within her eyes

Question 1

choreographer for within her eyes

Answer 1

james cousins

Question 2

dance style for within her eyes

Answer 2

contemporary/ contact work

Question 3

choreographic approach for within her eyes

Answer 3

-uses choreo from the stage production there we have been and set outdoors in a bleak landscape
-from original choreo he worked with 2 starting points, narrative and emotional themes

-physical idea of keeping the female character off the floor
-movement was created in collaboration with dancers through improvisation

-It was created using choreography from Cousins’ ‘There We Have Been’.

Question 4

stimulus for within her eyes

Answer 4

-james wanted to create a love story with a twist he wanted to portray a unqiue narrative combining themes of love and loss

-he wanted to create a story which showed that no matter what happened they could never be together

Question 5

intent for within her eyes

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-to create a dance film that maintained emotional intensity of the performance of **there we have been **

Question 6

dancers for within her eyes

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2
-1male
-1female

Question 7

structure for within her eyes

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-a prologue followed by 6 continuous sections
-changing locations physicality and music that reflects the developing relationship
-overall effect is 1seamless journey

Question 8

aural setting for within her eyes

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-music combines electronic elements with strings and piano creating a haunting and emotive accompaniment
-created by composer Seymour Milton

Question 9

costume for within her eyes

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-everday clothes
-female dancer wears a beige shirt and skirt
-male dancer wears khaki jumper and jeans. the darkness of his costume contrasts with the lightness of hers adds to the illusion of her floating on him
-darkness of his costume links to earth
-lightness of her gives an ethereal feel

Question 10

lighting for for within her eyes

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-natural light of the environment
-theres a development from daytime to evening into night to show the passage of the relationship
-darker setting at the end adds to intensity and intimacy of last section

Question 11

performance environment for within her eyes

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-site sensitive, dance for camera, filmed by scratch

Question 12

stage/set for within her eyes

Answer 12

-remote locations to give feelings of isolation and to highlight the characters seperation from society