Duet w/ Jordan

Firstly, myself and Jordan created something that was more close to us than of the people that fought in the war and that was the wrong thing to do. So with one day to go till the show we had changed up the whole sequence of movements to make it much more accurate in the eyes of the audience.

We start off looking deeply into one another's eyes then he grabs my hand and then checks to see if I'm physically ready to become a soldier, then he drags me back and forth and we both get up at the same time. Then this is where it gets deeper in thought, he spins me around, brushes my shoulders and kicks the achilles on each foot to see if I'm able to stand for a long period, then sits me roughly back down. That's when he gets his paper and writes in it carefully then looks at me convincingly. That's when he raises his arms in salute and I do the same and we shake hands. The only technique we felt could work would be slowing down each round of movement and then gradually progressing speed as each round came. The slower it was the more muscle work and facial expressions was needed and the fast it became the sharper they had to be.

Creation

Having started from the stimuli of the first world war, we didn't look at practitioners, as a matter of fact we were our own practitioners, using improvisation techniques and just general knowledge to create something that would be accurate and truthful. The work we did started from an initial 3 movements each duo to 6 each to make it more durable and entertaining. For me this was really enjoyable because my partner and I have great chemistry and it's only best that you work with someone you're really comfortable with so to work alongside him was a pleasure.