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Dance Relationships

Dance Relationships. What are they?. What are relationships?. This is the way you dance and interact with others Varying the relationships through a dance adds visual interest & variety Relationships can make a dance idea clear

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Dance Relationships

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  1. Dance Relationships What are they?

  2. What are relationships? • This is the way you dance and interact with others • Varying the relationships through a dance adds visual interest & variety • Relationships can make a dance idea clear • Dancing in unison can look powerful and communicate an idea about strength

  3. Types of Dance Relationships • Relationships can be developed in time & in space through actions • They can change as a result of using different numbers of dancers • A solo has a different effect to a group • If a prop is used, the dancer can move towards/away/into/out of/under/over/onto or off it • A chair is used in Christopher Bruce’s swan song and all the dancers use it at various points through out the work.

  4. Relationships (with whom we dance)

  5. Partners Relationships (with whom we dance)

  6. Partners Relationships (with whom we dance) Groups

  7. Partners Relationships (with whom we dance) Contact Groups

  8. Contrast Meet & part Counterpoint Act & React Complement Partners Mirror Lead & Follow Over/under/through/around Copy Relationships (with whom we dance) Contact Groups

  9. Contrast Meet & part Counterpoint Act & React Complement Partners Mirror Lead & Follow Over/under/through/around Copy Relationships (with whom we dance) As with “partners” Plus: Contact Groups Unison Formations Canon Solo/chorus Numericalvariations Accumulation

  10. Contrast Meet & part Counterpoint Act & React Complement Partners Mirror Lead & Follow Over/under/through/around Copy Relationships (with whom we dance) As with “partners” Plus: Turn Contact Groups Unison Formations Lift Push Canon Solo/chorus Pull Numericalvariations Fall & catch Accumulation

  11. Contrast Meet & part Counterpoint Act & React Complement Partners Mirror Lead & Follow Over/under/through/around Copy Relationships (with whom we dance) As with “partners” Plus: Turn Contact Groups Unison Formations Lift Push Canon Solo/chorus Pull Numericalvariations Fall & catch Accumulation

  12. What have we learned so far? Basic principals of dance vocabulary • Action (what the body is doing) • Space (where the body is doing it) • Dynamics (how the body is moving-quality) • Relationships (with whom the body is moving)

  13. Check your understanding • A4 Paper • Divide into 4 quarters. Label each quarterAction, Space, Dynamics, Relationships • Watch a section of a dance work • Record your observations in appropriate boxes

  14. Homework – Give definitions & examples for the following • Unison • Canon • Mirror Image • Complementary • Contrast • Accumulation • Question & Answer • Foregroung/Background • Counterpoint

  15. Further Homework • Read & make notes on GCSE Dance by Pam Howard • Chapter 4 Page 63-74 • Solo work • Duo/duet work • Group Work • Expressive Nature of Dance • Focus, projection, interpretation, musicality, communication of the choreographers intention

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