Section 6- Ruby Tuesday Flashcards
What is the aural setting?
- Baroque pop
- by mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Who are the dancers?
- 1 female
- 4 males
What is the physical setting?
- female wearing a long deep red dress, with a full skirt and long sleeves. Hair is long and down, and she’s in bare feet= hippie subculture
- 4 males are wearing black jackets= suggests death and mourning, allows focus to always be on female as strips their individuality
- use of side lighting, shin lighting, bright pool of light on climax, warm and dim at end of section
- What is the significance of the repetitive and developed twisting motifs throughout this section?
- it conveys the females character, showing her as childlike, pensive, and self possessed
- also emphasises her freeness and care free attitude
- Describe one of the twisting gestures performed by the female in this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: She walks very slowly towards downstage, and starts twiddling her hair with 1 hand, looking at the audience
On lyric: “or in the darkest nights”
Interpretation: this is the beginning of the turning gestures seen throughout this section, showing us her personality
- Describe a development of the twisting actions that are included in this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: (development of size) she does 1 and a half turns with her arms in a relaxed parallel above her head, letting her torso and head relax and move with her. She ends in a side lunge facing upstage with her arms in third, then immediately turns to face downstage, with her leg high in second, and arms in a wide v
On lyric: “no one knows”
Interpretation: she has opened out more and is beginning to enjoy and embrace life
- Describe another twisting movement which is seen by the female dancer in this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: she does an inwards round kick, sweeping the arms out and over in a vertical plane to cross the body, then does an outwards round kick on the opposite leg, sweeping the arm open at the same time. She does a small vertical circle of the leg behind her with her knees together.
Interpretation: Her skirt creates circles in the air as she moves her legs, looking like a trail that she is leaving behind in her life
- Describe the climax of this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: She runs towards upstage to the 4 males who are stood in a square formation and jumps into their arms landing on her stomach in a pencil like position. They throw her up in the in the air and she does one full revolution, then she is thrown back up again landing sat up, with her legs split straight in front of her, then carry her to downstage left.
On lyrics: “Goodbye Ruby Tuesday” (volume increases)
Interpretation: This is the first time she is raised high above the males and so is a celebration of her in this moment
- Describe a lift seen in this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: 3 of the males lift her, 2 holding her arms and one on her leg. She is in a horizontal position and circles the gesture leg in an outwards round kick in the air, then is lowered into an arabesque
Interpretation: Further celebration of her, lifted high and is almost paraded around the stage
- Describe another lift seen in this section
Give the interpretation
Movement: 2 of the male dancers lift her up, one holding her hand and the other has her weight over his shoulder. Her legs are together and she draws a circle with her feet in the air
Interpretation: she has no worries, she is carefree and is enjoying her life. she remains having the control over the males and being the focus of this section of the dance
- Describe a moment of elevation that presents Ruby Tuesday as childlike
Give the interpretation
Movement: She does a step ball change towards downstage right then does a grande jete, being thrown in the air from one male to another male, then lands in an arabesque
Interpretation: She enjoys being thrown up in the air, like children do
- Describe a movement where the movement exactly reflects the lyrics of the song
Give the interpretation
Lyric: “she just can’t be chained”
Movement: Facing stage left she takes 3 walks forwards on the Demi pointe, lifting her knees through a parallel retire, her arms are lifted straight above her head and change from right, left, right, getting higher each time
Interpretation: She looks like she is climbing a ladder, wanting to get out into the world and experience new things, and scale new heights
- Describe another movement where the movement exactly reflects the lyrics of the song
Give the interpretation
Lyric: “when you change with every new day”
Movement: she gets into a ballroom hold with one of the male dancers and spins rapidly towards downstage left
Interpretation: social dance not yet seen, she is experiencing something new and different in her life
- Describe a movement which presents Ruby Tuesday as childlike
Give the interpretation
Movement: She runs kicking her heels up, spinning in circles with her arms in second and head back, moving from upstage left to centre stage in front of the males. She then does fast chaine turns with her head still lifted back. She ends the turns with her legs in second facing the males, and her head carries on the circle, with a free flowing dynamic
On lyric: “still I’m going to miss you”
Interpretation: she feels free and is playing, enjoying the dizzy sensation. use of classic vocal
- Describe a movement which portrays Ruby Tuesday as mercurial
Give the interpretation
Movement: Taking a direct pathway to downstage right, she does 2 travelling balonces, one with the arms in third, and the other windmilling her arms out to the side, she then does a step and two hops, with one leg in attitude devan, and her arms in a contracted fifth above her head. She then does a turn into a small leap, curving both arms back over her head, lifting her head back
On lyric: “she comes and goes”
Interpretation: shows her as mercurial and unpredictable as constant change of movement and very fast and free
