Professional Works - Artificial Things

Question 1

Dance style

Answer 1

Contemporary

Question 2

Stimulus

Answer 2

• snow covered urban landscape with an isolated figure perched on a collapsed wheelchair. This figure is being observed from afar as if through a snow globe.

Question 3

choreographic intent

Answer 3

the characters coming to terms with life’s limitations

Question 4

Aural Setting

Answer 4

• Elements of the song ‘The Sunshine of Your Smile’
  -He used the whole of the piano both inside and out
• He also used the sound of the paper snow and a distant rumble, wind and footsteps through snow

Question 5

Lighting

Answer 5

• the lighting focuses in on one or two spots.
• It opens out in the middle, with a blue wash and warm and cool side lighting before closing down to another spot for the final solo.

Question 6

Costume

Answer 6

• are a wash of blue and green, merging with the backdrop
• Outer garments worn in previous scenes, such as jackets and jumpers

Question 7

Duration

Answer 7

20 minutes