Emancipation Of Expressionism Flashcards
Choreographer
Kendrick H2O sandy
Dance company
Boy blue entertainment
Stimulus of dance
The music ‘Til enda by Olaf Arnold’s’ was a starting point for the piece.
The idea of emancipating expressionism (hence title) was another starting point. The importance of being free and to be able to express ourselves both as individuals through hip hop movement vocabulary are central Kendricks initial ideas for the work.
Choreographic intention
Wants the audience to feel that they are witnessing and sharing an emotional journey and revolution through the piece. And to be able to appreciate hip hop dance as an art form.
Each section is a scene, a movement in life, and the whole work is a journey.
The theme of order and chaos highlights the restrictions of an individual style of hip hop dance.
He wants to create a sense of chaos in contrast with the potential limitations of set styles, he wants to break through these styles. Often individual dances would break out of an ensemble to represent this whilst everyone else is in unison.
Costuming
Designed to represent the company- causal, enhance the shape of the dancer, create a clean look.
The dancers wore short sleeves pastel blue t-shirts, blue denim jeans and grey trainers with white soles.
Kendrick wanted the dancers hair tied back where necessary to ensure facial expression was seen.
Some dancers wore jewellery to enhance individuality and every day qualities.
Motifs from dance
Ninja walk
Ninja glide
Ninja static
Chariots of fire
What is the ninja walk
On the spot and the feet are moving really quickly
What is the ninja glide
Sliding side to side
What is the ninja static
Arms are moving but legs aren’t (performed on spot)
What is chariots of fire
Arms crossing Open Up Up Cross Open Up
Date of first performance
May 2013
Dance style
Hip hop Krumping Popping Locking Animation Breaking and waacking techniques
What was the choreographic approach
Exploring and abstracting hip hop movement and signature company moves in a contemporary way
Working closely with accompaniment and paying particular attention to musicality
Dancers Input
Motifs - choreographic devices
Formations
Use of space
What was the aural setting
Original production and arrangement by Michael Mikey J
November composed by max richter
Til enda composed by olafur arnalds
The music shifts from urban drum beats and electronic sounds to a modern classical composition (November and til enda). This development portrays the journey he wanted the audience to go on with him.
Music has many accents and is multilayered, Kendrick writes out symbols in his notes so ensure the movements compliment particular sounds
What is the lighting
Co designed by Kendrick sandy with sadler wells theatre lighting team
Intense blue colour
Some individual spot lights
The edges of the stage aren’t very lit therefore creating a central focus.
Pair of white lights feature in second section and are significant in the focus of the dancers and relationship with soloist
Some lights fade whereas some snaps out black
