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Who was the Choreogropher of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=Christopher Bruce. Perfect=Kevin Finnan and dancers.
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What is the company for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=Rambert dance company. Perfect=Motionhouse
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When were Swansong and Perfect first performed?
Swansong=English National Ballet 25th November 1987. Perfect=January 2005
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What is the Dance style of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=contemporary with balletic movements and physical contact work. Perfect=Dance theatre and areil work, strong physicality and contact work.
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What is the choreographic style of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=episodic, dramatic, thematic. Perfect=filmic, strong emotional content.
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What is the theme of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=human rights, prisoner of conscience. Perfect=Time, how it moulds and forms us and how time flys by.
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Stimulus of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=novel, A Man, by Oriana Fallaci. Perfect=space and time and a book, The History of Barbed Wire.
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Structure of Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=7 sections-solo in section 3. Perfect=13 sections
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Dancer info for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=3 dancers, normally male. Perfect=3 women & 2 men
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Accompaniment for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=Philip Chambon, electro-acoustic with digital sounds, vocals, reed pipe, tap dance for silence. Perfect=Sophy Smith and Tim Dickinson, percussion, voice, electric guitar, atmosphere to contrast or match movement.
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Costume for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=Christopher Bruce, everyday clothes&gaurd uniform. Perfect=Claire Armitage, simple everyday, dresses with different necks.
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Lighting for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=David Mohr, diagonall shaft=window, footlights=shadows, overhead light on chair. Perfect=Mark Parry, Sharpening focus or layering image, divides floor space and creates shadows, purple and gold=cheerful.
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Set for Swansong and Perfect?
Swansong=Christopher Bruce, chair, exit stage left=one door, canes and red nose. Perfect=Simon Dorman, Box frame set, gradually revealling wire cage, projection, sand, paper, water, gauze screen and slings.
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