Friday, August 29, 2014

Beautiful Plans 4.5: "Arms" Segment Choreography Notes



Choreography (2009) and this documentation (2009) by AutumnWard




Reference Notes (Arms)
Music:  “Lonely Star by the Sea” (Mosavo/Serpent's Garden)

Note:  In terms of your right arm, outside is clockwise; inside is counterclockwise.

Time Code
Number of Counts
Arms
DVD
MP3
07:18
0:00
…8
Find a basic open position  (lift, hinge forward at the shoulder, drop down, roll your elbows back)

Start with basic technique, both arms
07:24

8, 8, 8…
→ overhead→ open; → forward → open; → low → open … → forward
07:40
0:22
8, 8, 8, 8
→ overhead → forward; → low → forward; circle outside x1; circle inside x1 end forward

Small circles, one arm at a time, outside then inside, high then low
08:04
0:46
8, 8
R then L, small high circle outside:  → overhead → open → forward
08:14

8, 8
R then L, small high circle inside  → open → overhead → forward
08:24

8, 8
R then L:  small low circle outside:  → open → low → forward
08:29

8, 8
R then L:  small low circle inside:  → low → open → forward

Use the arms asymmetrically, basic technique
08:40

8, 8
R arm circles outside while L arm circles inside; R inside and L outside end forward
08:50

16…
→ R open/ L overhead → forward ; → L open/R overhead →forward → R open/L overhead; transition through overhead to mirror on other side; back through overhead to R open/L overhead; R arm → overhead; both push down through the center to low

Broken-line technique
09:06
1:48
8, 8, 8, 8
Both arms moving together:  → open/folkloric;  → overhead → open-fl;
→ forward-Oriental → open-fl; → low → open-fl → forward-Or
09:25
2:07
8, 8, 8, 8
Both arms moving together:  → overhead → forward-Or; → low → forward-Or;
circle outside x1; circle inside x1 end forward-Or
09:43
2:26
8, 8
R then L, small high circle outside:  → overhead → open-fl → forward-Or
09:53

8, 8
R then L, small high circle inside  → open-fl → overhead → forward-Or
10:03
2:46
8 …
Both arms moving together:  small high inside circle; small low outside circle ending in forward-Or
10:11
2:54
8, 8
R then L:  small low circle outside:  → open-fl → low → forward-Or
10:23

8, 8
R then L:  small low circle inside:  → low → open-fl → forward-Or

Use the arms asymmetrically, broken-line technique
10:32
3:15
8, 8
R arm circles outside while L arm circles inside; R inside and L outside end forward-Or
10:42

8, 8
→ R open/ L overhead → forward-Or ; → L open/R overhead →forward-Or;
→ R low-Or/L overhead→ forward-Or ; L low-Or/R overhead → forward-Or → low
10:53
3:36
8, 8, 8, 8
Both arms:  clockwise circle x 1. 5; CCW circle x 1½ ending low
11:13
3:55
8…
Both arms, small circles:  low inside; high outside; low inside
(→ open → forward-Or → overhead → open → forward-Or → low → open)
 pulse out x3:  → open, → diagonal → diagonal
→ R low-Or/L overhead-Or
11:32
4:15
8…
Transition overhead to L low-Or/R overhead-Or
Transition through a windmill to the same position on the other side
Transition through a windmill back to the original side


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