Rooster (Christopher Bruce) - Section 3: Not Fade Away analysis

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Section 3 - Not Fade Away
- Physical Setting
  - Lighting
  - Set
  - Costume
    - Woman - black, high-neck dress with mini-skirt with red pleats
- Dynamics
  - Fast-paced
- Expression/eyeline
- Space
  - Travel across the space
- Relationships
  - Duet - links to theme of courtship
    - Close prcximity
  - Group of men carry out main male at end
- Actions
  - Pauses
  - Lindy hop/jive
    - Ball changes
    - Flicks
    - Kicks
  - Bouncy actions
  - Gestural rooster movements
  - Claps to the music
- Themes
  - Positive relationships
    - Contrasts to the themes of the other dances - negative relationships between men and women
  - Courtship
  - 1960s social dance in clubs
- Aural Setting
  - Lyrics are demanding - 'I'm wanna tell you how it's gonna be/You're gonna give your love to me'
    - Links to theme of male chauvinism
Folk dance actions
- Flexed feet
- Box step
- Actions
  - Pauses
  - Lindy hop/jive
    - Ball changes
    - Flicks
    - Kicks
  - Bouncy actions
  - Gestural rooster movements
  - Claps to the music
Neutral expression mainly
- Elements of smiling
- Expression/eyeline
Lifts/contact work
- Devices
  - Call and response (Question and Answer)
  - Repetition in the chorus

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