Rooster - section 5 movement examples Flashcards
Physical setting
-The male crawls towards towards the females as they exit SR and reaches out for them on one elbow desperately, stretching towards them and lands in a collapsed heap on the floor - the use of levels shows he vulnerable as well as the costume (no jacket) and shows he’s exposed to lots of emotions and is only illuminated by a side light - depressed
-The females exit SR dragging the scarf behind them on the floor then they put their scarfs over their shoulders dragging them behind, then look back at him then forwards - shows they are the embodiment of his grief - temptation
-The female furthest SR hits the male with his scarf and the male falls to the floor as all three females turn towards SR, the female furthest SL then hits him and he falls over his knees and the female in the middle hits him and he falls over his knees again - shows the attacking of his emotions - the scarfs are red which could symbolise violence
Aural setting
-Music visualisation - as there’s a big crash in the symbols - he jumps from two feet and lands on the one foot in a turning open sissone with the leg out in front of him rather than behind and throws his arm over the top as he does it moving towards SR
-Direct correlation - females walk onto stage from SR to US on the 8 drum beats in a marching action in a linear pathway forming a horizontal line across the stage
-Music visualisation - second symbol crash - the male repeats a lunge but this time goes into a kneeling position, on the symbol crash, he windmills his arms over to fall down to the side, he stands up and sweeps his leg through into a turning attitude and moves towards SR - swift change of level - could relate to the Vietnam war and a potential bomb going off - turbulent state of emotion
Christopher Bruce as a choreographer
-The male circles his leg into a parallel retire across his body, while his hips and lower body are facing SL, while his upper body is open towards DS towards the audience, and he does an embellished movement of turning the palms up and leaning right back - use of Bruce off balance and torso
-Promenade - does an outwards ron de jambe with an attitude led round by the two females standing and the third female is anchoring his leg to the floor - balletic influence - Marie Rambert or Walter Gore - females supporting his uncontrollable emotions
-The female’s knee moves across their body, in out in, then they do step, turn, step as they come out of the turn they lift their leg in attitude behind them and their body is drooped over to the side - use of Bruce style - torso is rarely balanced
Structure??
-follows the lyrics and repeated verse structure but no chorus
-Part of the repeated verse ‘No colours anymore, I want them to turn black’ - the females do a step cross, step out (put the weight on it) and step back onto the original foot almost like a triplet and as they do it, they scoop the arm in front of them, then take it out - don’t want to see any happiness - women’s costumes are black
>Meanwhile, the male does a turn with one leg extended out to the floor and the hands are together in parallel position extended above the head. He then steps backwards lifting one leg off the floor flexed at the knee and hits the back of his shoulders with his hands. The male then ron de jambes his leg round with one arm bent at the elbow in towards the body and the other arm extended out to the side to face SR and lifts the leg up again flexed at the knee slightly leaning back
-A part of the repeated verse structure ‘I see a red door and I want to paint it black’ - the females put foot in a bevelled position and join their fingers at the side to create an angular position with their elbows out to the side and they swipe their hands across the face with one elbow high, circle them round the back of the head, then bringing them across the face again, meanwhile they change the foot which is in a bevelled position - trying to disappear/cover themselves so they can’t see any colour
Theme
Female empowerment/temptation - the females exit SR pulling the scarf on the floor behind them and drag it over their shoulders as they leave
-Instrumental opening and the soft plucking of the guitar - the male walks backwards from SR curves round the corner at 90 degrees to start walking forwards towards DS and stops in a relaxed fourth position with his arms in a curved low ‘V’ position, head down - theme of grief and loss - disorientated - loss direction in life - doesn’t want anyone to see/notice him
-The females are in a circle - they do a step ball change on the spot and throw their heads back at the same time in abandonment and do a crossing step to walk round the circle and repeat the ball change, throwing their head back and they open out back into the horizontal line - simple formations, group collective, female solidarity, female empowerment
Transition
-The male dancer pulls himself up into a kneeling position looking into the side light kneeling on one leg with his arm on his knee, adjusts his tie and rooster head juts forward before he stands up and then brushes his hands through his hair - pedestrian gesture - naturalistic - during silence
-The male then sees Ruby Tuesday enter from USL and runs off SR
-Ruby Tuesday walks on slowly entering from USL to USC towards the audience as the music starts
Choreographic devices
-Development of the tempo - the females do a hip circle forwards 4 times to encroach in on him on a slower tempo towards DSR- temptation during the humming section
-Highlight - The female furthest SR hits the male with the scarf on the side of his torso, reaction of throwing himself down to the floor, the dancer furthest SL then whips him and throws himself over his knees onto the floor, the middle dancer whips him and he throws himself again - attacking of his emotions - overwhelming
-Contrast between the two gender groups - (all at the same time) the females put foot in bevelled position and join their hands at the fingers at the side to create an angular position with their elbows out to the side and they swipe their hands across the back of the head, then bring them across the face again, meanwhile they change their foot which is in a bevelled position - the male brings his arm across as he almost does a bevel position and swings his leg round, opening his right leg out into a lunge facing SR with one arm behind and the front arm bent at the elbow (comes up and over the back of his head)
Space
-Use of levels - the females exit SR , pulling the scarf on the floor behind them and drape it over their shoulders as they leave - the male then army crawls up to them as they leave SR and reaches out for them on one elbow, with one hand desperately stretching towards them and ends in a collapsed heap on the floor - female empowerment - scarf - lust
-The foetal position - on line ‘like a newborn baby, it happens every day’ - the male dancer goes down onto his knees on the symbol crash and does a double knee spin and circles the arms above his head and goes down onto the ground to lie on his side and then rolls over to face the front and lies in a foetal position - levels show his vulnerability - direct significance to the lyrics
-The females are in a circle - they do a step ball change on the spot and throw their heads back at the same time in abandonment and do a crossing step to walk round the circle and repeat the ball change, throwing their head back and they open out back into the horizontal line - simple formations, group collective, female solidarity, female empowerment
Social dance
-The trio of females have one arm up, one arm down, hand in fists and swapping them over alternatively as they walk backwards very quickly, let head go and pumping up and down with the arms - 60s movement
-The male travels towards DSR, travels down up, triplet step taking the arms out to the side and swinging his head - dance movement from the 1960s called the pony
Use of dancers
-Females - backing dancers - the pans people - all similar height - in mourning - the females put foot in bevelled position and join their hands at the fingers at the side to create an angular position with their elbows out to the side and they swipe their hands across the back of the head, then bring them across the face again, meanwhile they change their foot which is in a bevelled position
-Male - suffering grief and loss - athletic physique - the male walks backwards from SR curves round the corner at 90 degrees to start walking forwards towards DS and stops in a relaxed fourth position with his arms in a curved low ‘V’ position, head down - theme of grief and loss - disorientated - loss direction in life - doesn’t want anyone to see/notice him
-At the end - merge together - interfere his personal space - temptation - the females exit SR , pulling the scarf on the floor behind them and drape it over their shoulders as they leave - the male then army crawls up to them as they leave SR and reaches out for them on one elbow, with one hand desperately stretching towards them and ends in a collapsed heap on the floor - female empowerment - scarf - lust - male is in desperation
