Section C: Within Her Eyes Flashcards
Who is the choreographer of Within Her Eyes (WHE)
James Cousins
How many dancers are there in WHE
2 (1 male/ 1 female)
What is the performance environment of WHE
Site sensitive
What is the structural design of WHE
A prologue with 6 continuous sections in one seamless journey
What is the dance style of WHE
Contemporary Ballet
What are the choreo approaches in WHE
Improvisation, keeping the female dancer off the floor, using choreography from previous work and adapting for an outdoor setting
What are the stimuli for WHE
Love and loss, Longing and memory, Dependancy and loyalty, A love story with a twist, Dancers can never be together
What are the choreographic intentions of WHE
An abstract love story, The pull back and towards the girls late lover contrasted with the desire to move on
Three main components of the costume design
Contrasting costume, Delicate blouse with top button up, Female’s cardigan in the prologue
What is the female’s costume
The female wears a beige blouse and a thigh length pleated skort which is loose fitting and chiffon like fabric. The top button is done up. She also wears a beige cardigan in the prologue and always has her hair tied in a ponytail.
What is the male’s costume
The male wears khaki green cotton jumper and dark trousers all loose fit. He wears dark coloured shoes as well
What does the contrasting costumes show
Her costume is light like the heavens linking to her late lover whilst his dark colours are like the earth which keeps them both grounded. It also shows they have differences so early on in the relationship linking to love story with a twist/ abstract love story
What does the delicate blouse with the top button done up show
Suggest her fragility and modesty. She is reserved and doesn’t want to show her emotion it the button is undone during the dance showing she is becoming more comfortable with him
What does the female’s cardigan in the prologue show
It creates this cold atmosphere and also show she is isolating and reserving herself away from everyone else and her own problems, she is grieving
What does the females short skirt show
Allows for a lot more movement especially because she is always being lifted. It gives her freedom to move and be herself with him
Three main components of the set design
Graveyard in the prologue, Vast open landscape, Intimate forest setting
What does the graveyard in the prologue show
Suggest she has lost somebody in her past who we know is her late lover linking to the stimuli and intent. It creates a sombre mood and sets up her as a character with a lot of emotion
What does the vast open landscape show
It enhances this sense of loneliness and how it is only them which is abstract but also allows them to strengthen their relationship with one another
What does the intimate forest setting show
The set feels more enclosed and hidden showing they are becoming more intimate and trusting with one another
What does the cliff side quarry show
It creates more tension and trust as they are so near falling showing how their relationship has completely strengthened
Three main components of the lighting design
Grey and gloomy lighting, lighting progressively gets darker, very dark in the kneeling section
What does the grey and gloomy in the prologue lighting
It adds a sense of loneliness and is depressing like the deserted streets. It suggest she is not in a good place and something sad has happened to her
What does the lighting progressively getting darker show
It shows a sense of time passing and their relationship progressing on and also the darker lighting is more intimate and secret
What does the very dark lighting in the kneeling section show
It contrasts the earlier sections and suggests the high point of their relationship as we can hardly see them so we feel we are intruding on their intimacy