The Warrior Analysis

For my final composition project I chose to put together a piece titled The Warrior. I was inspired by dystopian societies and the survival method, every man for themselves and the idea that no one can be trusted. I have always enjoyed dystopian novels and fictional tales of these broken societies which inspired the plot for this score. I wanted my use of movement, group interactions, time, space, energy, framing devices, performance mode, and overall structure to reflect a horrific society in which no one is safe. My score began with a lone dancer in the center of the space, curled tightly into a ball trying to seamlessly blend in to her surroundings. The other dancers in the piece began corridors, starting from either side of the space, …show more content…
I wanted this soloist to come off as very fierce and confident in her abilities to defend herself. After the soloist finished and retreated back into her ball, the other dancers returned to the space, using the entirety of the floor, and began dancing in free range in the same striking and pressing manner. After a short time the dancers began to shadow or mirror as the soloist slowly moved out of her frozen position. I wanted the dancers to shadow and later begin flocking to show the different alliances that can form in these tough situations, the flocking was used to show the form of a group for survival. After the big group formed, I wanted the movement to become more free and relaxed to show trust between the dancers, they needed to have a group connection bonded by trust in one another. At the end of the flocking, I used contract and expand …show more content…
The costumes would be more everyday wear in neutrals, like browns and tans, but worn, dirty, and tattered to give the characters a rough and savage look. I would have used different set pieces to make the stage feel more like a wilderness with trees and bushes and given the dancers the option to use small props such as small, fake, self-made looking weaponry. The lights would have been very faded and almost like a silhouette of the dancers for the corridors only brightening slightly for the solo. Into free range, there would have a green hue cast on the stage that slowly changed to blue as the dancers began to form into a connected group. Once in contract and expand the lights would become red and flash intensely with the drop of each dancer. As the piece came to and end and the soloist retreated back into her balled up disguise, the lights would slowly fade to black ending the