Planning!

Had a great meeting today with Professor Jon May to come up with a plan to test out the choreography. Its all quite complex and what we want to do is way too much for a Degree, so part of the research and testing will be done after I have finished over the summer.

So to summarise (and this is only a plan noting is set in stone or confirmed yet); The two different choreographic methods are R- representational and I- introspective. And two different levels of anxiety attack 1 and 2 therefore the pieces will be referred to as R1 and R2 and I1 and I2.

There will be three different methods of testing out the two different choreography practices.

Method 1- In the wild

The whole show will be performed on the 27^th January. They will be shown I1 and I2. After the performance we will give a de-brief or post show talk and under each seat will be a one side of A4 questionnaire a pencil a envelop and a sweet.

The whole show will be performed again venue TBC this time with the audience seeing R1 and R2. Once again after the performance we will give a de-brief or post show talk and under each seat will be a one side of A4 questionnaire a pencil a envelop and a sweet.

Method 2- Controlled audience

A audience will be selected and invited to watch the performance (which will run from the start until the second panic attack). Throughout the performance at selected times they will be asked to complete questionnaires about what they are viewing and experiencing.

As well as questionnaires the audience will be filmed by a thermal imaging camera before the level 1 attack, during and after. The same process will be done for the level 2 attack.

Method 3- Judging audience reactions

The audience will be filmed throughout the controlled performances and this film will be isolating the reactions to the attacks, just before, during and after. This film will then be shown to between 7 and 10 judges who will judge the audiences reactions to the performances. The judges can’t know what the audience were watching.

Nb. They can be shown the different dance reactions in lots of different orders.

In the lab (this will be done separately to my PaR after the Easter break)

I will get the whole show filmed from a single long shot which Jon will then use to test out in the Lab. This will include the use of; eye tracker, think out loud-tape record and translate, rating scales...possibility of putting it into the immersive vision theatre so this needs to be taken into account when filming.

What do we think we will find?  

That when watching R1 and R2 they will be very sure of their answers and how they feel about it. Not much of an emotional reaction. Clear thought and articulation of that thought.

When watching I1 and I2 it will be harder to articulate because it will be more emotional and therefore less easy to explain.