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The style they group are studying is contemporary dance and there is quite a lot of use of the floor within the piece. The dance opens with all of the dancers sitting on the floor. In several sections, one group of dancers performs a floor section, and the piece ends with the dancers in their opening positions, so back on a low level on the floor again. This gives the dance and ABA structure. Many of the movements are into the floor - the dancers have to be quite grounded. There is more of a sense of being 'down' and 'weighted' rather than being 'up' and 'light'. There is definitely a sense of the movement being quite 'bouncy' in a middle part of the dance. Many of the movements in the dance require the use of the upper body - rotation and twisting and releasing, which is a high-level skill. 

There was no real inspiration for the piece as such; however, the music played a part in the creation of the movement. The music is quite fast with underlying tones that are slower, so the movement uses a range of dynamics - whether it is in relation to the fast beat/pulse throughout the song or whether it is working with the slower melody that runs in and out of the music. Overall there was a kinesthetic approach to the piece - movement for movements sake. There was no hidden meaning behind the movement. 

A few sections in the dance use partner work. There is an element of trust as each pair does a lean and a couple of small weight bearing lifts. 

I wanted to give the dancers a section in the piece for their own choreography, so with a new partner each pair had 16 beats to make up their own section. The stimulus was quite free in that I allowed them the choice of putting lifts or leans in or just moving in unison together. The only rule was that it had to be on the spot so I wanted them to imagine they were under a spotlight and they were not allowed to move out of it. This