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Question 1

(p) Choreographer

Answer 1

Kevin Finnan and the dancers

Question 2

(p) Company

Answer 2

Motionhouse

Question 3

(p) First Performance

Answer 3

January 2005

Question 4

(p) Dance Style (3)

Answer 4

Combines dance theatre and ariel work. Strong physicality and contact work. Style uses and defies gravity.

Question 5

(p) Choreographic Style

Answer 5

Physically adventurous and ‘filmic’. Strong emotional content. Collaborative.

Question 6

(p) Theme

Answer 6

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

Question 7

(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

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

(p) Starting points (2)

Answer 8

1) A book called ‘The History of Barbed Wire’.

2) Space and time.

Question 9

(p) Structure (How many sections)

Answer 9

13 Sections

Question 10

(p) Dancers

Answer 10

3 women

2 men

Question 11

(p) Accompaniment by -

Answer 11

Sophy Smith & Tim Dickinson

Question 12

(p) Describe the Accompaniment

Answer 12

A mixture including percussion, voice, and electric guitar. Creates atmospheres sometimes contrasting with the movement content.

Question 13

(p) Describe the Accompaniment:

A mixture including p_______, v____, and e_____ _____. Creates atmospheres sometimes c_______ with the movement content.

Answer 13

A mixture including PERCUSSION, VOICE, and ELECTRIC GUITAR. Creates atmospheres sometimes CONTRASTING with the movement content.

Question 14

(p) Costume by -

Answer 14

Claire Armitage

Question 15

(p) Describe the Costume

Answer 15

Simple, Everyday, Gender Specific.

Question 16

(p) Describing the Costume in Depth;
Men wear: _____ shirts and _____ trousers.
Women wear: _____ strappy black ______. Clean lines and shapes adapted to work around _______ for _______.

Answer 16

Men wear: WHITE shirts and BLACK trousers.

Women wear: SHORT strappy black DRESSES. Clean lines and shapes adapted to work around HARNESSES for FLYING.

Question 17

(p) Lighting by-

Answer 17

Mark Parry

Question 18

(p) Use of Lighting;

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

(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

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

(p) Set Designer

Answer 20

Simon Dormon

Question 21

(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.

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

(p) Section 1 - Name & Overview

Answer 22

Name: Overture
Overview: Quicktime/ Fast forward. Time in the hands of manipulators- ‘The Spirits of Time’

Question 23

(p) Section 2 - Name & Overview

Answer 23

Name: Shadows
Overview: Memories, our connection with our present and former selves.

Question 24

(p) Section 3 - Name & Overview

Answer 24

Name: Legs
Overview: Playful Section exploring literal timing in music and the assumptions and stories we create only seeing a part of the whole.

Question 25

(p) Section 4 - Name & Overview

Answer 25

Name: Faces
Overview: Ageing, Changing, Deterioration

Question 26

(p) Section 5 - Name & Overview

Answer 26

Name: Time Flies
Overview: The pace of life, its urgency.

Question 27

(p) Section 6 - Name & Overview

Answer 27

Name: Garden
Overview: Slow time- peace, waiting, growing and nurturing.

Question 28

(p) Section 7 - Name & Overview

Answer 28

Name: Loop
Overview: Intersecting patterns, inevitable overlap

Question 29

(p) Section 8 - Name & Overview

Answer 29

Name: Interlude 1
Overview: Wendy’s Solo- about longing

Question 30

(p) Section 9 - Name & Overview

Answer 30

Name: Hands of Time
Overview: We are all manipulated by the hands of time

Question 31

(p) Section 10 - Name & Overview

Answer 31

Name: Pregnant Pause
Overview: The particular experience of time when a woman is pregnant- the different experiences between men and women.

Question 32

(p) Section 11 - Name & Overview

Answer 32

Name: Rakes
Overview: Confusion and Misunderstanding

Question 33

(p) Section 12 - Name & Overview

Answer 33

Name: Interlude 2
Overview: Suspension- time in limbo

Question 34

(p) Section 13 - Name & Overview

Answer 34

Name: Slings
Overview: Pendulums and metronomes - the rhythm of the time piece, the letting go.

Question 35

How many sections are there?

Answer 35

13

Question 36

Name 4 of the Sections:

Answer 36

1) Overture
2) Shadows
3) Legs
4) Faces
5) Time Flies
6) Garden
7) Loop
8) Interlude 1
9) Hands of Time
10) Pregnant Pause
11) Rakes
12) Interlude 2
13) Slings

Question 37

What type of Set is used?

Answer 37

A box frame set

Question 38

Describe 2 Ways that the sand element of the set is used by the dancers:

Answer 38

1) The sand is picked up and run through the fingers
2) The dancers use it as a garden to plant flowers in
3) Dancers take the sand
4) The dancers make little mounds out of it

Question 39

Describe 2 ways the paper screen is used

Answer 39

As a film screen
As a shadow play screen
A 3rd torn off to reveal an unusual view for legs
Water is poured down it to make it tear in Faces
To make flowers

Question 40

What are the health and safety problems with dancing on sand ?

Answer 40

the sand could get in there eyes
It can easily get kicked to their faces
It can graze the knees in floor work

Question 41

(p) Name the 3 different features in the girls base costume

Answer 41

1 has a straight high neck
1 has a high neckline
1 has a keyhole neck line

Question 42

What do the white costumes represent?

Answer 42

at the very beginning they are the spirits of time characters who control time. The white matches the idea of spirit