Features of production, including: Performance environments, including: staging/set eg projection, furniture, structures, proscenium arch • • backdrop, screens and features of these such as end stage • colour, texture, shape, decoration, materials site-sensitive • lighting eg colour, placement, direction, angles etc in-the-round. • • properties eg size, shape, materials, how used etc • (including footwear, masks, makeup and costume Choreographic approaches • accessories): features such as colour, texture, As exemplified in the interview with each material, flow, shape, line, weight, decoration and how choreographer. they define character or gender, identify dancers, enhance or sculpt the body and enhance the action Choreographic content, including: dancers (number, gender) movement content (actions, dynamics, space and • • aural settings eg song, instrumental, orchestral, • relationships) as per the knowledge, skills and spoken word, silence, natural sound, found sound, understanding for choreography specified in body percussion, style, structure and musical Choreography (page 15) elements such as tone, pitch and rhythm structuring devices and form (binary, ternary, • dance for camera eg placement, angle, proximity, • rondo, narrative, episodic, beginning/middle/ end, special effects. unity, logical sequence, transitions) choreographic devices (motif and development, • repetition, contrast, highlights, climax, manipulation of number, unison and canon). Choreographic intent, including: mood(s) • meaning(s) • idea(s) • theme(s) • style/style fusion(s). •
Features of production, including: • staging/set eg projection, furniture, structures, backdrop, screens and features of these such as colour, texture, shape, decoration, materials • lighting eg colour, placement, direction, angles etc • properties eg size, shape, materials, how used etc • costume (including footwear, masks, makeup and accessories): features such as colour, texture, material, flow, shape, line, weight, decoration and how they define character or gender, identify dancers, enhance or sculpt the body and enhance the action • dancers (number, gender) • aural settings eg song, instrumental, orchestral, spoken word, silence, natural sound, found sound, body percussion, style, structure and musical elements such as tone, pitch and rhythm • dance for camera eg placement, angle, proximity, special effects. Performance environments, including: • proscenium arch • end stage • site-sensitive • in-the-round. Choreographic approaches As exemplified in the interview with each choreographer. Choreographic content, including: • movement content (actions, dynamics, space and relationships) as per the knowledge, skills and understanding for choreography specified in Choreography (page 15) • structuring devices and form (binary, ternary, rondo, narrative, episodic, beginning/middle/ end, unity, logical sequence, transitions) • choreographic devices (motif and development, repetition, contrast, highlights, climax, manipulation of number, unison and canon). Choreographic intent, including: • mood(s) • meaning(s) • idea(s) • theme(s) • style/style fusion(s).
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