Linha Curva

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What is the performance environment?
End Stage
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Company
Rambert Dance Company
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Premier Date
12th May 2009
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How many dancers are there? (male, female?)
28; 13 female, 15 male
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Dance Styles
Capoiera, Samba, Contemporary
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Duration
23 minutes
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Choreographer
Itzik Galili
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Choreographic Approach
Collaborative: composed of dancers solo motifs (motifs names after dancer that created it)
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Where was it premiered?
Sadlers Wells
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Name the 3 stimuli
1) Brazilian Culture 2) Celebration of life 3) Living in the moment
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Name 3 choreographic intentions
1) To have fun 2) Contradiction of lines and curves 3) How Brazilian men communicate with/compete for women
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Describe the set
Limited set - all black floor with a raised platform for musicians (upstage)
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What does the emptiness of the stage create?
Perfect environment for the vibrant set design
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How many musicians are there? How to they link with the dancers?
4 musicians integral to the piece. Music and dance work together to create the stimuli of 'Brazilian Culture'
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What prop(s) are used and what do they do?
Only one prop - skate board. Propels dancers in a horizontal line from SL to SR between dances.
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Why did Galili create a minimalistic set?
To enhance the vibrant lighting (create the stimulus of a Brazilian celebration). Minimalist design to keep focus on dancers
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Describe the costumes
Tight lycra hot pants (in blue, green, pink, white, yellow or red) with a zip on it in a random place and match the colour of the shorts. Tunic drops to hip hight and for women in backless however for men its front less and zip is on the back
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What happens to the costume in 'showing off' and who is in that section?
solo women with group of men. Men turn their tops around.
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What is special about the musicians?
They don't only use musical instruments (50) but also use body percussion
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Where is the drop in the music and what is it like?
The adage septet is slow and mysterious
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What is special about the lighting?
Its electrically recorded
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What colours of lighting are the there?
Yellow, Orange, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple and Light Pink
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What does Gallili intend the lighting to do?
Manipulate the viewer.
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What does the lighting work with?
The movement and accompaniment (contribute to each other)
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Lighting Designer
Itzik Galili
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what affects whether the block colour changes?
The dancers movement and tempo
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Name the 2 development sections of Adage Septet
Robinson & Adage- Samba, Opposing lines
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Name 5 actions in Adage Septet
Lunges, Ripples, Contractions, Rises and Gestures
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Name the spacing features in Adage Septet
Scattered, In yellow squares, Vertical diagonal lines from usl to usr
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Name 6 dynamics in Adage Septet
Slow, Careful, Sudden, Gentle, Soft, Suspend
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What is the relationship like in adage septet?
Accumulation into unison
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What changes in Robinson & Adage - Samba
Same motif except moves into the Robinson motif, spacing is now opposite diagonal DSR, the relationship is now counterpoint and accumulation
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What changes in Opposing Lines
Action: Same motif only partially formed,dynamics: fractionally quicker, space: sl to sr , relationship: counterpoint to cannon
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What are the counts in adage septet and what do the dancers have to do?
No counts - dancers have to rely on each other
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How many dancers are in Adage Septet?
7 (female)
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Describe the lighting in Adage Septet
3 lines are lit but the squares except yellow ones are on low intensity. Dancers positioned in yellow squares (Highlights them)
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