Cruel Garden

Question 1

Themes of Cruel Garden

Answer 1

1. Assassination of Frederico Garcia Lorce
2. His poems
3. Death
4. Religion
5. Metaphor of bull-fighting
   - government vs Lorce

Question 2

Who choreographed Cruel Garden?

Answer 2

Christopher Bruce

Question 3

When was Cruel Garden performed?

Answer 3

1977

Question 4

What was the aural setting?

Answer 4

1. Composed for the piece
   - called Cruel Garden
2. Gunshots = Lorce’s death
3. Tamberine- creates tension before the Lizard’s enter

Question 5

Costume?

Answer 5

1. White pierrot inspired outfit=innocence
   -Tetley’s influence
2. Masks-puppetry
   -links to the poetry
3. Ripped clothes= deprivation in America
4. Bull fighter- tight grey trousers, no top
   - shows strength of the bull
5. Time specific

Question 6

Style?

Answer 6

1. Ballet
2. Graham
3. Jazz= time in America
4. Flamenco= Spanish
5. Neo-classical

Question 7

Set, Props & Lighting

Answer 7

● use of tech to make it look like a b&w film
●Red light =Lorce’s death
●White wash
●Butterfly net= catching a dream in life, realising America is no different
● Banderillas sticks= links to picture of matador stabbing the bull with flowers (cruel garden)
● Matador cape

Question 8

Significance?

Answer 8

1. Bruce’s first full length piece
2. Designed for TV- BBC 2
   - larger budget for props, set, costume
3. Showed a wider audience

Question 9

Movement examples?

Answer 9

1. CanCan =his time in America
2. Contract & release = mourning his death
3. Bruce held in a christ-like lift = people saw him like Jesus
4. Hanging on a wall- Pierrot Lunaire, influence of Tetley