Dance: Rites of Spring Notes
SECTION 1
• ‘no’ • Contrasted with a couple having fun
Powerful earthy music starts with a males voice nearly like a worship hum • Man coming up with the oversized chair – he is stuck in between. • Women start movement sequence in unison. • Arms of women shaped like a bird. All movement bird like. • Men join in unison movement. • Dance company worshipping dictator on the chair. Levels are being used to highlight dominant power. • Company up on chair • Big crashing sound effect – movement of dancers watch the sound travel.
SECTION 2
• A lot of the eyefocus shifts to up. • Women dancers with dictator on the chair and around the chair
SECTION 3
• Rain sound effects – the chair is moved – changing of seasons • Lady still dancing with dictator / god • “Watch” “Scull” • The group of dancers up the back in frozen tableaus creating an image of a stereotypical group. • “Got what I want, what size is it, big enough, how big, how small, what size. Long enough, big enough, hows this for size?” • “Come on” – pressure from the group – mimicking the sounds birds make. • Girls start dancing in unison • Men fight – Battling for status within society
SECTION 4 - Sexual • Lights get darker • Men and women dance in separate unison groups • Men and Women seeking one another – posing for attention. • “ What’s the point in being a health nut by day if you’re a coc head by night “ – hidden identity • Words that a typically identified with the sexual drive. • Women undresses the man • Men take on animal like movements – Kangaroo like movement quality • Chair is back – men yahoo around the chair like apes
SECTION 5 • “ I wont ‘ • One female dancer trying to keep up with the other and trying to get in sync saying ‘I know lots of people’ – trying to fit in. • “Rain drops on roses rhyme” – childhood tune Sound of
• ‘no’ • Contrasted with a couple having fun
Powerful earthy music starts with a males voice nearly like a worship hum • Man coming up with the oversized chair – he is stuck in between. • Women start movement sequence in unison. • Arms of women shaped like a bird. All movement bird like. • Men join in unison movement. • Dance company worshipping dictator on the chair. Levels are being used to highlight dominant power. • Company up on chair • Big crashing sound effect – movement of dancers watch the sound travel.
SECTION 2
• A lot of the eyefocus shifts to up. • Women dancers with dictator on the chair and around the chair
SECTION 3
• Rain sound effects – the chair is moved – changing of seasons • Lady still dancing with dictator / god • “Watch” “Scull” • The group of dancers up the back in frozen tableaus creating an image of a stereotypical group. • “Got what I want, what size is it, big enough, how big, how small, what size. Long enough, big enough, hows this for size?” • “Come on” – pressure from the group – mimicking the sounds birds make. • Girls start dancing in unison • Men fight – Battling for status within society
SECTION 4 - Sexual • Lights get darker • Men and women dance in separate unison groups • Men and Women seeking one another – posing for attention. • “ What’s the point in being a health nut by day if you’re a coc head by night “ – hidden identity • Words that a typically identified with the sexual drive. • Women undresses the man • Men take on animal like movements – Kangaroo like movement quality • Chair is back – men yahoo around the chair like apes
SECTION 5 • “ I wont ‘ • One female dancer trying to keep up with the other and trying to get in sync saying ‘I know lots of people’ – trying to fit in. • “Rain drops on roses rhyme” – childhood tune Sound of