PMD1/2 Responding to Stimuli: Death

In this session we focussed on creating material surrounding the idea of "death", using the funeral march as our stimulus, however instead of only listening to the short exert known by many, we listened to the full piece as to consider the different sections of the music. Following taking our own individual notes, we discussed them as a group and created this mind map.

 

 

The above video shows our response. We decided to hone in on the idea of the decaying state of a family following the passing of a loved one within, who in essence held the unit together. This is shown through starting as a strong structure in which everyone is balancing and relying on one another. As one member leaves the unit, the rest of the shape falls apart. The motif ends with the members of the family coughing and choking, not only to represent hysterical crying but also their incapacity to handle the loss of this person. Meanwhile Charlotte performs movement showing her to be moving into another life.