AS Dance 2011

Choreography Skills  What are the 6 constituent features of Dance?  From the 5 dance pieces you have watched, describe each feature using an example from the pieces you have seen.  For Example: Dancers – Age, Gender, Number, Role: Rooster (1994) by Christopher Bruce has 10 dancers, 5 Female and 5 Male, the themes of the piece are about courting and relationships, the dancers play the roles of boyfriends/girlfriends, they are all of a young age, therefore the choreographer appears to be depicting new relationship experiences for the audience to watch.

Choreography Skills  Name and describe 10 ways to develop a motif. Describe the motif in it’s simple form and then go onto develop it…..

Choreography Skills  What is meant by the term Contrast? Give an example of it….  What is meant by the term Climax? Give an example of it….  What is a transition? There are transition steps and transitions between sections, explain….  What is the purpose of sequencing a dance?

Choreography Skills  Describe the following structures:  Binary  Ternary  Rondo  Episodic  What would the following structure be and where have you seen it before?  A

Choreography Skills  What is Chance Technique?  Describe the term Collage….

Choreography Skills  What is meant by the term Space?  There are 3 planes what are they?  In what directions can we move?

Choreography Skills  What is meant by the term Timing and how it can be used to effect….?  Describe what Dynamics and how they can be used to effect….

Choreography skills  Name 5 ways in which you can place group formations on a stage  In terms of partner work, name 5 ways in which they can work together, for example, mirroring each other…..

Choreography Skills  Name and describe the 4 types of Canon  Name 3 types of dance e.g. Narrative and how they are used to effect

Choreography Skills