Sutra section 4

Question 1

What is Section 4 called?

Answer 1

War

Question 2

How do the dancers relate to each other on stage?

Answer 2

• Monks angry with Larbi at the end; older Monk pushing Larbi’s small boxes and taking away metal box

Question 2

What instruments are used in this section?

Answer 2

1. Snare Drum opens
2. Cello bass line
3. Viola

Question 3

What is the timing of the snare drum beat?

Answer 3

1.. & 2.. & 3.. & 4..

Question 4

What is important to note about the aural setting in this section?

Answer 4

• The snare drum opens the section
• The cello follows with the bass line
• The viola is a wavering soprano
• There are layered music patterns and melodies
• Use of silence

Question 5

How was the Snare Drum used to create the beats in the aural setting?

Answer 5

Instead of pressing the pedal, they would use a brush to have a lighter sound quality

Question 5

How is lighting used in this section?

Answer 5

Lighting starts low, before the lights are brought up to focus on the line of boxes in the middle of the stage
- Bright white lights

Question 6

What choreographic devises are used?

Answer 6

Section opens with cumulative cannon line at the start

Question 7

How are the dancers’ space used in this section?

Answer 7

• Direct pathways to show discipline and organisation
• Sideways pathways off the boxes
• Lots of symmetry (typical of Larbi)
• Straight lines
• Half circle shapes
• Triangle
• High level to mid level pathways - on and off box
• Dancers end stood on the boxes
• The Monks stay in their own spaces (isolation, link to s1)

Question 8

What is the box design like?

Answer 8

• Transition to war of boxes moving into a line
• Boxes get stood up into 2 separate lines
• Boxes move again into a single line
• First time the metal box is used (shows East vs. West)
• Boxes are used to create two walls opposite each other

Question 9

What props are used?