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Infra Flashcards

1
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Who is the choreographer

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Wayne McGregor

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Who is the company

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The Royal Ballet

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What is the date of the first performance

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13 November 2008

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What is the dance style

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Contemporary ballet

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What is the 1st choreographic approach

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1) SHOW a phrase to the whole or part of the cast- dancers watch and either recreate the phrase exactly or create a version

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What is the 2nd choreographic approach

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2) MAKE a phrase on a target dancer or dancers- others watch and copy or develop

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What is the 3rd choreographic approach

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3) TASK- set a choreographic task for dancers to complete or pose a choreographic problem for the dancers to solve

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What is the stimulus

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Infra is Latin for below, presents a portrait of life beneath the surface of the city.
Also quotes from the poem ‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot

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What are the quotes from the poem

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“Under the brown fog of a winter dawn”

“A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many”

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What is the choreographic intention

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Seeing below the surface, see people walking in the street. The choreography has found a pedestrian language.

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How many dancers are there

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12 dancers
6 male
6 female

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12
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How long is it

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28 minutes

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13
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What is the structure

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Has solos, duets and ensembles. Also a crowd surges across the stage.

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14
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What is the aural setting

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By Max Richter

Mixes melancholy string melodies with electronic sounds and everyday sounds such as train- whistles

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15
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Who designed the costume

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Lucy Carter

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16
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What is the performance environment

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Proscenium arch

17
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Who designed the set

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Julian Opie

18
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How is the stimulus of infra, meaning the Latin word for below shown

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Have holograms of people walking on the street literally above the dancers. Seeing below the surface

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What is the female dancers costume like and what does it show

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Hair out of face, white vest/tight fitted. Black bottoms, pointe shoes.
All the same, everyone is going through the same problems. Bland colours- don’t want to attract attention/ keeping to themselves.
Gender neutral clothing

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What is the male costume like and what does it show

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Topless showing vulnerability and how he is exposed. Pedestrian colours, professional. Black trousers, bare foot.
No where to hide, see all the actions and masculinity. Similar colours but slightly different. Dark colours shows sadness/mourning after the bombings.
Raw/honest

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How does the staging contribute to the stimulus

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Seeing below the surface with the LED lights. Plain stage shows the dancers being exposed. The lights shows the changing emotion. London bombings and wasteland poem

22
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How does the staging contribute to the intent

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The staging is pedestrianised and looks professional. The LED screen shows the dancers in the underground where the bomb went off. It also makes the stage look busy, like it says in the poem the wasteland

23
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How do the colours contribute to the piece

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Monochrome colours show that everyone is the same and can show the sadness from the London bombing. Shows vulnerability

24
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What are other factors for the staging and set

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The lighting changes throughout the dance and shows the change in emotion. At the beginning the lighting links with the fog of the poem

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What is the lighting in section 1

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Begins with a soft focus of white/grey.

Links with the poem the wasteland which talks about fog

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What is the lighting like in section 2

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Pool of light, pedestrianised

27
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What is the lighting in section 3

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Shows the anxious physical conversation. Also jealous/envy. Bad relationship- tension

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What is the lighting in section 4

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6 rectangles. Shows everyone is in their own little bubble. Complements monochrome outfits. Creates boundaries and restricts dancers. Isolating/can’t escape.
Also could be windows on the underground- light in the darkness. Trapped- London bombings

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What’s the lighting in section 5

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Male solo in amber/gold. Shows authority. Conflict of power. Lots of space- not trapped or restricted.
Confident- exposed- shown his feelings

30
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What’s the lighting in section 6

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Wash of yellow. More dancers, see different relationships/ business of the city. Setting us up to see the drop in mood

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What’s the lighting in section 7

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Blue beams of light, two diagonal pathways. White sidelights. Women’s break down.
Lonely in a crowd of people. Captures her face. Draws attention to her- shows people over looking her.

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What’s the lighting in section 8

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Low intensity white spotlight, follows the dancer. Circle- everyone comes together after the bombing but people are now putting their guard up. Alone in the darkness.

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