infra

Question 1

who is the choreographer of infra?

Answer 1

Wayne McGregor

Question 2

what is the company for infra?

Answer 2

the royal ballet

Question 3

what is the date of the first performance of infra?

Answer 3

13 November 2008
(royal opera house London)

Question 4

what is the dance style in infra?

Answer 4

• contemporary ballet
• distinctive for speed and energy and for the dynamic, angular, sinuous and hyperextended movements that push dancers to the extremes

Question 5

what was the choreographic approach for infra?

Answer 5

three methods:
1. show a phrase to whole or part of the cast - dancers recreate the phrase exactly or create a version
2. make a phrase on a target dancer or dancers - others with and copy or develop
3. task - set a choreographic task for dancers to complete or pose a choreographic problem for dancers to solve.

Question 6

what is the stimulus for infra?

Answer 6

• infra latin for below
• portrait of life beneath the surface of the city
• beneath the surface to present a moving meditation on human interactions
• “under the brown fog of a winter dawn/ a crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many” T.S. Elliot: the wasteland

Question 7

what is the choreographic intent for infra?

Answer 7

• seeing below the surface
• pedestrian language
• inferences
• particular types of relationships
• help audiences eye in watching a complex structure

Question 8

how many dancers are there in infra?

Answer 8

12 (6 male/6 female)

Question 9

how long is infra?

Answer 9

28 minutes

Question 10

what is the structure of infra?

Answer 10

• solos, duets and ensembles
• many arresting moments, six couples dance in duets, cold surges across stage unaware if woman’s private grief

Question 11

what is the aural setting for infra?

Answer 11

-composed by max Richter
- sound design by Chris ekers
- mixes melancholy string melodies with electronic sounds and everyday sounds such as train whistles.

Question 12

what are the costumes in infra?

Answer 12

• designed by Moritz Junge
• fitted shorts, vests, t-shirts in flesh, black, white, grey colours
• one female wears a short wrap around skirt
• one male wears long trousers
• females wear pointe shoes
• street wear worn for the brief appearance of the crowd

Question 13

what is the lighting of infra?

Answer 13

• designed by Lucy Carter
• relates closely to the structure
• 6 shafts of light in one bit
• colours used to highlight different sections

Question 14

what is the performance environment for infra?

Answer 14

proscenium arch/ theatrical setting

Question 15

what is the staging/set in infra?

Answer 15

• designed by Julian Opie
• 18m LED screen runs length of stage with a meserizing few of electronic waking figures