back to the top of my head a straight line.
Martha Graham doesn't look like the hunch back of Notre Darme so neither should I. Really need to focus on lengthening my back fully to get rid of the hunch.
7:48- I tried my hardest but really could not get it! I need to do the correct technique so that my foot HAS to ping off the floor:
1)Flat
2)Toes
3)Through the toes causing it to ping!

Contraction

A contraction starts in the pelvis and travels up the spine lengthening each individual vertebrate, in turn, making the spine appear longer. Contractions were founded by Martha Graham and based on emotions. She believed that every emotion could be shown through the front of the body e.g. grief, happiness. 

A Level Dance Induction Day

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A Level Induction Day! We made a short piece based on the different stages of a life. We had literally 15 minutes to put it together and managed to come up with this!