Music and Movement Piece Reflection

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I really enjoyed creating a movement piece with a song and I found it really interesting to see what my classmates came up with. Each piece had its own feel and emotion and the pieces ranged from strictly choreographed to free movement. Some of the pieces worked super well as a whole group and others looked even better when just one person was performing the movements. I think that speed of movements was heavily influenced by the atmosphere that the person was trying to go for: the more upbeat songs were paired with faster movements and the songs that were slower were paired with slower movements that were less structured. I also noticed that some pieces had more jerky movements that went with the beat of the song and were very eye drawing and direct while the other pieces used movements that flowed together in a more relaxed manner. After seeing everyone else's movement pieces and comparing it to my own, it was interesting to see how the element of unity in my own piece (making everyone sway together) created a different feel compared to the other pieces that were individual movements happening at the same time. I feel like when everyone came together in my piece it brought the attention away from the individual and brought it to the group, which worked for the feeling I was trying to convey, but I think for some of the other pieces this wouldn't have made sense. It was difficult to move as a group in the moment though. In the other pieces, the positioning of each person doing the movements was also an interesting element. Whether we were scattered around the room or standing in a circle, the fact that everyone was doing the same thing made the positioning make sense for each piece. 

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