Sunday, 25 January 2015

'Closer' Movement

Act One, scene eleven; Eli kills an innocent and Hakan watches on sadly, the two are thrown into an argument surrounding their relationship and dependency with the impression being that Hakan is much more dependant on Eli than she is on him. There is much strain on their relationship at this point of LTROI, however further scrutiny  reveals much intensity among the other characters too; Oskar seems to be at the peak of his humiliation and bullied state despite the Act two, scene seventeen, where he ultimately is the victor by any means because of Eli, furthermore Oskar is confused by this point by Eli and the issues surrounding her. Due it to this, it may be natural to assume that Jonny is hitting a high of his bullying by his older brother Jimmy as previously explained, and hence Mikie is also hitting a high of his bully chain by Jonny although I believe they hit their peaks sometime later; Mikie at the lake in Act two, scene four and Jonny at Act two, scene sixteen. Halmberg is also under alot of stress due to his extremely asking job, he is faced with the utterly difficult task of catching the Hakan, a talented killer with plethora of experience behind him, and Eli, the ever so swift, supernatural bloodsucking '12 year old' with a great deal more years of experience behind her. On top of this, Halmberg may have even more pressure laid on him by his superiors and is in great risk of loosing the case, which not long into Act two does happen.

It is at this point we have choreographed a movement that I believe expresses all of these emotions although it flows well from the previous scene of Eli and Hakan's despair and, much to my liking, takes more of a focus to them and the strains on their relationship expressed through movement; other characters partake in much more repetitive movement which I worry may get abit too tiring for the audience although I hope the movement by Eli and Hakan is interesting enough. The movement takes a much more interesting turn after an intense change in the guitar, as pointed out by Liam, which ques  the company to synchronise and all represent Eli then drop to the floor followed by other violent movement to the beat, much of which I'd like to think I heavily influenced. The movement is closed by myself and Harry attacking Oskar; at this point I feel that me and Harry are not Jonny and Dad or Kurt and Halmberg but the embodiment of Oskar's fears and complex issues.  

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