This research paper divides into three parts. The author describes the pattern of a city and natural environment would influence on local people, and through such a relationship to illustrate different spaces are important to a creator. Each choreographer’s cognition and exploration toward body would influence on works, even dancers’ performance. The author’s graduation work “The Time” is retrospection of past time and social atmosphere of different time and space through a girl’s body to show a great affection for her story.
In Chapter One, the author makes use of time and space to discuss a city, Hualien. As time goes by, old villages and old community left footmarks of years and created many stories with different spaces. In addition to majestic scenery, the city owns special human touch to impact on those who live here, and even local creators.
Chapter Two is about the author’s dissection of the process of self-dancing and exploration of body. A choreographer needs to weigh and understand different dancers’ characteristic of movement and style of body. How to make good use of dancers’ body to create better works is what a choreographer has to keep learning.
Chapter Three is about the description of words of “The Time.” Except the contents, the author also describes the stage, image and the process of music design. The author attempts to make a self-examination and find out scotoma of creation through the description of words. Besides, the author traces back again to find out the strong possibility of the work.