Blog post 1 - Initial idea/ Stimulus

 

Stimulus Idea 


I have now chosen my stimulus for my choreography piece. My stimulus is surrounding the idea of dreaming and the concept of dreams within dreams. The notion of dreams within dreams is something extraordinary and actually, a concept explored a lot within the creative industry. Many films have explored this idea, such as Inception (Inception (2010) - IMDb, n.d.). 

One of the main ideas I want to use within my piece is to have a section of movement such as a small gestural phrase to convey the idea of “waking up”. This gesture will hopefully be able to demonstrate to the audience that the character is supposedly "waking up" from a dream. However, because the whole concept is about questioning your surroundings and not knowing what is real and what is not, this gesture may be representing a false awakening (Raypole, 2020). Along with this strategy, I will also utilise some of the piece to represent the research I will do about the science behind sleep (Hopkins, n.d.). I may also touch on the concept of sleep paralysis (see photo 1) (Suni, 2020) which some people suffer with. However, I may not use the idea of sleep paralysis if I feel it is unnecessary within the piece. Instead, I would use limited ideas, cleverly and in-depth rather than overload the piece with too many ideas, therefore confusing the audience. 



Photo 1 (Gorman, 2020)


I will structure the piece carefully and use each section to represent the different stages during sleep. One of the benefits of this stimulus is there is a lot of different routes to go down. However, I feel in order to make the most out of this stimulus, I will need to narrow down my findings and have a clear idea in my head of the layout of the piece and the goal of what I want to achieve through this piece. I feel by using this particular stimulus of dreaming, it will be easy not to have a focused end goal and instead be choreographing with no strong intentions in mind.  To avoid this issue, I am going to make a clear plan for the piece and gain a clear understanding of what I want the audience to take from the piece. 




Bibliography 

GORMAN, A.
Welcome to my nightmare
(Gorman, 2020)
Gorman, A., 2020. Welcome to my nightmare. [image] Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/01/welcome-to-my-nightmare-researchers-to-investigate-the-strange-world-of-covid-dreams> [Accessed 10 October 2020].

HOPKINS, J.
The Science of Sleep: Understanding What Happens When You Sleep
(Hopkins, n.d.)
Hopkins, J., n.d. The Science Of Sleep: Understanding What Happens When You Sleep. [online] Johns Hopkins Medicine. Available at: <https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-science-of-sleep-understanding-what-happens-when-you-sleep > [Accessed 12 October 2020].

INCEPTION (2010) - IMDB
(Inception (2010) - IMDb, n.d.)
IMDb. n.d. Inception (2010) - Imdb. [online] Available at: <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/> [Accessed 10 October 2020].

RAYPOLE, C.
(Raypole, 2020)
Raypole, C., 2020. False Awakening: Meaning, Causes, When To Worry. [online] Healthline. 
<https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/false-awakening#difference-from-sleep-paralysis > [Accessed 12 October 2020].

SUNI, E.
What You Should Know About Sleep Paralysis - Sleep Foundation
(Suni, 2020)
Suni, E., 2020. What You Should Know About Sleep Paralysis - Sleep Foundation. [online] Sleep Foundation. Available at: <https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/what-you-should-know-about-sleep-paralysis > [Accessed 12 October 2020].



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