Perfect Flashcards
(p) Choreographer
Kevin Finnan and the dancers
(p) Company
Motionhouse
(p) First Performance
January 2005
(p) Dance Style (3)
Combines dance theatre and ariel work. Strong physicality and contact work. Style uses and defies gravity.
(p) Choreographic Style
Physically adventurous and ‘filmic’. Strong emotional content. Collaborative.
(p) Theme
The way we witness time and how as a force it pulls and shapes us, drawing upon the concepts of waiting, nurturing, time flying by and the ageing process
(p) Theme :
The way we witness ____ and how as a force it p____ and s_____ us, drawing upon the concepts of w_______, n______, time f______ __ and the a_______ process
The way we witness TIME and how as a force it PULLS and SHAPES us, drawing upon the concepts of WAITING, NURTURING, time FLYING BY and the AGEING process.
(p) Starting points (2)
1) A book called ‘The History of Barbed Wire’.
2) Space and time.
(p) Structure (How many sections)
13 Sections
(p) Dancers
3 women
2 men
(p) Accompaniment by -
Sophy Smith & Tim Dickinson
(p) Describe the Accompaniment
A mixture including percussion, voice, and electric guitar. Creates atmospheres sometimes contrasting with the movement content.
(p) Describe the Accompaniment:
A mixture including p_______, v____, and e_____ _____. Creates atmospheres sometimes c_______ with the movement content.
A mixture including PERCUSSION, VOICE, and ELECTRIC GUITAR. Creates atmospheres sometimes CONTRASTING with the movement content.
(p) Costume by -
Claire Armitage
(p) Describe the Costume
Simple, Everyday, Gender Specific.
(p) Describing the Costume in Depth;
Men wear: _____ shirts and _____ trousers.
Women wear: _____ strappy black ______. Clean lines and shapes adapted to work around _______ for _______.
Men wear: WHITE shirts and BLACK trousers.
Women wear: SHORT strappy black DRESSES. Clean lines and shapes adapted to work around HARNESSES for FLYING.
(p) Lighting by-
Mark Parry
(p) Use of Lighting;
Works with the film and the set, sometimes sharpening the focus other times layering the image. In some sections the lighting divides the floor space and creates shadows. They use gold and purple lights to create a colourful wash effect.
(p) Use of Lighting :
Works with the ____ and the ____, sometimes sharpening the _______ other times ______ the _____. In some sections the lighting _______ the floor space and creates _______. They use _____ and ______ lights to create a colourful wash effect.
purple, image, film, set, shadows, play, sharpening, blurring, focus, layering, divides, gold
Works with the FILM and the SET, sometimes SHARPENING the FOCUS other times LAYERING the IMAGE. In some sections the lighting DIVIDES the floor space and creates SHADOWS. They use GOLD and PURPLE lights to create a colourful wash effect.
(p) Set Designer
Simon Dormon
(p) About the Set:
_____ frame set: a _____ box gradually revealing a ______ cage. Many different uses. Set includes, pr_______, s_____, a p_____ screen, w____, a g_____ screen and sl_____. ______ and ______ are used as props.
Box, rakes, brooms, paper,wire, gauze, sand, water, projection, white.
BOX frame set: a WHITE box gradually revealing a WIRE cage. Many different uses. Set includes, PROJECTION, SAND, a PAPER screen, WATER, a GAUZE screen and SLINGS. RAKES and BROOMS are used as props.
(p) Section 1 - Name & Overview
Name: Overture
Overview: Quicktime/ Fast forward. Time in the hands of manipulators- ‘The Spirits of Time’
(p) Section 2 - Name & Overview
Name: Shadows
Overview: Memories, our connection with our present and former selves.
(p) Section 3 - Name & Overview
Name: Legs
Overview: Playful Section exploring literal timing in music and the assumptions and stories we create only seeing a part of the whole.
