After deciding on our theme of women we made the choice to centre our piece around fairy tales. Many fairy tales show how women are ‘supposed’ to behave. They are expected to be passive and their main goal in life is to find their ‘prince charming.’ We decided to show the ugliness of fairy tales and I was given ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ to research. I looked into the Grimm Brothers version of the tale and the dark versions of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’.
As we are showing the ugliness of fairy tales, we decided to make our scene quite sinister with the intention of showing what happens when girls apparently stray off the beaten track. For the ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ scene we decided to have a tango in it to represent the wolf and ‘Little Red’s’ relationship. It is a sensual, staccato like dance and it presents their relationship clearly as you see the wolf (Connor) lead Little Red (me) quite forcefully. Towards the end of the tango we have the idea to finish it with a choreographed struggle as Little Red tries to get away. The issue we might have here is keeping it entertaining for the audience without turning it into a farcical piece.
To write the scene we took lines from songs and movies we felt fitted well to create the scene.
A2 Drama 