Inquiry Task

Although this task has been and gone, back in December when I first thought about this task it got me thinking and I drafted a few thoughts.  I would like to post this as it can now lead into and help me start my thought processes and ideas for the next module. 

When first thinking about this task. 2d, I did not have a clue what lines of inquiry to follow or that would or have really interested me.  So to give me varying ideas I read others blogs and posts on what line of inquiries they were interested in.  A few in particular stood out for me, these included Sandy Moffat's and Ceri Morgan's. 

Ceri's inquiry I found very interesting and I watched the you tube clip this was based on.  As I commented with choreography there is no right or wrong, however thinking about it now it can possibly be split in to good or bad.  When taking choreography as a line of inquiry from Ceri's Blog it brought thoughts flying through my head with questions in relation to choreography, however I feel Cer'is blog does not take a specific route and is left open ended.  To help me with my thoughts and processes I like to have a specific question or statement which relates to a path that the inquiry leads down.  Looking at choreography there are so many paths leading from a variety of questions and statements. 

• Where does the inspiration come from for a Choreographer?
• Is the music the key element within choreography?
• What makes a great choreographer?
• Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements.

Another blog that stood out to me was Sandy's with his line of inquiry, Does a shows celebrity performer effect the audiences.  After reading this post it was not long after I wrote my blog on with my reflective writing task and they both lead me to my own thoughts and questions for a possible inquiry task.  It got me thinking about the audiences 'we' as performers perform to.  There are many thoughts and questions that stand out in my head that could be pursued a s a line of inquiry in relation to a performers audience. 

What do our audience want from our performance, what do they come to see and why do they come???

• Do they come to see the celebrity star featured at that time? (linking to Sandy's Blog)
• Are they from a similar background, have they trained in the profession?
• Is it for the music, the style of dancing or the story told?
• Are they working as critics?
• Is it their first time, will they return?

I know why I go to theatre, but it would be interesting to ask the audience why they are there and what they came to see and take home from the performance.  It would be interesting to see how much of a mix there is within one audience and to see if this would ever change a performances progression.