Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Gypsy Mixture -
Richard Alston
- Opening Section
- Music
- Originally from Romania
and Eastern European
countries
- Remixed by Western DJs
to make it dance music
- Rhythmic
- Village chatter at
the beginning
- Introduces community idea
- Motifs
- Motif 1
- Travelling to the side with small ball-change
steps, left arm coming from the side of the body
at a right angle, forearm pointing down. The body
rises and falls with each step and the body is
leaned away from the direction of movement.
- Movement directly corrallates with the
music's underlying beat
- Represents travelling
from place to place
- Motif 2
- The body swings down to a crouch position on the floor and swings
back up to stand up with the left heel on the floor crossed infront
of the right foot and the right arm curved low infront of the torso,
left arm extending diagonally up to the side. The arms then drop
causing the body to swing into a crouch again and stand up this
time with the right heel on the floor and right arm extended
upwards. The whole motif is carried by a pendulum momentum
created by the swinging down of the arms and body
- This motif is performed in direct
corrallation with a trumpet riff in the
music and the intensity of the music is
reflected through the movement
- Represents dance from different
cultures picked up on their travels
- Motif 3
- The dancers step back into a wide 4th position with the
right leg whilst slowly circling the right arm back over the
head and opening the body towards it. This is then
repeated on the left then the right again before stepping
into a lungeto the side facing downstage right and the
right arm hooks to make a right angle from shoulder to
elbow then elbow to hand. The steps backwards are very
slow and have a feeling of suspension in them.
- A trumpet riff cuts over the music and slows down
the pace of the movement to create contrast
- Ideas/what happens
- The "Wheeler-Dealer" enters to set the
scene and dances a short solo before
summoning the "rest of the village" to come
- Then rest of travelers enter
and perform a unison phrase to
show a sense of community
- The dancers change formation
to show that their characters
are moving from place to place
- There is then a short duet by a
couple called the clarinet couple
- Then all the villagers enter again from
the back and dance in unison again
- This section then ends with the wheeler-dealer
alone on stage performing another short solo
- Celebration
- Drumming Section
- Music
- Features heavy percussion
- Voice yells "Hiy-ya!" about a
third of the way through
- Only gypsy element of this piece of music
- Mixed my DJs to contrast
traditional and modern music
- Shows the changing of time
- Ideas/what happens
- Motifs
- Tribes Section
- Music
- Mixed by
DJs in France
- Starts bright but
becomes a dense, scary
sound by the end
- Ideas/what happens
- Explores many styles of dance
picked up on the traveler's
journey's across the world
- The travelers are being
driven out of where
they have come to
- Starts with a solo that explores
multiple cultural elements
- Then there is a sharp
duet by the "leaders"
- Then everyone enters and the
women are on one side and men
on the other and the movement is
a call and response phrase
- Next the dancers perform a
unison phrase that the
whole company perform
- Themes
- Community
- Being rejected by society
- Travelling
- Different cultures
- Journey
- Costume
- Lighting