1. Individual and group identity
Falling Angels
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Individual and group identity
SYLLABUS

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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?

3. What is the significance of the beginning of the work?
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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?

4. What characters are portrayed in the solos?
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What characters are portrayed in the solos?
What is the group doing/portraying when the soloists perform?
What narratives are conveyed in the duos?

5. What might the work communicate about: politics and power?
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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.

6. 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
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