Rooster Flashcards
What are the key themes in Rooster?
-Childhood playground behaviour (Isolation and rejection)
-The 1960s - ironic look at social attitudes of the time
-Male chauvinism - battle of the sexes, power and identity, music of the rolling stones (celebratory and reflective)
-Courtship - sexual attitudes
What are the sources of movement?
-1960s social dance
-Pedestrian gestures (preening, narcissism and adolescent anxiety)
-Animalistic movements
-Lyrics and themes from the courtly dance (eg Baroque/Minuet)
Who designed the lighting?
Tina MacHugh
Who designed the costume?
Marian Bruce
How many dancers are there?
10 dancers - 5 male and 5 female
Who did the music?
The Rolling Stones - 60s/popular music at the time (8 tracks)
How is Rooster structured?
Episodic - 8 sections
There are also movement motifs that recurr throughout
What is the context of the 1960s?
-Pop culture
-Freedom and independence with 60s teenagers
-Era of change
-Women had more social freedom - fighting for change
-Fashion and clothing
-Female dance (eg backing dancers, less formal)
-Abstract era
What is the physical setting of Rooster?
Females wore black shift dresses inspired by Mary Quant and had red in the pleats of the skirt to show female empowerment and a sense of liberation from repressed lust and men wore velvet blazers with coloured shirt and patterned tie with stretchy jeans inspired by Mick Jagger’s dandy phase - these were initially 1960s garments taken from second hand shops
Red feather boa - wealth, love, lust, bull fight, higher social status
Red neck tie - used to whip male
Black backdrop and black cyc
Proscenium arch stage
What are the 8 sections?
1- Little Red Rooster
2- Lady Jane
3- Not fade away
4- As tears go by
5- Paint it black
6- Ruby Tuesday
7- Play with fire
8- Sympathy for the devil
