Section Two Flashcards
Name?
Lady Jane
What happens when it says ‘I pledge myself to lady jane’?
Male dancer leans down to kiss the female dancer’s outstretched right hand. The female dancer snatches her hand out and turns her head to face the front away. Her arms protect her chest. The male dancer sharply turns his head, still bent down to his left to look at her.
- represents courting rituals + social dance and folk dance.
What happens when it says ‘My dear lady Anne’?
The male dancer turns to face another woman. They both rise to fall forwards with their arms outstretched in second linking. The male uses the momentum to spin the female dancer round so she rests with her back on his right leg, with him in a deep second plie. His hand on her shoulder, her left hand on his arm gazing into each other’s eyes.
- this in combination with the previous lyric suggests the disposability of women in the eyes of the male suitor.
How misogyny shown in this section?
Lady Jane dances and a male partner lunges at her suggesting and licks his lips whilst glancing at the audience
- misogyny and the objectification of women and their lack of autonomy. - Link this to the contraceptive pill and how women couldn’t open back accounts without husbands cosigning to them.
- Law meant that women had no right to husband’s earnings or property.
- Also male competition for women.
Why is many of the female dancers movements floppy - what does this show?
Lots of floppy and limp movements by the female dancers so men guide their movements to represent the gender divide and how men had control over women’s autonomy.
What does the lighting change do?
Lighting in the background changes from warm yellow/orange to black and you can no longer see the back of the stage. This pushes women to the forefront making women more prominent in society.
How are the two genders divided within this section?
Despite being in the courting rituals they are still divided by gender constraints of society - the two genders walk towards each other facing each other to introduce the confrontation and divide of genders. Before this four male dancers at front and four female dancers at back. - men in the foreground of society, women in the background.
What does the lack of change in female costumes in this section show?
lack of change, women’s lack of autonomy = timeless.
What is used within this section of the aural setting?
Use of the harpsichord - Elizabethan piano - courting feel
What movement styles are included within this section?
Ballroom and Minuet style dancing
What philosophical concepts can be applied within this section?
- The virgin the whore the mother
- The Madonna whore complex
