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Matthew Bourne + CINDERELLA Flashcards

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when and where is Matthew Bourne born?

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1960 in Hackney, London

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Key information about MB

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English choreographer
• creating and directing dance for musical theatres, film as well as his own highly successful, award winning companies
• he has received multiple awards and awards nominations
• he was knighted in 2016 New Year Honours

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when did Bourne start training for dancing?

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•Age 22 (late)
•Age 14-16 he was a avid autograph hunter, attending most West End opening nights and waiting stage doors and top London Hotels

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when did he leave full-time education?

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1978
• after he left he working in various jobs at the BCC, Keith Prouse Theatre Agents and National Theatre
• never done a dance class he ran and directed various amateur dance companies in teenage years

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where did he study dance theatre and choreographer?

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1982 in Larban

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when did Bourne graduate?

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1985 but spent 2 more years with the colleges performance company transitions

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where did he choreograph his work?

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Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP)
• London based company that he founded in 1987

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what was his role for AMP?

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Artistic Director with fellow directors and friends Emma Glorestone and D.Massingham (1987-2000)

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what did he create in 1992?

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Creatures a version of the Nutcracker for Opera North (first classic given a makeover)
• added modern irony
• jokes
• old-fashioned feeling

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when did AMP premiere?

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1995
• controversial restating of Tchaikovsky Swan’s Lake
• his creation was a view male version

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what did he win?

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Lawrence Owier Award for AMP
• opened in Broadway
• toured several times internationally in early 21st century

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how many awards/nominations has Bourne received?

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37+ awards
8+ nominations
Including Tony Awards and Lawrence awards and having work transferred to Broadway

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when and what was his new company?

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New Adventures in 2002

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what was his role in the arts charity?

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2015
Patron for ‘create’ by working with the charity to benefit vulnerable young r people
• first collab was 6 day dance residency with his charity Re:Bourne at Sadlers Wells with 27 vulnerable children

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when was Bourne awarded a knighthood?

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2016
• New Years Honours list for services to dance from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace

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what are the stylistic features?

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• eclectic dance styles
- ballet
- contemporary
- social dance
• witty humour
• large ensemble numbers
- influenced musical theatre and Hollywood musicals
• collaboration
• lavish and memorable set and costumes
• aims to entertain audience
• reach wide and diverse audiences
• post modern approaches
• reworking past ballets
• dancers are actors
• existing musical scores
• music used ironically
• dancers counts used (rather than musical scores)

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what are the influences?

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• Fred Astaire
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Busby Berkeley
• Isadora Duncan
• Ann Miller
• MGM musicals
• Film noir
• Carry on films
• Current affairs

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who is Fred Astaire?

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• an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and TV presenter
• Bourne was inspired by Astaires style of dance and presence on stage
• Bourne grew up watching Astaire as a child and was captivated by the movement in his dancers

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who is Alfred Hitchcock?

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• an English film director and producer
• use of extreme facial expressions to show emotion
• Including the idea of suspense built through movement
• Bourne also has a want to entertain like Hitchcock, ensuring his audiences were engaged

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who is Busby Berkeley?

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• an American film director and musical choreographer
• Bourne was captivated by Berkeleys films which
• involved show girls
• Kaleidoscope patterns made with people
• lavish costumes and set
• ensemble work

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who is Isadora Duncan?

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• an American and French dancer who performed throughout Europe
• a pioneer of modern dance
• Bourne found her way of movement inspiring, in particular the joy she found in moving
• the highlights Bourne’s eclectic style of moving
• Duncan inspired Bourne’s choice of fairies in Sleeping Beauty carefree with bare feet

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who is Ann Miller?

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  • an American dancer, singer and actress
  • she is best remembered for her work in the classical Hollywork cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s
  • Bourne lavatory in Hollywood shrine, full of stars photograph
  • Miller bring one of them he admired
  • Miller was a talented tap dancer and Bourne loved her spirit and was besotted by her
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what is MGM musicals?

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Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
• an American media company
• feature films and TV programme
- Bourne was influenced by large colourful sets, costumes and lighting.
- The inclusion of pedestrian movement
- facial expression
- large ensemble numbers
- Bourne is helping to tell the stories

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what is film noir?

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  • Hollywood crime dramas particularly those that emphasise fatalism, pessimistic, cynical attitudes, menacing and sexual motivations
  • Bourne was influenced by the use of colour in sets as well as lighting choices, using chiaroscuro(a strong contrast between light and dark) lighting to set the mood and atmosphere
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what is the carry on films?

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  • a British comedy motion picture series
  • Bourne watched through childhood which taught him about the slapstick comedy (a style of humour involving that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy)
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what is current affairs?

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  • current happenings at the time of creator
  • Bourne is influenced by things happening taking place or current trends taking place at the time
  • for example, the series ‘True Blood’ inspired his romantic gothic style fairies in Sleeping Beauty and using the Marriage of Charles and Camilla as an inspiratory of forbidden love in Swan Lake
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when is Cinderella?

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  • World premiere: 26 September 1997 at Piccadilly theatre, London
  • Revived in 2010 at Sadlers Wells, London
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what is the dance company for Cinderella?

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New Adventures

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what is the music composer for Cinderella?

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Sergei Prokofiev

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what is sound designer for Cinderella?

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Paul Groothius

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what is the set designer/costume for Cinderella?

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Lez Brotherston

32
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what is the lighting of Cinderella?

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Neil Austin

33
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what is the style of Cinderella?

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Contemporary Balley

34
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what is the duration of Cinderella?

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110 minutes

35
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what is the subject matter for Cinderella?

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  • MB interpretation of the classic fairy tale has as its heart a true war time romance
  • a chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her clashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz
  • MB’s vivid story telling has never been more heart stopping and touching, taking the audience into the heart of Prokofiev’s magnificent score and the sights and rounds of war torn core
36
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what is Bourne’s plot?

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  • set in London during the Second World War, the drama features Cinderella and a dashing young RAF pilot
  • together just long enough to fall in love they are parted by the horrors of the Blitz
  • love wins
  • set in 1940
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what is the form of the dance?

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  • structure of Cinderella is an episodic narrative
  • Bourne’s own version of the romantic class, uses all constituent features to assist the narrative to all audience to follow and enjoy freely the storyline
  • this structure assists the development of the storyline. It also enhances the development of characters and choreographically explores the intricate of how the characters relate to each other
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what is the structure of the dance?

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Act 1: Scenes 1-2
Act 2: Scenes 1-2
Act 3: Scree 1-5

  • victory dance and curtain call
  • Cinderella is broken down in 3 acts
  • the structure of the work is identifiable by the musical structure (including climaxes, phrasing, timing, etc) and development of the storyline
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what are the themes?

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1) family
2) life and death
3) conflict
4) time

  • whilst the original story has been reimagined for modern audiences the core themes of this classical tale remains at the core of the new Adventures version
  • Family, conflict and time as well as archetype literacy motifs such as life and death all play in this story
40
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what is the family theme?

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  • outcast (Cinderella) in the family
    • Act 1: she doesn’t receive the invite
  • Stepmum/sisters go to hospital to kill Cinderella but act caring as disguise
    • Act 3
  • train station- men leaving for war saying buy (proposal, just married, hug siblings)
    • Act 3
41
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what is life and death themes?

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  • war
    • death from war, babies born in war
  • pilot injured
  • guardian angel moves onto next person to guide as Cinderella has got what she wants- 5 pasts 12 (act 3)
  • stepmother kills Cinderella (fail) angel saves Cinderella (act 3)
  • father legs shot by stepmother, sat in wheelchair frozen
42
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what is the conflict themes?

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  • stepsisters v Cinderella
  • stepmother v Cinderella
  • war
  • family v Cinderella
43
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what is the time theme?

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  • music eg ticking
  • dancers eg hand gestures
  • 12 eg house no.
  • clock everywhere eg on top of sheft
  • checking time eg dancers
44
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what is the accompaniment like?

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  • classical genre
  • pre recorded
  • no live orchestra
  • found sound eg ticking
  • no lyrics/orchestral
  • siren (found sound)
  • strings eg violins, cello
  • woodwind eg flute, clarinet
  • dynamic in music: slow, soft
45
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who is Neil Austin?

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Purpose
- to create atmosphere and mods
- enhances the setting and links to the storyline
- allows us to see what needs to be highlighted

46
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what is the type of lighting?

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ALL:
- sidelights (facial expressions)
- overheads
- parcans (above)
- fresnels (infront of stage)
- no spotlights
- additional lights (lanterns)

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examples of lighting?

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House:
- white lighting
- dim
- cold

Cafe:
- blue lighting

Hospital:
- white lighting

Bedroom:
- orange lighting
- low light (intimate/secret)

48
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what is the dance style?

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  • ballet (pa de deux, leg work)
  • contemporary (lifts, angel)
  • social dance (waltz)
49
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what is the Angel’s costume?

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• white hair (heaven, good)
• smart (organised)
• suit (masculinity)
• jazz shoes
• colour white (angelic, innocent)
• pale skin (angel, etheal)
• silk/satin material (delicate, shiny)
• black irradedant shoes (floating)
• hair style of the time
• white (intentions are pure)

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influences of the angel costume?

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  • Fred Astaire
  • MGM musicals
  • Busby Berkeley
51
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what is Cinderella costume?

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  • white satin silky gloves
  • sparkly bluey white translucent heels linking to original story
  • sparkly at bodice incrusted
  • sweetheart neckline
  • gown is layered with chiffon with jewels
  • white (elegant, pure, innocent)
  • straps (shoulders seen for sexy look)
  • hair (bun, elegant, blonde- Marilyn Monroe) stands out
  • red lips (sexy)
  • Hollywood glam makeup
  • necklace, pearl earring (status, wealth)
52
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what is Cirnderella costume influenced by?

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  • Busby Burleley
  • MGM musicals
  • Ann Miller
53
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who is Sybil (stepmother)?

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  • opaque tights (sexy)
  • heel (black, strap)
  • black knee length skirt
  • long brown coat peplum style
    • proper front, sexy at back
    • triangle shape at front (point-strict)
  • leather gloves (no housework, wealth)
  • black (funeral)
  • shoes on head (humorous, out there)
  • hair (tidy at front, messy at back- shows how his life is not together)
  • holding glass (alcoholic)
  • enhance bold brows (evil,strong)
  • broach (high status)
  • jewellery (high status)
  • cool tone bronzer (cold character)
54
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who are the influences for Sybil?

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  • Film noir
  • Ann miller
  • Hitchcock
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what is the pilot costume?

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  • blood bandage (war, wounded)
  • belt
  • navy bottoms (ripped knew- war)
  • soft shoes
  • naveator jacket (leather) with sheepskin
  • moustache (mature, attractive and put together)
  • comb over hair (tidy sideburns)
  • RAF suit
  • full colours eg brown, navy (unhappy time)
    • blue = sadness
    • navy = smart
  • not jacket with Cinderella
    • more comfortable
  • sheepskin jacket (comfort)
  • cafe (takes off hat, sophisticated- mature)
  • white, translucent top with braces
  • less clothing (increases relationship)
  • white (pure in love)
  • black and white contrast shoes she is the light in war
  • braces (masculinity, time period)
56
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what is the influences of pilot costume?

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  • Fred Astaire
  • Carry on Films
  • MGM musicals
  • Hollywood
57
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what is the Frumpy Cinderella costume?

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  • round glasses (nerdy, intelligence)
  • grey long float skirt with pleats
    • long= reserved, modest
    • dull= blends into background
    • grey cardigan
  • dark and dull colours
    • dressed down
    • darkness in war
    • grey in between white (Cinderella) and black (stepmother)
  • cardigan looks made (poverty)
  • black jazz shoes
  • thick tights (closed, warm person, black, thick skinned)
  • middle parting (organised, tidy)
  • natural makeup
  • plaits (neat, innocent, schoolgirl
58
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what is the influences of frumpy Cinderella costume?

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  • current affairs
  • film noir
59
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what is the set like?

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  • proscenium stage
  • design is a place to tell the narrative
  • audience is every age (places everyone with recognises, obvious)
  • links to Busby Berkeley with exaggerated features
  • use of Lez Brotherston
  • naturalistic (eg train, hospital)
  • warped parts of the set (real/imagined)
  • stereotypical items (eg: cross for hospital)
60
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what are all the different sets in Cinderella?

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• home
• café de Paris
• bedroom

61
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how was the set designed in the home?

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• flowery arm chair and sofa for 2
- old fashioned, wealthy
• light (3- 2 stepsisters & 1 mother)
• letter box cage (invitation)
• poor with window arch (enlarged)
• door knocker
• staircase (enlarged- wealth)
• fireplace (wonky)
• mannequin
• curtain (grande, wealth, old)
• clock
• number 12 house (midnight)
• brickwork (buildings, static set)
• grey and dull
• blue fire (cold atmosphere, magical)

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how is the cafe de Paris designed?

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• disco ball- dance
• staircase- large, grande, romantic (first look)
• red carpet
• backdrop silhouette of city
• blue stripes (sadness in back, night, velvet)
• red lights (lanterns- dimmed)
• fairy lights
• red clothe over round table with 2 chairs in gold
• piano (grand, rich, romance)
• candle (romance)
• red (love)

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how is the bedroom designed?

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• bed (metal, single- no intentions, poverty, simplistic)
• staircase (black, metal- cold feelings)
• 2 brown old suitcase (unstable- war, moving)
• fairy lights (fairytale, innocence)
• worked set (staircase- war)
• plane crashed (backdrop- RAF pilot)
• red dimmed lantern lights (romance, love, sex)
• red glitter stairs (love, party)
• large clock lit up (midnight)
• blue stage and backdrop (sadness, night)
• white covers (innocence)

64
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what are the themes of Cinderella?

A

1) family
2) life and death
3) conflict
4) time

65
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what do the themes show?

A

whilst the original story has been reimagined from modern audiences, the core themes of this classics tale remains at the core of the New Adventure version
• family, conflict and time as well as archetypal literacy motifs such as life and death all play in this story

66
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how is the theme family shown?

A

• outcast (Cinderella) in the family
- Act 1: doesn’t receive invite
• stepmother goes to hospital to kill Cinderella but act caring as disguise
- Act 3
• train station- men leaving for war saying buy (proposal, just married, hug siblings)
- Act 3

67
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how is life and death theme shown?

A

• war
- death from war, babies born in war
• pilot injured
• guardian angel moves on to next person to guide as Cinderella has got what she wants- 5 past 12
- act 3
• stepmother kills Cinderella (fail) angel saves Cinderella
- act 3
• father legs shot by stepmother (sat in wheelchair frozen)

68
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how is the theme conflict shown?

A

• stepsisters v Cinderella
• stepmother v C father
• war
• Cinderella v family

69
Q

how is the theme time shown?

A

• music eg ticking
• dancers eg hands gestures
• 12 eg house number
• clock everywhere eg on top of shelf
• checking time eg dancers

70
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how made the accompaniment?

A

Sergei Prokofiev

71
Q

what is the accompaniment like?

A

• classical genre
• prerecorded
• no live orchestra
• found sound eg ticking
• no lyrics/orchestra

72
Q

what accompaniment was used?

A

• siren (found sound)
• strings (eg violin, cello)
• woodwind (eg flute, clarinet)
• dynamic (slow/soft)

73
Q

who made the lighting ?

A

Neil Austin

74
Q

what was the purpose of lighting?

A

• to create atmosphere and the mood
• enhances the setting and links to the storyline
• allows us to see what needs to be highlighted

75
Q

what are the types of lighting in Cinderella?

A

• overheads
• side lights - facial expression
• parcans (above)
• fresnels (infront of stage)
• no spotlights
• additional lights (lanterns)

76
Q

what lighting is used in Cinderella?

A

Bedroom:
• white lighting
• dim
• cold

Cafe:
• blue lighting

Hospitals:
• white lighting

Bedroom:
• orange lighting
• low lights (intimate/secret)

77
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what are the stylistic features of Cinderella?

A

• electric dance styles
- ballet (pa de deux, leg work)
- contemporary (lifts, angel)
- social dance (waltz)

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