Still Life at the Penguin Cafe

Still Life at the Penguin Cafe

The style of dance is modern ballet with a mix of social and cultural styles to suggest geographical locations. These include English Morris, Latin American carnival, African and the HoeDown. There are also references to contemporary and post-modern dance.

The choreographic style is episodic. It combines a range of styles and cultural influences to take on a political theme. It could also be described as theatrical, using characterisation and humour in a tasteful and good way.

The Great Auk:

Actions:

• Hop
• Skip
• Kicks
• Jumps
• Waddle
• Floaty
• Spiral

Dynamics:

• Airy
• Elegant
• Springy
• Medium Pace

Relationships:

• 3 dancers
• Relationship with tray
  
• Relationship with elegant dancers that enter after trio section

Space:

• Travel in circular pathways
• Travel the entirity of the stage (upstage, dwonstage etc.)

Utah Longhorn Ram:

Actions

• Floaty
• Jumpy
• Kicks
• Spirals

Dynamics

• …