Individual and group identity Falling Angels Return to Dance HSC ONLINE Go to tutorial Individual and group identity SYLLABUS
Return to Dance HSC ONLINE Explore the possibility that Kylian is making comment on the role of women and individual and group identity in his work Falling Angels. As a starting point, consider the role of women in the 1980s, when the work was first performed. Search the Internet for information about the role of women in politics, business, the humanities, science and domestic situations. How different is the role of women today in comparison to the 1980s?
What is the significance of the beginning of the work? Return to Dance HSC ONLINE Identify significant solos and duos in the work and briefly describe each. What is the significance of the beginning of the work? What is the significance of the ending of the work?
What characters are portrayed in the solos? Return to Dance HSC ONLINE What characters are portrayed in the solos? What is the group doing/portraying when the soloists perform? What narratives are conveyed in the duos?
What might the work communicate about: politics and power? Return to Dance HSC ONLINE What might the work communicate about: politics and power? individual and group? being female? Write a short essay to summarise your response to these questions. Support your comments with reference to movement in the work.
HSC areas of study components movement spatial elements dynamic elements aural elements dancers setting and environment interpretation of the work context genre subject matter meaning significance writing and criticism reading and writing reviews – newspapers, magazines, journals the role of the critic in dance placing the criticism in context organising the dance motif phrase motif into phrase sequencing transition repetition variation and contrast formal structure unity appraisal and evaluation evaluation general values of society specific values in the context of the work worth and merit effectiveness/appropriateness of the work effectiveness/appropriateness of the performance Prescribed choreographers and works era/period in which they work background/training influences choreographic style This tutorial addresses the following syllabus area of study in appreciation Return to tutorial