artificial things

Question 1

what is the costume (laura)

Answer 1

laura: boat neck sleeveless vest, pale grey loose fitting trousers, only dancer wearing shoes

Question 2

what is the stimulus

Answer 2

idea of snow globe but image of someone isolated perched on a collapsed wheelchair as someone looks in
paintings of goran djurovic
dancers own personal experiences

Question 3

what is the choreographic intention

Answer 3

constricted to snow globe
dancers coming to terms with life’s limitations
idea of loss and resolve
idea of time passing and finding resolutions as they go on
being observed or gazed at by outsiders

Question 4

what is the set

Answer 4

set resembles inside of snow globe
washed blue and green colours on back wall resembles paintings of goran djurovic

Question 5

what is dave and laura’s movement content

Answer 5

small movement, leaning and rolling, wrapping around each other in textured unison
- appear helpless, idea of being stuck in a snow globe/ life’s limitations

Question 6

what is the aural setting for dave and laura’s duet

Answer 6

natural sound (faint thunder, wind sounds, clock ticking), orchestral echo of strings
- links to stimulus of snowy landscape
- echo creates the feel of a vast, empty space
- clock shows moving through life’s limitations to resolution

Question 7

what is the lighting for dave and laura’s duet

Answer 7

stage in darkness other than two mid intensity, soft edged, white spotlights
- restricts space like a snow globe
- creates cold, ambiguous mood

Question 8

what is the set and props

Answer 8

set- paper snow scattered on floor
props- collapsed wheelchair
- link to stimulus of collapsed wheelchair in snow covered landscape

Question 9

what is the movement content for section 3 (gliding)

Answer 9

david and amy perform with and around laura with dave watching on, resemble one another’s movement
- dave watching as of being viewed from afar (snow globe)
- overcoming life’s limitations by working together

Question 10

what is the aural setting for section 3 (gliding)

Answer 10

soft and light music, piano notes moving from high to low rapidly
- resembles passage of time and feels more uplifting than the previous section to show overcoming life’s limitations

Question 11

what is the lighting for section 3 (gliding)

Answer 11

dave lit in warm, amber side lights at low intensity upstage left, white spotlights from previous section, cold blue wash over whole stage
- blue light reinforces winter theme but amber light implies warmer mood- moving towards resolution

Question 12

what is the movement content in dave’s solo

Answer 12

drums fingers, sways from side to side
- reflects on time with family
- others watch on as he dances alone linking to snow globe

Question 13

what is the aural setting for dave’s solo

Answer 13

‘the sunshine of your smile’ with crackle to emphasise age
- dave’s personal experience, song his dad sang to him
- nostalgic and sentimental mood

Question 14

what is the lighting in dave’s solo

Answer 14

intense deep blue wash with central white spotlight on dave, others lit in amber side light
- warmer light shows moving towards resolution, cool colours reflect wintery scene

Question 15

what is the costume (dave)

Answer 15

dave: loose fitting open necked short sleeved shirt with loose fitted grey trousers adapted to fit as shorts

Question 16

what is the costume (amy)

Answer 16

amy: thigh length sleeveless dress with pale green peter pants collar

Question 17

what is the costume (david)

Answer 17

david: loose fitting open neck short sleeved shirt not tucked in to flow freely, loose fitting grey trousers
- each dancers costume is different to show each personal experience