choreographic features
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Choreographic Features. To help the Choreographer to convey their Theme or Idea to the audience, they can use a range of different tools. These are called the Choreographic Features. Choreographic Features. There are 4 main types: 1. Elements of Dance 2. Choreographic Devices - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Choreographic Features• To help the Choreographer to convey their
Theme or Idea to the audience, they can use a range of different tools.
• These are called the
Choreographic Features.
Choreographic Features• There are 4 main types:
1. Elements of Dance2. Choreographic Devices3. Choreographic Structures4. Visual/Aural Designs
Elements of Dance
BODYLocomotorMovements that travel
through space
Non-Locomotor
Movements that stay on the spot
Body PartsThe parts of the body doing the movement
Body BaseHow the body contacts
with the floor
Body ShapeThe angles/shapes that
the body parts make
Elements of Dance
RelationshipsIndividual
Relationship with the audience
PairRelationship between
2 peopleGroup
Relationship between the whole group
ObjectsRelationship with
certain props
Environment
Relationship with stage and set
Elements of Dance
ENERGYWeight
How the dancer uses or resists Gravity
FlowHow much restriction a
dancer puts on the movements
QualityThe type of movement
they perform
Elements of Dance
SPACEPlaceWhere the focus of the
piece is.
RangeThe use of the area and how
big the movements are
DirectionWhich way the performers face
Level The height of the movement
and performers
FocusWhere a performer
looks
PathwayThe direction of travel
in space
Elements of Dance
TIMEAccent
The emphasis in the movement
DurationHow long a move or movement lasts for Rhythm
The underlying beat in the music
TempoHow fast or slow the
movement or music is
BeatThe timing of the music
Choreographic Devices• A Choreographic Device is a method applied
to a phrase that changes or develops the phrase.
• They help to develop a Motif (signature move) or add interest to a dance performance
• The Devices include:
Choreographic Devices
• Canon – movement exactly repeated by each dancer in turn, as in a Mexican wave.
• This canon could be a single step that is repeated, a phrase that starts one count later, or a phrase that starts after a certain period of time.
Choreographic Devices• Augmentation –
making a movement larger in space and in time.
Embellishment - adding detail to a movement e.g. hand/arm
Choreographic Devices• Fragmentation – breaking the
movements into separate parts, which are then used in a different place or order
• Insertion – putting new material into a movement (i.e. a leap or turn)
Choreographic Devices• Instrumentation – using another part of
the body to perform the same movement
• Inversion – turning a movement upside down
• Retrograde – doing or performing the movement backwards, like rewinding a film
Choreographic Devices
• Watch ‘Mauri’ again, focusing on how the choreographer has used a specific Choreographic Device.
• In your books write down 3 ways that he used:# Canon # Augmentation# Embellishment # Fragmentation# Insertion # Instrumentation# Inversion # Retrograde
Choreographic Structures• These are the ways that movement is
organised to give form to a dance work.
• It is how a dance is put together after you have used the Choreographic Devices to create movement.
Choreographic Structures• Accumulation – Successively
building on sections of movement. (i.e. A; AB; ABC …)
• For Example:• Turn, • Turn Kick, • Turn Kick Gallop, • Turn Kick Gallop Leap
Choreographic Structures• Binary Structure: two movements
or movement phrases used in a sequential two-part form (i.e. AABB)
• Movement type A would be choreographed, then it may be repeated using the same theme/movements with slight variation.
• Movement type B would then be a complete contrast of this. This may then be repeated.
Choreographic Structures
• Canon – in the structural form where one or two themes or motifs are repeated in succession.
• For example: Kura with the wave movements
Choreographic Structures• Rhondo: Reoccurring and contrasting
sections (i.e. A B A C A D A E A)
For Example a Hip Hop dance – has the same chorus but
different verses.
Choreographic Structures
• Chance: a random structure
• Narrative: a storyline
Choreographic Structures• Theme and Variation: An
original phase with a variation of speed/space.
• Unison: Movement at the same time
Choreographic Structures
• Watch ‘Kura’ again. Pick out specific times where the choreographer has used different Choreographic Structures.
• Think about why he has done this at that point – what was the purpose.