High Storrs - Dance

Discuss the similarities and differences between   one  feature of the movement style of Christopher Bruce and   one  feature of the movement style of a named practitioner from the Rambert Dance Company (formerly Ballet Rambert) 1966–2002 Christopher Bruce: Inspirations - Walter Gore (classical), Norman Morrice (contemporary), early training (ballet, tap, acrobatic),  Anna Sokolow (socially aware dance + pop music) Always about ideas - using external stimulus, autobiographical, politics Long extended lines of ballet with off balance tilts and attitudes.  Arabesques, attitudes and jetes combine with low cnetre of gravity, spiralling torseo, weight and floor - lungesm plies Wants dancers with sense of musicality and characterisoaiton, and who can interpret the dance themselves Richard Alston: Lines a theme in Soda Lake - contemporary with classical elements Traditional arabesque and spiral attitudes feature Both Alston and Bruce both mix traditio...

Robbins and Bernstein collaboration Dramatising real life - dock worker Fast gesture - typical of Kelly Camera is stationary and the actors move around it, using framing Astaire introduced Kelly and Dean Stockwell have same dynamic as Cosmo and him Mixes film and theatre with the description of Ivy Smith, and then showing it theatrically again, also matches with the plain background, as if on a stage Camera zooms up on facial expressions to encourage comedy Heavy use of gesture throughout, especially for the scientist woman Combines theatre with film again showing 'A Day in the Life of New York' in theatre, comedy, fourth wall break? 
 Red behind Ivy Smith in theatre again shows love, music quiet and low key to focus on movement and their relationship Use of set with bars atypical, allows use of levels while not lifting to show that they're coming together Classic use of props with Kelly dancing with poster - mixing comedy (his staple) with romance In t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0toHJ7gCf4 The Haxan Cloak - Miste

1. Poor: Black trousers Loose dirty white shirts Rich: Vertical stripes Classical ballet gear 2. Poor: Grey trousers, turned up above the ankle Loose dirty orange/brown shirts Rich: Form fitting white shirt Black trousers

Originated as a way to tell stories - South African Book Dance - Into the Earth. Especially talking about slavery. Slaves were more valuable if they could dance, which led to them being used as entertainment - dancing for white men not themselves - 'buckdancers' - flat footed, no toes or heels, progressed from there. Then other influences affected buckdancing - irish, west african. Irish oversaw black slaves. Irish - 'clogging'. Afircan dancing eventually became something called 'buck and wing' A lot of African people have irish blood - mixed like tap. Irish clogging looked refined, gentelman dance Irish clogging: heel taps, straight body Buck and Wing: grounded, knees bent Minstrelsy - travelling shows where white people blacked up to imitate black dancing. Wider than hip width stance, 2 4 rhythm, knees bent Tap dancing name from 1920s, because of the metal 'taps' attached to heel and soles of dancing shoes Talking films made tap popula...

Dutiful Ducks 1982 Name from the score name by Charles Amirkhanian (1977) Originally choreographed as a solo for Michael Clark Score based on the repetition of the title, a sound poem Moves reflect classical ballet and contemporary movement Rejoice of the Lamb 2014 Based on the poem Rejoice of the Lamb by Christopher Smart (18th Century), turned into music by Benjamin Britten (1930s) Slow movement, extended limbs - Cunningham