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ICDS VARDIMON Flashcards

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What works can we talk about for Vardimon?

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  1. 7734
  2. Justitia
  3. Medusa
  4. Park
  5. Alice
  6. Maze
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When was 7734 created?

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2010

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When was Maze created

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2015

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When was Justitia created?

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2007

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When was Medusa created?

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2018

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When was Park created ?

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2005

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When was Alice created?

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2022

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Who helps Vardimon with her works?

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Guy Bar Amotz

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How long have Amotz and Vardimon worked together?

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1997 to present day

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What does Amotz do?

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He helps with set design and media - is also associate director of the company

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What new forms of staging are there in Maze?

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Foam blocks to create maze
Is sight sensitive

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What new forms of staging are there in Justitia?

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Use of technology - typing, text projections, retrograde

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What new forms of staging are in Alice?

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  • rotating stage; an upright book with pages which turn to give glimpses of the story - string of red rags (referring to periods)
  • use of technology; xray like image of her dress
  • written word
  • kinetic scenery
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What is the aural setting in Justitia?

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  • Typewriter noises
  • Soundscape
  • Pulsing violin/accordion
  • Pop music, vivaldi, bridge over troubled water
  • Soft guitar
  • Rock music
  • Silence
  • Beat boxing
  • Speaking
  • Eclectic mix of music
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What does Justitia mean?

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Roman Mythology meaning ‘Lady Justice’

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What approaches to choreography is used for Justitia?

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Developed individual character - ie. if someone was a nail biter, they would be pushed to leave that behind when rehearsing.

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What is the aural setting in Maze?

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Soundscape, Spoken word, Monologues.
- Dissociation of music until the end until there is a correlation.

18
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How was the choreography approaches in the development of maze?

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  • Task setting
  • Exploration
  • Journaling
  • Recycled choreo (7734)
  • All dancers had a different concept to explore in the maze ie. Risk
  • Idiosyncratic, but only because she guides her dancers’ personal styles
19
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What political message is involved in Justitia?

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  • ideas to provoke
  • social elements (how its meant to make you feel, uncomfy, yet you’ve the one who’s put you in that position, you’ve put yourself in there)
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Where did Maze tour?

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Toured in derelict theatres, warehouses - wherever the maze could fit

21
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What was the intention of Maze?

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  • Wanted to create a living environment (Audience can see and touch)
  • Toured in derelict theatres, warehouses, wherever the maze could fit
  • About perspectives - intimate proximities
  • Engage people in the arts and in culture; use of National Theatre Actors
  • A conversation about trust, between people, between proximity, between society
    ETHOS: EVERYTHING SHOULD KEEP CHANGING AND DEVELOPING OVER TIME
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How was the set of Maze created?

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  • She treats the set exactly how she would treat the dancers - manipulating it to do
    what she wants
  • Her daughter designed the maze on minecraft
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What is the politics of Medusa?

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  • Me Too Movement.
  • Women have been persecuted
    throughout history for their promiscuity and agency of their own sexuality.
  • Social and environmental climate surrounds her
  • In spain and greece medusa is very feminine (versace)
  • Medusa in pop culture is an icon for female empowerment
  • Environmental politics
  • Gender gap
  • Gender injustice
  • Donald Trump’s presidential
    campaign photo
  • Ecofeminism - established in
    the 70s - INTERSECTIONALITY
  • Patriarchy
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What does Medusa mean?

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Medusa = jellyfish - story constantly changes - jellyfish are the oldest living creature on earth - micro plastics are killing them - use their venoms to paralyse other creatures in the sea - paralleling elements - our oceans getting warmer, their going to be the only creatures to survive (they swim in warm water)

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What is the myth of Medusa?

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Young land girl is raped by Poseidon - Heras finds out and punishes her

26
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What is the movement content of Happy Girl?

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  • Lots of side bends
  • Repetitive
  • Jumping, transference of weight
  • Free movement - intoxication - almost manic - drugs? - euphoric feel
  • She is medusa before she becomes medusa
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What is the movement content of Swooning?

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  • Use of breath intentional
  • Movement of hips
  • Lots of repetitive movements
  • Body rolls, waving of the arms
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What is the movement content of Funeral?

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  • Can see elements from other solos
  • Floorwork from swooning
  • Can hear exhale of breath - stylistically common
  • From smooth to very quick - range of dynamics
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What is the movement content of Strong Girls?

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  • Immediate change in character
  • In control of movement
  • Overextended hand movements
  • Use of exhale
  • Pleis movement again - more in control, sustained when brining up
  • Finger movement repeated
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What is the movement content of Shadow Duet?

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  • Female in black suit designed to be male character’s shadow
  • He monologues, she dances, his words are of a woman trying to break the glass
    ceiling. ‘Little glass ceiling’ ‘she is my grass roots’ ‘ we all have the same
    opportunities, right?’
  • Female acts out male role, male acts out female role; conversation of gender identity.
  • Mirroring duet
  • Medusa on stage, as a statue, dressed up as a bride with a broom.
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What costume in Medusa is linked to female sexuality being restrained and demonised?

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White dress with a red cross on the crotch - like Nathan Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’

32
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What music is used in ALiCE?

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  • Pop song (ies. Living Next Door to Alice, Smokie (1976) with the line “Who the fuck is Alice”)
  • Spoken word
33
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What types of movement styles are in ALiCE?

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  • Line dancing
  • Krumping
  • Hip-hop
  • Contemporary
  • Flips
  • Athletic; one dancer crosses the stage by doing the splits every other step
34
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What social aspects are referred to in ALiCE?

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  • coming of age, question of identity
  • navigation of unwanted male attention
  • plays with gender norms
  • Final chapter, she is an immigrant and a refugee, attempting to access the book at several points
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What workshop was created during ALiCE?

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  • Spring 2023 - Kent Music and Jasmin Vardimon Company created a day workshop for young
    people in Secondary Schools in Ashford, Kent.
  • Dancers responded to sound and musicians responded to movement - collaborating to create a multi-arts experience
36
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In the Guardians article review of ALiCE, what key notes were made?

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  • “A striking scene of on the trials of tempestuous first love: stage split in two, a couple kissing on one side, turns to fighting as soon as they fall across the dividing line - “swinging between passionate extremes”
    -“A coda that rotates through Alice’s possible future”
  • Caterpillar has several moments of metamorphosis
37
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What technology was used in ALiCE in VR Wonderland?

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Uses Oculus 2 headsets, 360 degree wonderland with 3D sound

38
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Why was Park created?

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When Vardimon came over to the UK she was fascinated with council estates and the community involved.

Also how the council does not look after these places.

39
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What is the background of Vardimon?

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Socialist Kibbutz background

40
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What is Vardimon Kubbutz background?

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  • Small community in Israel
  • Children responsible for daily tasks
  • Men and women expected to work equally on the land
  • String socialist beliefs
41
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What are important about her stages?

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They are multi-functional and enhance fluidity of the performance
- she takes primary role in her set design

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