For our year 8 transition night illuminate festival we made a dance, we looked really goofy but we managed to pull through. This dance routine had a long process with many days of hard work and determination.

We went through a lot to create this dance over a short period of time. First we were put in pairs and pretended we were puppets with a puppet master, we then taught the puppet dances to the other people we got put with then incorporated that into our dance. I was thinking of separating into smaller groups like we have done most of the time but we just ended up staying in the one big group. We then collaborated and worked together to make a tutting dance, we tried to make this dance as cool as possible and did it at different timing so we had a cool effect. Next we added on the breaking free parts then we finished and the ending which was amazing. Lastly we pieced it altogether working with the other class for the first time and we then performed an 1hr later.

The structure of the dance was a binary structure meaning it had 2 parts and the 2 class groups were different but had the same style dance as in the toy dance and the tutting. Towards the end we all broke free and started moving more freely and have a better time dancing.

The toy and tutting dance are stiff dance moves and not very free moving to make a cooler affect and make us look like we are actual toys. We weren’t very energetic at the start as toys but then when we broke free we had to be energetic and stay at the same amount of energy level all the way through. We didn’t have much space between everyone because we weren’t doing big movements, most of it was smaller moves. We had to stay at the same speed for that cool effect.

At the start we were all separated into groups of three and made up our own tutting dances, we then incorporated that into the dance as well as everyone else parts of their routine. We all then collaborated and worked together for a few weeks and ended up creating this amazing dance. Next time we could listen to each other instead of talking over the top and let everyone contribute and not just the one person. In the groups at the end we all mixed up groups and taught each other which made another 2 or 3 counts of 8 to to our dance.

The timing and spacing was really good because we all stood we were meant to stand and went at the time we had to go at. We all committed to this performance because we wanted it to come out as good as possible.

I think the group performed well knowing we only had 2hrs to put the two separate dances together so I think we did well. From what I saw we all did well and we all kept the same amount of energy throughout the dance making it look cool and making it look neat and tidy. The other class did really we with their dance towards the end and I am very proud of them for completing it without messing up. I am also very proud of my group cause we did some pretty embarrassing moves but we managed to pull through and make it look amazing. I think I did really well with my spacing and time with the movements. I could’ve looked at the audience more but it was bright so it made it harder to look at them.

It was very different because it has different levels of height and lots of slopes making it harder to dance. As well as all the natural including bugs and trees also trying to avoid them and having to stay still even with a bug on your face. Also you never know what is on the common and there is all sorts of sticks and dirt while in the dance studio or on the stage it is clean and all one level.

To make sure you collaborate with your peers and even if you don’t want to do something just do it because it is best for the group and it always ends up lookin great. That you have to work with people you don’t really like or work with that often, so just get it over and done with because you might not have to work with them again.

I had a lot of fun doing this project and I hope to do it again someday.