Rooster Flashcards
What are the 8 sections of Rooster
Little Red Rooster, Lady Jane, Not Fade Away, As Tears Go By, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Play With Fire, Sympathy for the Devil
How to answer each section of the paper?
Identify- List in shortest form 1 word answers
Describe- Describe in details either knowledge or example- FACT ONLY. Movement example or motif, or artistic directorship of someone
Explain- Make a descriptive point, back it up with an example that reflects the point. E.g. Explain in relevance to theme, going beyond describing moment of Rooster and making a connection to something else. Usually required focus on certain feature.
Discuss- Descriptive point, analyse why that may be the case (opinion or creates a subject matter, or context) ESSAY QUESTION! Factual knowledge and link to context
Compare- Similarly, Whereas. Same sentence two practitioners, works etc. Similarities and differences between two things DONT DO TWO MINI PARAGRAPHS
Evaluate- Discuss the positives/negatives and outcomes/effects
Analyse- Suggest why something happened, or discuss the positives and negatives and outcomes and effects (combination of discuss/evaluate) involves interpretation
Comment- Give an opinion on something
Named practitioner- CAN NOT USE CHRISTOPHER BRUCE
Movement Example- Action, Space, Dynamics and description
Key Themes of Rooster
Little Red Roster: A Night Out, Grooming, Male Chauvinism, Male dominance, Rejection, Masculinity, A Night Club
Lady Jane: Cheating, Male chauvinism, Love, Courtship, Social Dance, Wingmen, Feminity
Not fade away: Flirting, Alcohol, Social Dance, Conversation, Enthusiasm, Wing men
As Tears Go By: Childlike, Rejection, Isolation, Friendship, Betrayal, Observation, Spoilt
Paint it Black: Female dominance, Mental health, Drugs/alcohol, Erratic behaviour, Despair, provocative, 60s
Ruby Tuesday: The 60s, Hippie movement, Mother tendencies, Naturalistic, Male resistance, Carefree, Pensive
Play with Fire: Spoilt, Warning, Wealth, Conversation, Manipulation, Rejection, London location, Masculinity
Sympathy for the Devil, Greeting, Courtly bow, Devil, Climax, Social Dance, Reprise, Finale
Transitions
Starting position: Starts solo, silent, white sidelight, into Rooster strut, Transference of weight through the strut, Goes into walk whilst jutting the head
Section 1-2: Music fades out, Men stop adjusting tie, Blue wash sidelight, All cast walk towards middle meet and men offer hand
Section 2-3: Lady Jane centre middle stage, women draped round her in a circle, men facing each other, Use of bow motif- Lady Jane claps, women exit stage left men right
Section 3-4: Lady Anne stood waving- S shape, Men downstage carry him off, music fades, Looks to side and exits
Section 4-5: Sweet Marie squatted w right arm up, Blue blazer picks her up, puts her over his shoulder (right), walks off stage right, she looks at audience, PiB walks on
Section 5-6: PiB guy squats on own gets over erratic behaviour, slicks hair, adjusts tie, looks over stage left as Ruby walks on sees her and runs off
Section 6-7: Ruby heels/hands together, falling gesture towards floor, legs straight, walks off twirling hair, Blue blazer comes on paired middle stage
Section 7-8- Clenches right fist, mimics hitting thumb,, side light/red wash, shakes left hand repeatedly, 2 shuffle walks to Rooster strut/jut of head
Final pos, Men one side of spotlight, women other side, Slow fade of music, Wide spotlight, Pink shirt walk to centre just head, silence, faces audience, grabs tie w both hands.
Music
Cycle of songs
Rolling Stones
Little Red Rooster sung by Willie Dixon
Music visualisation Section 1- Little Red Rooster
‘I am a little Red Rooster’- Rooster strut/wing arms: Rooster head of barnyard=dominance
‘Red Rooster’ Several blues songs Rooster mentioned
‘The Dogs begin to bark’ Body jerks with the lyrics, dog character acted out, juts head round
‘If you see my little red rooster please drive him home’ Cheating- 7 mates to a Rooster
Music Visualisation- Section 2: Lady Jane
‘Lady Jane, Lady Anne, Sweet Marie’ Character names- narrative/role. Similar to Henry V111 and his wives/cheating. Link to courtship/social dancing.
‘Troth’ Old English language- adds to royal court/theme
‘Your servant am I’ literal
Aural setting music-Section 3- Not Fade Away
Music and sound (claps as start of section)
Bo diddly style (Rock n Roll)
Written by Budy Holly and Norman Petty
Direct Correlation
Music Visualisation- Lyrics literally about his love for her and he’d do anything but not sure if reciprocated.
Music visualisation- Section 4- As Tears Go By
‘I sit and watch the children play’ Sweet Marie crouch and watch
‘As tears go by’ Sweet Marie crouches, sadness, Blue blazer helps her
‘My riches cant buy everything’ Sweet Marie rich/privileged, money cant buy everything
‘I sit and watch’ Sweet Marie, Blue blazer observe friend group, blue blazer walks in and out
Music Visualisation- Section 5- Paint it Black
‘I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes, i have to turn my head until my darkness goes’ Struggling to get over first love, bad experience w women
Second para- Death- link to Vietnam war
‘My heart is black’ Struggling to get over first love
‘No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue’ Depression and desperation
‘I see a red door and i want to paint it black’ depression
‘I have to turn my head until my darkness goes’ depression
Colours of costume- red and black
War between sexes
Man in desperate situation
Man being affected by women
Music visualisation- Section 6- Ruby Tuesday
‘Who could hang a name on you?’ Carefree, undecided, mysterious character
‘There’s no time to love I heard her say, catch your dreams before they slip away, dying all the time, lose your dreams and you will love your mind, aint life unkind’ Hippie movement- Living life in the movement, Reality of life after war means life could end any moment.
Song meaning- Free spirited woman- Hippie
‘Don’t question why she needs to be so free’ Pathways all over- free to do what she wishes
Music visualisation- Section 7- Play with Fire
‘Well you’ve got your diamonds’
Your pretty clothes’
‘Chauffeur’
‘Heiress, owns a block in St John’s Wood’ Rich/spoilt all means
‘Diamonds and tiaras’
‘Knightsbridge’
‘Diamonds’
‘Play’ goes to hit a ball
‘With me’ Point at himself
Characters Sweet Marie shows this needy, spoilt character
Music visualisation- Section 8- Sympathy for the Devil
‘Pleased to meet you’ Bow
‘Who killed the Kennedy’s’
‘Just call me Lucifer’ Devil
Sung from point of view of the devil, recounting control over the world, many cruel historical events
Could refer to humankinds dark side
Devil Horns gesture
‘pleased to meet you’ Elaborate courtly bow’
Catastrophic events= the devil.
Use of Dancers in Little Red Rooster
Number: 5 males 1 female, focus on one through the camera, All cast enter at the end
Gender: 5 males at start, one female halfway through
Role: Clear difference through movement, men= angular, female= floaty and curved
Physique: Strong similar for 5 males,
Use of Dancers in Lady Jane
Number: All 10 dancers, 5 male, 5 female. All partnered for social dance aspect. Focus on 1 male and 3 females interchangeably
Role: Lady Jane, Lady Anne, Sweet Marie changes consistently between the dancers lead male- aspect of cheating
Gender/physique same for the rest of the dances
Use of Dancers in Not Fade Away
Number: All cast at the start and filter off leaving 2 dancers on the stage together for duet. At the end male carried off by men
Role: Meant to be flirting. Male chasing after the female- relationship
Use of Dancers in Tears Go By
Number: 8 dancers 4 male,4 female. 6 dance together alternating group/partners and 2 rejected. Sweet Marie/Blue Blazer guy
Role: Sweet Marie/Blue Blazer rejected and Lady Jane and Red blazer rekindle. Blue blazer tries to involve Marie in group but rejected himself because of it
Use of dancers in Paint it Black
Number: 4 dancers. 3 female, 1 male mostly a solo and a trio
Role: Women more dominant over the man in the section- 1st time seen= equality in the 60s. Man disorientated= drunk/grief
Use of dancers in Ruby Tuesday
Number: Mostly a solo 1 female but 4 men enter for lifts etc
Role: Ruby Tuesday carefree hippie character, men try to cage her but doesnt work. Act as her backing dancers
Use of dancers in Play with Fire
Number: 2 a duet between Blue blazer and Sweet Marie
Role: Sweet Marie spoilt and needy/high maintenance. Blue blazer guy strong minded and doesnt bend to her ways. Similar to mindset in the 60s for men
Use of dancers in Sympathy for the Devil
Number: All enter at different stages of the dance but whole cast on for finale- 10 dancers. Starts with men blue blazer and little red rooster joins quickly. First half focus on male. Females enter part way through
Role: Reiterating their previous characters
Movement example for Little Red Rooster
Rooster strut: Action- Travelling- Walks forwards, alternating legs, hands relaxed, Shoulders slightly flexed, 3 walks each, head jut forwards w each walk, 4 walk lean back, roll of the shoulders
Space: Pathways- angular, movement size- big other than head
Dynamics- Isolated, strong, jerky
Movement example for Lady Jane
Courtly Bow: Action- Gesture- Left leg bevelled on floor. Dancers flexes both knees and bends spine into a bow, Left arm over left leg whilst wrist circumducts dancer lifts head towards female.
Space: Levels High to low, Direction- Towards female
Dynamics: Controlled, fluid, continuous
Movement example for Not Fade Away
Lady Anne hipknock: Action- Gesture- (female) falling- (male) Female crosses arms transfers weight from left to right hip to make male fall by hip knock
Shape and volume: Small movement size, Contact work
Dynamics: Sharp/strong
