Summary and targets

Overall I think the project was a really good experience and I learn a lot about how maths links to dance. Not only did I start thinking about the link between dance and maths in the Route B lessons, but also in my other lessons; for example in jazz where everything must be symmetrical - lines must be linear and angular. Symmetry is used a lot in dance, and so is rotation (rolls, pirouettes and turns). I understand more about coordinates and how to plot on graphs, and also about how to link this to dance. The lines and coordinates plotted on graphs can be used in choreography along pathways.

In future, I think I should be more involved and focused within the project to get more out of it. Also, in would like to be more creative in my choreography and to take more risks and be more adventurous in my choreography.

Drawing movement on the floor

We drew out a X+Y axis on the floor with chalk to mark out each of our exact movements. Each person stood on one quarter of the grid and we drew out our floor patterns. We used rotation in our choreography with floor rolls and turns and we made sure we were always symmetrical. Drawing the translations on the floor meant we could see where we were meant to be travelling to, and make sure we were in position on our bit of the grid.

Plotting coordinates

We drew an X+Y grid on the floor and Jacobijn gave us a sheet with lots of coordinates on it. We had to work together in our groups to plot these coordinates on the grid. This gave us an understanding of translations which is linked to dance. For example, rotation is one translation that we incorporated into the choreography, such as a turn, pirouette or roll where our body turns clockwise or anticlockwise.

Choreography

I was in a group with Georgie, Maddie and Connie.
We developed the choreography that Josie had taught us the previous lesson by changing the tempo and adding lines of symmetry and canon. We did this by using symmetry over the X axis. Symmetry is linked to both dance and maths because it uses formation and is the quality of being made up of exactly the same parts/moves facing each other across an axis. We experimented with this by using just the X axis (horizontal), and then with X+Y axis. Initially this was difficult because it was hard to make sure everyone was doing the same move, in the right place, going in the right direction. We overcame this by drawing floor patterns to show our pathways.

Rangoli Designs

We looked at rangoli patterns and incorporated them into dance. We did this by using the lines on our patterns as pathways.