Choreography Content Flashcards
relationship content
- lead and follow
- mirroring
- action and reaction
- accumulation
- complement and contrast
- counterpoint
- contact
- formations
choreographic processes
- researching
- improvising
- generating
- selecting
- developing
- structuring
- refining and synthesising.
structuring devices
- binary
- ternary
- rondo
- narrative
- episodic
- beginning/middle/end
- unity
- logical sequence
- transitions.
choreographic devices
- motif and development
- repetition
- contrast
- highlights
- climax
- manipulation of number
- unison and canon.
aural settings
- song
- instrumental
- orchestral
- spoken word
- silence
- natural sound
- found sound
- body percussion.
performance environments
• proscenium arch • end stage • site-sensitive (i.e. designed for non-theatre spaces) • in-the-round.
define a BINARY structure
A composition in two parts or sections.
AB
define a TERNARY structure
A composition in three parts.
ABC
define a RONDO structure
A music or dance form with alternating and repeating sections (e.g. verse and chorus.)
define a NARRATIVE structure
Dance that tells a story.
define a EPISODIC structure
A choreography with several sections, linked by a theme
define a LOGICAL SEQUENCE structure
The flow of phrases or sections of a dance
define TRANSITIONS
Links between dance phrases or sections.
define UNITY
A sense of ‘wholeness’ or harmony.
define climax
The most significant moment of the dance.
motif development
Ways in which a movement phrase can be varied.
manipulation of number
How the number of dancers in a group is used.
canon
When the same movements overlap in time.
define proscenium arch
an arch framing the opening between the stage and the auditorium in some theatres
define in-the-round
performance with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage
name all the examples of spatial content
- pathways
- levels
- directions
- size of movement
- patterns
- spatial design
define pathways
Designs traced in space (on the floor or in the air
define levels
Distance from the ground: low, medium or high.
define directions
The facing of a movement.
define size of movement
how small or large movements are
define spatial design
The way that elements of space have been considered, utilised and designed (can be personal space and general space).
define patterns
A repeated design traced in space (on the floor or in the air).
