Features Of Dance

Question 1

Aural settings

Answer 1

Silence 
Spoken word
Spoken poetry or prose
Sound 
Music

Question 2

How dance can affect music

Answer 2

Visualisation, enhancement of mood or character, juxtaposition

Question 3

Physical setting

Answer 3

Set design, lighting, props

Question 4

In the round

Answer 4

There’s a square stage and the audience is sat around all sides

Question 5

Site specific

Answer 5

Dance in a real space, indoors or outdoors. E.g. Rosas Danst rosas

Question 6

Features of lighting, props and dance content

Answer 6

Colour, material, texture, shape, size, levels, entrances and exits, decoration, placement, cost, gobo

Question 7

Costume

Answer 7

Realistic, abstract, characterised

Question 8

Features of costumes

Answer 8

Practicality, cost, formality, size, weight, texture, decoration

Question 9

Terminology to describe costume

Answer 9

Realistic, abstract, characterised, allowing/restricting movement, practicality, minimalistic, formal/informal, colour/texture etc

Question 10

Key terminology

Answer 10

Set design, lighting, props, realistic, abstract, site-specific, backdrop, minimalist, colour, levels,