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One point that was brought up a lot during the "fire missing from the circuit" thread was that many teams (collegiate in particular) stick to cookie cutter sets. And I do agree with that sentiment. But I think that many teams either don't realize they are doing so or do not really know how to create a more interesting set. Many times when I'm watching performance videos I'll notice how most choreo decisions, formations, etc aren't that creative. I sometimes put myself in the choreographer's position and think that if I had to choreograph to the team's mix, the moves done at any particular beat by the performing team would have been one of the first three ideas that came to my mind. But the moment's that I really enjoy watching a performance are when a team does moves that I would not have come up with immediately if at all. Granted I'm not saying I have much experience at all I've only danced for one year. But I'm genuinely intrigued and want to know what is the process that teams/choreographers go through to make more innovative steps, formations, gimmicks, etc.
Where do you look for inspiration? Do you have a creative process that you go through while making a set? How much involvement do other dancers on your team have in the creation process? How many times do you go back and change the set? Should you change a segment even though you've already taught / cleaned the previous one? How far is too far when trying to emulate or imitate another teams style, formation, moves, etc?
If you have anything that can help out new dancers, up and coming teams, etc please post about it. We always talk about how bothered we are by cookie cutter sets, but fail define or identify instances of cookie cutter sets. Teams with boring sets will not improve if they don't know how to identify boring sets.
Where do you look for inspiration? Do you have a creative process that you go through while making a set? How much involvement do other dancers on your team have in the creation process? How many times do you go back and change the set? Should you change a segment even though you've already taught / cleaned the previous one? How far is too far when trying to emulate or imitate another teams style, formation, moves, etc?
If you have anything that can help out new dancers, up and coming teams, etc please post about it. We always talk about how bothered we are by cookie cutter sets, but fail define or identify instances of cookie cutter sets. Teams with boring sets will not improve if they don't know how to identify boring sets.