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  • Created on: 26-09-17 18:12
Who is the choreographer?
James Cousins
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What is the company called?
James Cousins Company
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When did it premiere?
February 2016
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What is the dance style?
Contemporary/Contact work
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What was the choreographic approach?
Material from the stage version 'There we have been'. Narrative and emotional themes. Collaboration and improvisation.
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What was the stimulus?
A love story with a twist - from personal experience and narratives.
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What is the narrative/story?
A relationship born from tragic and unexpected circumstances. Both grief stricken. Gradually fall in love. Female battles between her past and her present partner.
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What was the choreographic intension?
To create an abstract love story with a twist - open for interpretation, full of energy and intensity.
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How many dancers?
1 male, 1 female.
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What is the duration of the piece?
17 minutes.
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What is the structure of the dance?
A prologue and 6 sections.
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Who is the aural composer?
Seymour Milton.
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What is the aural setting?
Commissioned for the work - collaboratively with Cousins. Combines electronic elements with strings and piano creating haunting and emotive accompaniment that blends seamlessly with the choreography.
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Who is the Costume Designer?
James Cousins
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What are the costumes?
Stylised everyday clothes. The female wears a beige shirt and skirt. The male a khaki jumper and jeans. The darkness of his costume contrasts with the lightness of hers - illusion of her floating on him in the space.
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What type of lighting is it?
Natural lighting
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Describe the lighting
Development from daytime to evening - shows passage of time in relationship. The darker setting towards the end of the duet also adds to the intimacy and intensity of the final section.
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What is the Performance Environment?
Site sensitive; dance for camera
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Who is the set designer/cinematographer?
Filmed by scratch
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Describe the staging/set
Reflects dark atmosphere. Cameras distance - isolation in their own world - viewer as secret observer. Camera moves closer as the relationship does. Filming done on track, smoothness. Penultimate section, switches to handheld camera -raw/ unstable
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Define accessory
An additional item of costume
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Define actions
What a dancer does
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Define acceleration
Speeding up the movement
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Define accompaniment
The sound you hear during a dance
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Define Accumulation
When a dancer performs a series of movements and others join in a different times until all perform in unison
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