wildlife Flashcards
dance and the set
Three dancers are led in the pigeon position, stage right with their left leg bent. They then roll onto their back and extend the right leg into the air before bending it and crossing it over the left leg. The dancers push themselves up into the lung position and look up as the kite is lowered above them. The dancers turn to the back , stand up and in a taller lung with the left leg they reach their right arm up to the kite.
cunningham technique
The dancer pivots round clockwise in attitude to face downstage left with his left leg, arms out to the side and head down. He then moves into a contraction of the torso before doing an explosive stag leap. He lands with his left leg in front in a parallel
4th position, left arm straight diagonally pointing down and his torso contracted.
use of music
The trio start in a diagonal line downstage left. On the sound of a horn being blown the first dancer does a step turn, step leap into a side leap facing the front. He opens his arms to second and then hugs them back in again. The second and third dancer repeat the same step on the following horn noises