Chorographical -Revision

Costume Be descriptive - mention Shape Colour Texture Material Footwear Accessories Period What kind of character or lifestyle is suggested Draw diagrams What is suggested to you personally by the costume

Scenery / Set Give detailed descriptions Draw diagrams use laban notation if pos What type of stage - name some areas with special meaning What are the props What does the setting suggest Show entrances and exits Levels

Lighting Give detailed description with lighting colour What type of lighting What does the lighting suggest to you What kind of atmosphere does the lighting create

Space What is the difference between personal and general space How are the 2 types used in frontline and why What are the levels and how are they used What are the pathways and why are they used Is it large or confined

Accompaniment Relationship between movement and music Describe the music Identify the various sounds and instruments How do the movements relate to the music How did the dance come to a conclusion with the music How did the dance slow down as the music did How did the dance become rhythmical as the music did Identify key movements where the music and movement related eg if there was a sudden loud piece of music was it accompanied by a jump Give lots of examples

Choreographic Devices Canon Unison Complementary Contrasting

Motif Design & Development Motif : Action movements (step,travel,jump,turn,balance,gesture) Development: Repeat it Turn it around Reverse it Invert it Alter just parts of it

Motif Design & Development Dynamics (time,weight,space,flow) Slowly,quickly,with strength,lightly,with abandonment,with control,in a straight line,indirectly Space do the motif higher,lower in parts or as a whole Relationships add or subtract numbers of dancers,if a individual dancers has a motif let 2,3 or the whole group do it or vice versa