broadway melody ballet Flashcards
asdr for melody ballet
Action:
Crew backwards
Arms up in a high v shape
Lifts
Unison
Space: the female dancer starts upstage from don
They move up and down the stairs towards and away from each other
Dynamics : soft and floaty dynamics
Relationships:
Romantic , close contact, gentle
aural setting for melody ballet
Orchestra - strings, wind instruments
Very subtle , gentle and slow music
lighting for melody ballet
pink / purple lighting hue
setting for melody ballet
There is a set of table and some large stairs when the dream starts
The dance is one on a plane set with steps
costume for melody ballet
Female dancer is bare foot
Don is wearing black shiny shoes making him look more sophisticated
Don is wearing all black trousers and a short sleve tshirt
Teh female dancer is wearing a short white dress with a long with scarf attached and stretching behind her
use of camera in melody ballet
Camera pans out at the beginning to dshow the set
Cuts to a close shot of don walking out from behind the curtain
Zooms into women on the stage and
Zooms into don
Camera is zoomed out quite a lot of the time
dance style for melody ballet
Balletic , waltz and ballroom
themes for melody ballet
Love and relationships
Pasion
Dreaming
Soft love
Fantasy
key motifs in melody ballet
don and his partner are facing eachother , they turn away and he runs in the path of her lonf scarf as she stands with her arms up in a high v, right leg crossed in 4th on a demi pointe
the female dancer walks down the steps to meet don at the bottom, he lifts her so that her left leg is bet in retire and her right leg is extended back. they have direct eyecontact and and almost nose to nose
don lifts his partner into a cradle and she extends her right (outside leg ) up in front of her. the scarf is wrapped around them and they are almost nose to nose
