AS Dance

 To gain the ability to make analytical comments on the dance in terms of:  Character  Qualities  Type and treatment of subject matter  Possible meaning/interpretation  Clarity of choreographic intention

 Describe what you see:  Movement Content – Relationships, Action, Dynamics and Space (RADS)  Dancers – The amount, physique  Set and Costumes – How does this add to the intention/meaning of the dance?  Aural Setting – How is this used? Same structure; is it made for the dance purposefully; mutual co existence; disassociation?

 What is the choreographer’s intention/meaning? What is the piece about?  Is the piece Narrative, Abstract, Pure Dance?  What is the style of the dance?  How has the choreographer achieved this? Think about all constituent features of dance.  Any themes that occur?

 How successful is the piece in achieving this?  Analyse! Just saying, “I like it,” or “I don’t like it!” is not acceptable.

 Title of dance  Choreographer  Date of first performance  Genre/Style  Accompaniment  Dancers/Company  Any specific demands placed on the dancers in performance

 Live performance, recording of live performance, and dance specifically made for film and television are the ways in which dance works are presented to us  Discuss how these different forms of presentations affect the way we understand and appreciate dance works. Provide examples from professional works in your discussion

WATCH: Ocean, Merce Cunningham 1998

Introduction  Name of Dance,  Choreographer,  Date  Themes of the piece or choreographer’s intention

Dancers Paragraph Number, Gender, Role, Physique Make comments on the above and how they are linked to the choreographic themes/intentions, giving examples with movement content Discuss OCEAN’s dancers

Aural Setting Paragraph Music, Silence, Found Sound, Soundscape, Direct Correlation, Mutual Co-existence, Disassociation Make comments on the above and how they are linked to the choreographic themes/intentions giving examples with movement content Discuss OCEAN’s Aural Setting

Physical Setting Paragraph Props, Scenery, Costume, Dance for Camera, In- the-round, Proscenium Arch Make comments on the above and how they are linked to the choreographic themes/intentions giving examples with movement content Discuss OCEAN’s Physical Setting

Structure and Choreographic Devices Binary, Ternary, Episodic, Narrative, Abstract, use of canon, Group relationships Make comments on the above and how they are linked to the choreographic themes/intentions giving examples with movement content Discuss OCEAN’s Structure, use of choreographic devices

 Steps in the Street 1936 Steps in the Street 1936

 You need to be looking for keywords in the question…  Describe……  Discuss……  Analyse……  Explain……  Identify…….  They all have their differences it is important you underline these words to understand what the question is asking you.