Swansong Revision

Swansong Revision

1. Choreographer: Christopher Bruce

2. Composer: Philip Chambon

3. Design: Christopher Bruce

4. Lighting: David Mohr

5. Three Dancers

   • 2 Guards
   • A Prisoner

6. Choreography

   • Ballet
     • Arabesque
       • Leaps
         • Pirouettes
   • Contemporary
     • Low Centre of Gravity
       • On'Off Balance
   • Jazz
     • Slides
       • Drags
         • Spins
   • Tap
     • Percussion with Feet
   • Music Hall/Vaudeville
     • Comedy Aspect
   • Section 3
     • Prisoner
       • Actions
         • Contractions
         • Reaches
         • Turns
         • Slides
       • Dynamics
         • Dramatic
           • Helpless
       • Space
         • General
         • Personal
           • Depending on the emotion being portrayed
       • Relationship
         • Solo
   • Section 6
     • Relationship
       • Duet
     • Space
       • General
       • Go into prisoners personal space
     • Actions
       • Tap Dance
       • Large Exaggerated
         • Show authority
     • Dynamics
       • Mocking
       • Smug

7. Theme: Interrogation of a political prisoner by two brutal guards

8. There are seven sections

   • Questions & Answers
   • Tea for Two
   • First Solo
   • Slow Solo
   • Second Solo
   • Cane Dance
   • Third Solo

9. Set Design and Prop

   • Set Scene and Atmosphere
   • Chair
     • Scene and Prop
     • First used as a seat
     • Become psychological prop for victim
       • Safe Haven
       • Trap
     • Very significant to prisoner
       • represents his ever changing relationship
         • Reflect state of mind
     • Protection for prisoner
     • Weapon
       • Guards
       • Prisoner
   • Black backdrop
   • Bareness of stage = emptiness of prison cell
     • Add lighting
       • Dark, claustrophobic room with a high up window

10. Costume

    • Prisoner
      • Pink/Red T-Shirt
      • Blue Jeans
        • Casual Look
      • Black Shoes
      • Later Red Nose
    • Guards
      • Khaki Trousers
        • Uniform
      • Khaki Shirt
        • Uniform
          • Formal Attire
          • Military
      • Later Use Caps
      • Black Shoes

11. Lighting

    • Dim
      • Intense atmosphere
      • White Spotlight on Prisoner
        • DSR to begin
      • White light over stage
        • Guards enter
      • Section 1
    • Esacpe Route for Prisoner
      • Section 3
      • Window in cell or Light to Heaven
      • White Shaft
        • Coming from USL
    • Section 6
      • White light
        • Covers stage

12. Accompaniment

    • Connections between Choreography and Music
      • Strong rhythm and pulse
      • Silence creates intense mood
      • Found Sound reflect conversations
        • What you make e.g tap/percussion
      • Music = Reference point
        • Two loud crashes = repitition of material in trio
      • Reflects atmosphere
        • Show the prisoners emotional state
          • Creates imagery