Sunday, November 2, 2014

Choreography Starter Task

What is a stimulus?

A stimulus is the original idea for a piece of choreography.

Write down what these 5 different types of stimulus mean?

Visual- a type of visual stimuli could be a photograph or video.

Tactile - a type of tactile stimuli would be something you can feel, something like a hedgehog or a cloud.

Auditory- a type of auditory stimuli would be a sound or piece of music.

Ideational- a type of ideational stimuli would be a theme and idea.

Kinaesthetic- a type of kinaesthetic stimuli would be a stimuli based on movement.

What is motif?

A series of repeated movements that represent stimulus.

What is a climax in a dance choreography?

The climax in a piece of dance is the highlight of the piece, the memorable part which stands out from the rest.

Write down as many ways as you can remember to develop a motif/choreographic devices and explain what they mean?

1) Variety with dynamics

2) Fragmentation

3)Embellishment

4)Repetition

5)Canon

6)Retro

7)Instrumentation

8)Tempo

9)Size

10)Levels

Compositional structures: this is a way of forming art and giving a dance piece structure.

The AB structure- binary (two part) is one of the more simplistic structures, like a verse and chorus of a song. A and B need a transition or a link.

Chance movements are chosen at random or randomly structured to create a movement sequence or a dance.

Narrative/Episodic structures is a choreographic structure that follows a specific story line. The structure helps the story unfold and each section is a further exposure of the idea of the story. The choreographer must consider the linking/transitions of each section.

ABACADAE - structure - Rondo is a further extension of AB. The idea that A keeps returning.

ABA structure - ternary (three part) so the beginning and end are same with a contrast in the middle. Like chorus verse chorus.

Theme and variation - A1, A2, A3, A4 varying a motif, not developing into something totally new and unseen before but instead varying/ changing the dynamics, mood, space, style of A.

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