Choreography Content Flashcards
1
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relationship content
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- lead and follow
- mirroring
- action and reaction
- accumulation
- complement and contrast
- counterpoint
- contact
- formations
2
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choreographic processes
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- researching
- improvising
- generating
- selecting
- developing
- structuring
- refining and synthesising.
3
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structuring devices
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- binary
- ternary
- rondo
- narrative
- episodic
- beginning/middle/end
- unity
- logical sequence
- transitions.
4
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choreographic devices
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- motif and development
- repetition
- contrast
- highlights
- climax
- manipulation of number
- unison and canon.
5
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aural settings
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- song
- instrumental
- orchestral
- spoken word
- silence
- natural sound
- found sound
- body percussion.
6
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performance environments
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• proscenium arch • end stage • site-sensitive (i.e. designed for non-theatre spaces) • in-the-round.
7
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define a BINARY structure
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A composition in two parts or sections.
AB
8
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define a TERNARY structure
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A composition in three parts.
ABC
9
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define a RONDO structure
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A music or dance form with alternating and repeating sections (e.g. verse and chorus.)
10
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define a NARRATIVE structure
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Dance that tells a story.
11
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define a EPISODIC structure
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A choreography with several sections, linked by a theme
12
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define a LOGICAL SEQUENCE structure
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The flow of phrases or sections of a dance
13
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define TRANSITIONS
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Links between dance phrases or sections.
14
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define UNITY
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A sense of ‘wholeness’ or harmony.
15
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define climax
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The most significant moment of the dance.
