The Dance

Dancers

Having settled on our idea we began to plan out the choreography for the dance scenes we needed. We decided after much debate that two dancers would be enough as we wanted to represent the relationship featured in the song through the concept dance.

Initially we had chosen two, blonde dancers who looks extremely similar. The idea behind this was to make the dancers move in unison throughout the dance. However one of our chosen dancers pulled out nearer to the filming date with little notice, meaning we had to quickly re think our ideas and adapt to the situation. Luckily, one of the group members, Hannah, had studied dance several years before, and was eager to fill in for the missing dancer. This was when we came up with the clever idea to change the representation of each dancer. Since Hannah and Beth (the other dancer) are such opposites in their appearence, we decided that Hannah should represent the male and Beth should represent the female in the relationship.

At the beginning of the dance, Beth began in a submissive possition which showed Hannahs dominence at the beginning of the relationship. The style of the dance (inspired by Hurts - Wonderful life) is very angular, showing the harshness of the relationship. It is iften a common conventions for dance to flow smoothly and look 'beautifle'. However we decided to make our dance disjointed to show how the relationship is falling apart. We have tried to show some of the dance in an almost balletic fashion to show that not all of the relationship was how he describes it and there was moments of beauty throughout. Not only this but we tried to include inter-textual reference to the film Black Swan.

Eventually Hannah and Beth fall out of syncronization and this is where the relationship failing is represented. Also the dance is eventually shown in cannon to show that the couple are no longer together. The end position is vital as it shows how the roles have changed completely; with Beth now in the dominant position above Hannah. This is symbolic, as it is designed to represent how the female in the relationship is no longer trapped but free.

Below is a short clip of the development of the dance, and the practicing involved.