relationship content
- lead and follow
- mirroring
- action and reaction
- accumulation
- complement and contrast
- counterpoint
- contact
- formations
choreographic processes
- researching
- improvising
- generating
- selecting
- developing
- structuring
- refining and synthesising.
structuring devices
- binary
- ternary
- rondo
- narrative
- episodic
- beginning/middle/end
- unity
- logical sequence
- transitions.
choreographic devices
- motif and development
- repetition
- contrast
- highlights
- climax
- manipulation of number
- unison and canon.
aural settings
- song
- instrumental
- orchestral
- spoken word
- silence
- natural sound
- found sound
- body percussion.
performance environments
• proscenium arch • end stage • site-sensitive (i.e. designed for non-theatre spaces) • in-the-round.
define a BINARY structure
A composition in two parts or sections.
AB
define a TERNARY structure
A composition in three parts.
ABC
define a RONDO structure
A music or dance form with alternating and repeating sections (e.g. verse and chorus.)
define a NARRATIVE structure
Dance that tells a story.
define a EPISODIC structure
A choreography with several sections, linked by a theme
define a LOGICAL SEQUENCE structure
The flow of phrases or sections of a dance
define TRANSITIONS
Links between dance phrases or sections.
define UNITY
A sense of ‘wholeness’ or harmony.
define climax
The most significant moment of the dance.
motif development
Ways in which a movement phrase can be varied.
manipulation of number
How the number of dancers in a group is used.
canon
When the same movements overlap in time.
define proscenium arch
an arch framing the opening between the stage and the auditorium in some theatres
define in-the-round
performance with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage
name all the examples of spatial content
- pathways
- levels
- directions
- size of movement
- patterns
- spatial design
define pathways
Designs traced in space (on the floor or in the air
define levels
Distance from the ground: low, medium or high.
define directions
The facing of a movement.
