Perfect Flashcards
Who is the choreographer
Kevin Finnan and the dancers
Who is the company
Motion house
What is the dance style
It combines theatre and aerial work, strong physicality and contact work and defies gravity
What is the choreographic style
It is physically adventurous and filmic and strong emotional content
What is the theme
How we experience time and how it shapes us, drawing upon the concepts of waiting, nurturing, time flying and the ageing process.
Starting point
A book called the history of barbed wire
Dancers
Three women and two men
Accompaniment
Sophy Smith and Tim Dickinson - A mixture including percussion, voice and electric guitar.
Created and atmosphere, sometimes matching sometimes contrasting.
Costume
Claire Armitage - Simple, everyday, gender specific.
Men wear white shirts and black trousers and the women wear black, strappy dresses.
They are practical and work with the action/ movement content.
Lighting
Mark Parry - The lighting works with the film and set.
It sharpens the focus, other times layering images and in some sections the lighting divides the floor space.
Set
Simon Dormon - Box frame set, including projection, sand, a paper screen, a gauze screen and slings.
- Rakes and brooms are used as props.
Staging and Film
- Theatrical
- Film by Caroline Bridges
