We wanted to bring some more creativity into the show. Our title ‘Shoes to Fill’ was an inspiration for a workshop. I found these two clips which sparked an idea…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rot9uaVO8s

(Rushgarroth, 2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88_EpJoFlE

(itsMRich, 2014)

In both of these videos shoes are a focus upon the camera. In transferring this to the workshop we considered ways we could highlight our footwork to have our shoes as a focus on stage. We thought about flashing shoes, low stage lights and then we thought how about small torches to focus the light?

We practiced with torchlight apps on our mobiles to see the effect in a dark studio. After looking at these two videos in particular the footwork has a reason and motive. With the ‘Ashleigh’s diary scene’ we took the script and Tamsyn highlighted words she wanted the cast to have a position on.

Works cited:

itsMRich (2014) [online] Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88_EpJoFlE  How to GLIDE | Gliding Dance Tutorial for Beginners   [Accessed 6/5/15].

Rushgarroth (2012) [online] Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rot9uaVO8s Wrecking Orchestra-Amazing Tron Dance   [Accessed 6/5/15].