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 ParagraphNumber, 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 ParagraphMusic, 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 ParagraphProps, 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 DevicesBinary, 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

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.