SWANSONG Flashcards
Swansong structure
Intro-7 sections
Victim always on stage
Victim performs a solo-section 3
Has motifs from solo developed/repeated in sections 5&7
Swansong dance style
Contemporary Balletic Theatrical Tap Acrobatics
How many dancers in swansong
3 men
Swansong staging
Proscenium
Swansong starting point/inspiration
Work of amnesty international
Saying goodbye
Swansong theme
Human rights
Prisoner of conscience
Swansong choreographic style
Episodic
Dramatic
Thematic
In Swansong what at the cane and red nose used for?
To degrade the victim
In swansong what purpose does the chair serve?
Used symbolically as a weapon
Shield
Shackles
Burden
Swansong set
Nothing on stage apart from one chair
Minimalistic
Cell like
Who did the set for swansong
Christopher Bruce
Explain the lighting for swansong
Overhead
Diagonal shaft of light(naturalistic) from upstage left
Footlight create shadows-atmospheric
Who did the lighting for swansong
David Mohr
Who was the costume designer for swansong
Christopher Bruce
Type of accompaniment for swansong
Electro-acoustic with digitally sampled sound
Vocals
Reed pipe
