Shadows

Question 1

Shadows choreographer

Answer 1

Christopher bruce

Question 2

Company

Answer 2

Phoenix dance theatre

Question 3

Dance style

Answer 3

Neo classical

Question 4

Choreographic stimulus(4)

Answer 4

-Arvo part’s fratres for violin and piano
-music evokes images of European history and tradition over thousands of years of suffering and human experience
-family dynamic, relationships
-unseen ever present outside force

Question 5

Choreographic intention(3)

Answer 5

-politically aware
-set in Eastern Europe, coming to terms with deprivation, poverty and the realities of what lies outside the intimate family home
-a darker work with a sort of narrative, audience apply their own context

Question 6

Structure shadows

Answer 6

Semi narrative

Question 7

Shadows choreographic approach’s

Answer 7

-doesn’t prepare movements, works with the dancers
-idea of a family unit, with a table
-each member of the family has a voice and tells a stroy
-movements sit well on the dancers

Question 8

6 marker

Answer 8

Contribution explain
-4+ points (short)

Question 9

Costume

Answer 9

Muted worn down colours
Depicting 1930s of Eastern Europe
Mother-maternal floral
Daughter- school like
Oversized (hardship)

Question 10

Aural setting of shadows

Answer 10

Crescendo at climax
Minor key throughout
Frantic on daughters sole, calmer on mother and fathers
Silence at start
Son hitting furniture and floor

Question 11

Sons solo

Answer 11

Action: pounding fists onto floor
Kicking legs
Hiding behind table
Dynamics:aggressive
Forceful
Powerful
Space:diagonal pathway
Devices:motif- fists repeated
Climax- highlighted crecesndo

Question 12

Lighting

Answer 12

Highlights climax(sons solo- green bright sidelight)
Symbolic of shadows
Relationships- room like space created
AIDS narrative- warm tone at end,shows safety/acceoatnec
Shifts audience focus-upstage right, sidelight