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Dance Gcse
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- 1Choreographer for Shadows?Christopher Bruce
- 2Choreographer's life?Trained at Ballet Rambert School in 1963. He is the last major choreographer to have been
nurtured by Marie Rambert. Bruce was Associate Director of Ballet
Rambert from 1975-1979, Associate Choreographer in 1980, then Artistic
Director from 1994-2002. His best-known works include Cruel Garden
(1977), Ghost Dances (1981), Berlin Requiem (1982), Swansong (1987)
and Rooster (1991).
Christopher Bruce was awarded a CBE in 1998 - 3Shadows Company?Pheonix Dance Theatre. Founded in 1981 it began working on dances only created by the company. Under the direction
of Sharon Watson,
Phoenix has re-introduced diverse mixed programmes of work by both
established and up and coming choreographers, including classic pieces
from the company’s repertoire. - 4Date of 1st performance?26th November 2014
- 5Dance Stylemodern dance techniques stemmed from his training. With a combination between classical and contemporary.
- 6Choreographic approachDoesn't choreograph any movement outside of the studio he waits for the dances and get influenced by them. He started with the idea of family sitting round a dining table (the heart) and he knew that the furniture would become an instinctive part of the dance instead of a static set. The "anxiety of the music" greatly influenced the movement content. Wanted each family member to have a voice in the dance.
- 7Stimulus?Arvo Part’s Fratres for violin and piano was the starting point for the work.
For Bruce, the music “evokes images of a European history and tradition
steeped in over a thousand years of suffering and human experience.” translates this vision into an exploration of a family
dynamic, examining the relationships between each member (son,
daughter, mother and father) as they deal with an unseen but ever-present outside force. - 8Choreographic intention?Political awareness. Referring to past political events happening in the world exploring their effect on human life. Family coming to terms with deprivation, poverty and the reality of what lies outside of their intimate home.
- 9The Dancers?4 dancers. 2 male and 2 female.
- 10Duration12 minutes
- 11StructureSemi-narrative.
Solo, duet, trio, quartet. - 12Aural settingThe accompaniment is Arvo Part’s Fratres (composed in 1977), the version
for violin and piano pre-recorded for use in performance. The music has no
break in tempo, following Part’s signature style of composition – using
broken chords and diatonic scales. The music is in a minor key and is
integral to the dark, solemn atmosphere of the piece. There is a clear
correlation between the movement vocabulary and accompaniment in
terms of speed and dynamics, often used to introduce each character and
their emotional response to their environment - 13CostumeClearly gendered depicting the era: 1930's to 1940's. Simple skirts, shirts, trousers and dresses as well as a large overcoat and hat worn at the very end of the piece. Colours are muted and worn down - again symbolising deprivation and
poverty. There are no costume changes in the piece.
Towards the end of the piece the dancers/family prepare to leave the
house by putting on shoes and coats. It is clear that these jackets are
oversized for the son/daughter, again referencing to the fact that the family are living in poverty. - 14LightingThe lighting was designed by John B Read, who uses the lighting to create
an intimate space on stage depicting the feeling of ‘a room’, as well as to
indicate what is waiting for the family outside that they are so reluctant to step into. - 15performance environmentend stage
- 16Staging/ Seta minimal set within a
black-box (a simple set with bare walls and floor) theatre space. The piece
includes a table, a bench, two stools, a coat stand and suitcases – all
worn-looking, and somewhat drab: confirming the notion of hardship within
the family. The space created allows the audience to enter the heart of the
home, the kitchen. This is where the narrative of the choreography and the relationships between the family members unfolds.
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- Fichas sobre Dance Gcse, creado por Melissandre St.Hilaire el 15/04/2018.
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- Melissandre St.Hilaire · abr 2018
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