Self Critique

I think I was able to get the idea across of trying not to love someone but in the end not being able to really move on. The beginning and end with the ring showed clearly represented the person who the quote was referring to, telling that person not to fall in love with me. And then I think the idea was enhanced by my movement motif and spacing. Motif-wise, I had many movements that involved covering my mouth which showed that when I was not with that one person, I could not bring myself to love anyone else (literally interpreted: I couldn’t SAY “I love you” to anyone else) and spatial-wise I started stage left but then left the ring there and didn’t return until the very end or at times when I looked back at it briefly (which shows me trying to move one). There’s three sections of the dance, the beginning and end are connected and both shorter while the middle is a larger chunk. The middle is the whole portrayal of the fact that I don’t want that person to fall in love with me because I don’t want the commitment or don’t think that’s what I want. The beginning introduced my shock at being put in the position where that person didn’t keep the promise and then the end was me going back to that person which is pretty clear. One thing I’d change is the floor patterns. Although I used a lot of lateral space, I think I could have used more depth. My costume was supposed to give the idea of a light-hearted wedding depiction: hence the white flowery shirt. And then obviously the ring as a prop helped set up the story/idea.