Task 4A Development

After thinking about the line of inquiry I posted earlier I realized that it was very vast and there were many lines i could look down. If I tried to tackle this how it is I feel that my inquiry would be very vague and i would not really find out anything. To narrow it down i just sat and thought about what is really my passion and how i can develop this in to a line of inquiry: Choreography.

I had originally thought about this but found that i could not come up with any question but mixing it with my ideas about creating my own company i can think of the half way step between performing and running my own company which would be choreographing.


Question about the transition between performer and choreographer:

How easy is to make the transition between performing and choreographing?


Are there any professionals that have already made this step?


How did they go about it?


What skills and experience do I need to gain to become and established choreographer?


How can I go about gaining experience as a choreographer?


What do professional performers think of choreographing, do they like the creativity or do they just think of it as a bunch of steps put together?


Is choreographing a natural step dancer think of after performing? What other professions do performer think of going in to?


Will I have to start by choreographing in the style of some one else to establish my self before being able to put in my own creativity?


Would I have to work as a freelance choreographer? What are the advantages/disadvantages of this?

Questions about choreographing itself:


What skills/techniques are there to help cart the choreographing process?


What styles of dance are easier to choreograph?


Which styles take the most creative input?


How can emotion, themes and ideas be effectively communicated to an audience?


What do audiences think of choreography? do they just see the art of the final piece for do they appreciate the work put in to creating movement?


How can I use aspects of established choreographers works to enhance my own and create my own style?




I would greatly appreciate any feed back on this development. Is this line of inquiry clearer or have a just limited myself again?

Emily