Transcript Rosas Danst Rosas Powerpoint/work booklet File

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The Facts
Choreographer: Anne De Keersmaker
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Company: Rosas
First performance : Film was created in 1997 (Live 1983)
Dance style : Post Modern- Physical with pedestrian actions, repetitive and compulsive
gestures.
Choreographic style: Highlights single parts of the body, drawing attention to small
human gestures. Movements are patterned and structures to create rhythms and achieve
perfect unison
Theme : Rage/ Human Behaviour
Starting point : The music and dance relationships
Structure: 8 sections (Film version); (5 Live)
Number of Dancers : four women (extra appear in inter cut scenes from other
productions)
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Accompaniment: Thierry de May and Peter Vermeesch
Electronic, percusssive, minimalist together with natural sounds
of dancers in action
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Costume: Designed by Rosas
Drab everyday grey skirts and tops, black leggings, socks and
shoes. Loose fitting and functional. They appear institutional.
Lighting
Film: natural light through the windows.
(Live performance: Remon Fromont)
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Set
Film: takes place in the corridors and rooms of a large, austere,
empty school in Belgium. Windows, doors and walls frame the
action. An assortment of wooden chairs is used for one section.
Live version: set by Keersmaeker
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Staging and Film
Site-specific
Film directed by Thierry de Mey. The camera becomes both
composer and choreographer by taking us on a journey, panning
and zooming, selecting and layering images to create rhythms
Recurrent Themes / Features of the work:
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Restricted Versus Free Space
Music Driving the movement.
Foreground versus Background
Solo dancer leading camera to new room/space
Suspension, Fall and Release
Motif Development
Human Versus Abstract
Contrast in speed, level, dynamic, shape, space
Accumulation, counterpoint and unison
Linear pathways in movement and camera pans
Exploration of and journeying through space
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Movement Style
Pedestrian
Minimalist
Gesture
Abstract
Release-based
Hypnotic
Mechanical
Grounded
Breathy
Concerned with relationship whilst maintaining dancer to dancer
independence
Contemporary Dance
Precise
Dramatic
Repetition
Synchronised
Music/movement relationship
Post modern
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Complete the following:
Description of ASDR (Action, Space, Dynamics & Relationships
of 1st Movement- Floor (4 marks)
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Complete the following:
Describe the costumes for RDR: (4)
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Explain the effect/impact of this costume: (4)
Complete the following:
Describe the Lighting for RDR: (4)
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Explain the contribution of this Lighting: (4)
Complete the following:
Describe the set for RDR: (4)
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Explain the effect/impact of this Set: (4)
Complete the following:
Describe the Accompaniment for RDR: (4)
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Explain the contribution of this accompaniment: (4)
Ensure you write your responses on lined paper or your books
ready to hand in on 21st January.
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