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WebSpinna Battle - City vs. Country Livin'

Prep
When it came to our story, we wanted to do the little man versus the giant evil side  In this case, it was country and quiet living up against the fast pace of the city.  The city in our narrative is trying to take away the country and their life in order to feed its greedy need to expand. The country doesn't appreciate that at all. We used sounds of farms and country and rock to show the calm and familiar spirit of the country. For the city we used busy city sounds, pop, and jazz to show the forward moving and super pushy side of the city. These two ideas are able to be expressed in many different ways and allowed for a lot of appropriation! The city is just blindly trying to convince the country to move to the city and let them in. And the country gets progressively more agitated.  We also included some clips from movies and dialogue in order to hopefully get the point across that the city was hoping to take over the rural country.  We wanted to show this contrast of the country just trying to keep its way of life, but the demand of progress and expansion wanting to change that.  
Performance
The actual performance of our battle started rather slowly (technical difficulties). Kennedy showed a lot of movement (the city never stops) while Kylier didn’t move from her spot much. Our interactions were pretty fluid and the audience seemed to enjoy it. We did not get through our entire program, but our final clips summed it up fairly well. The last insult from the country got a pretty good reaction! It’s too bad we couldn’t finish all of it, but that is what we get for not timing our performance!  It would have ended with the country being victorious over that of the city.  It would have been a classic story of the underdog winning against the powerful and all-consuming.  The songs would have progressively gotten more intense in rhythm and in tune, signaling the struggle of power.  In the end though, the audience would have their victor, that of the simple and quiet country living facing the odds and defeating the greedy version of the city.  
Other Performances

All of the other performances had their strengths and weaknesses. The hardest part was to keep everything coherent. We didn’t use a music track underneath but a noise track of crickets. Those who used a music track had trouble being coherent at times because the sounds wouldn’t mesh very well. When their points were understandable we all had a great time! Some of the concepts were a little out there or did not make much sense without knowing beforehand what they were, but everyone was out there, trying so in a way we all did great.  The best group, hands down, was Connor and Christina. Their moves, physical and audial, were perfectly designed and choreographed to create a compelling battle. The ideas they personified were not direct opposites and it was so cool to see the interaction!  It was a fun night to see everyone if a different light, and have a great time all together.  

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