Rooster - section 8 Flashcards
Bruce as a choreographer
Use of jazz - eclectic blend of movement - the trio of males take a big step towards the females and slide on their knees and circle the arms back
- they do a hop forwards SR in a parallel leg hips pushed sideways, they then sway and clap - social dance
-symbolic repetition of embellished bow - they have the back leg bent and the front leg is on demi pointe and the body has a lower centre of gravity with the arm extended in front of him with an embellished flick of the wrist
Subject matter and themes
-Male chauvinism - in the represe of section 1, the alpha male rooster struts towards the female and head just towards her from section 1 and looks her up and down and has his hands on his tie and rooster struts off stage right - misogyny
-Battle of the sexes - in section 2, the repeat movements from the section 2 with Lady Jane such as the rock in and the assisted grande jeté in a circle, he goes to kiss her hand and she snatched her hand away before running off she is in control
-Celebration, Part of climax/highlight - the male in red windmills his legs over in a circular action in a scissor kick as he gets lifted above the purple shirt male not classical partnering, US
Structure
-Ternary structure - only males at beginning - for example the males do an elaborate bow towards one another, then they grab each other’s hand and do a stylised handshake rippling it up and down in a snake-like motion then do two ball changes travelling towards DSL childish behaviour - snake - adopting devilish character
-in the middle of the dance, there’s the incorporation of the females - where all the females stand around the alpha male in a horseshoe shape, the alpha male elaborately bows and the females swish skirts from side to side to show the red on line ‘Please to meet you’ (mood and atmosphere?)
-at the end of the dance, all cast, repetition of the other sections for example in section do they repeat movements such as the rock in and the assisted grande jeté in a cocker then he goes to kiss her hand and she snatched it away - battle of the sexes
Use of music
-Samba rock
-Direct use of lyrics - ‘washed his hands and sealed his fate’ - the alpha male roles hands in front of his stomach in fists under his tie after ball heel step walking forwards - literal representation
-Music visualisation - ‘Oh yeah!’ - the alpha male crumples his body in an animalistic way, knocks his knees together, squeezes elbows in an head goes back up to the ceiling - males reduced to animalistic form
-mood and atmosphere?? ‘loving you is the nature of our game’ - the alpha male and the male from paint it black do a triplet step towards the back of the stage then step and do a side leap with their arms extended out to the side - very elevated
Use of space
-Formation - all the females stand round the male in a horseshoe shape and the alpha male bows while the females swish their skirts from side to side so you can see the red - male chauvinism - centre of attention
-The males step towards the females and slide onto the floor into a kneeling position and they circle their arms back quickly while the females are still standing - levels - female empowerment
-The male in red is in a crouched position and the male in the pink shirt places his hand on top of the male in the red shirt’s head while in an attitude position - male in red walks around in a circle and the alpha male kicks him to the floor as he leaves - suppression - asserting presences - power - use of levels
Character identity and personality
-The alpha male does a triplet step to the back calling in with fingers and beckons females in from either side - male chauvinism - superiority - authoritative
-The two males face the back and swish their leg behind them taking their hands above their heads, index fingers out curved like devil horns - keep secrets - devil horn imagery
-Assume a V shaped position and everyone flicks their leg into turn out with the alpha male at the front and centre, then the alpha male uses the last chord to flick his leg into fifth - controlling
Physical setting
-The females are US and the males run off to further DS and they do an embellished bow towards the females then move forwards swinging their arms and corrects their tie and head juts forwards - ulterior motifs - male chauvinism - preening gestures - females are left in dark at back
-The males do a hop towards SR in a parallel leg hips pushes sideways, they then sway and clap - floors illuminated further forward off the females
-Males in no jacket - celebration and freedom emphasised through elevated movements such as the two males near the beginning do a step ball change sideways facing the back then do an explosive leap facing the front arms in a high V - celebration - explosive movements
Choreographic devices
-Development of the devil horns - original - both males face the back and swish leg behind them, taking hands above their heads, index fingers out, curved like devil horns, they then fragment this into one hand in a swirling serpentine pathway above head into one handed horn
-Part of climax/highlight - the male in red windmills his legs over in a circular action in a scissor kick as he gets lifted above the purple shirt male - elevated - Vietnam war imagery
-At end repetition - repeated movements such as in section 2 the rock in and out and the assisted grande jeté then he goes to kiss her hand and she snatches it away - battle of the sexes - courtship
Use of dancers
-All cast (use movements for structure and character and identity)
Sources of movement
-Courtship reinforcement - two pairs of contact work in unison including holding hand rocking in towards each other and back out again, she then turns round and leans across his back and lifts her leg up and beats it with the other leg
-Samba movement - the males do ball change in place and circle their arms next to them moving their hips
-Mick Jaggers rubber leg movement - he faced back with the legs in a wide second inverted knees and changes from the ball of the feet arms in a high V
