Responding to Dance

Responding to Dance

Year 10 Dance

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Dance for me a minute, and I’ll tell you who you are.”

Why do we respond to Dance?

Through responding, students ‘explore, respond to, analyse and interpret artworks’ (Australian Curriculum, 2017). Wen Making/Performing we work as the artist, whereas when Responding we work as the audience of the art. In this way we can respond to Dance works by other artists, or work we have created ourselves.

Understanding Dance from the perspective of the audience better prepares us to work as the artist. The ability to communicate choreographic intent is integral to how we create and how we interpret Dance.

Multiple Choice

When responding to Dance, we must always remember to link our ideas back to this:

• Elements of Dance

• Production Elements

• Choreographic Devices

• Choreographic Intent

Open Ended

In your own words, define Choreographic Intent.

Open Ended

Describe the choreographic intent of this dance.

The Elements of Dance

• The Elements of Dance (Space, Time, Dynamics, and Relationships) are manipulated by choreographers in order to communicate choreographic intent.

• By identifying these in Dance, the audience becomes better at interpreting choreographic intent.

Poll

Which Element of Dance do you believe Brotherhood has manipulated most effectively to communicate choreographic intent?

• Space

• Time

• Dynamics

• Relationships

Open Ended

Describe an example of how your chosen element (from the previous question) effectively communicates choreographic intent.

Choreographic Devices

• Another way that we evaluate choreographic intent is through the identification and analysis of the choreographic devices.

• These include (but are not limited to):

  • Repetition, Canon, Motif, Accumulation, Contrast, Unison, Call and Response, Etc.

Poll

Which Choreographic Device do you believe Brotherhood has manipulated most effectively to communicate choreographic intent?

• Canon

• Repetition

• Motif

• Accumulation

• Contrast

Open Ended

Describe an example of how your chosen choreographic device (from the previous question) effectively communicates choreographic intent.

Production Elements

• Production Elements, sometimes referred to as non-movement components, provide additional context and layers of meaning to a Dance.

• Consider how music/sounds, set/performance space, costumes, multimedia elements, props, and lighting can impact how you interpret choreographic intent.

Poll

Which Production Element do you believe Brotherhood has manipulated most effectively to communicate choreographic intent?

• Music

• Multimedia

• Costumes

• Lighting

Open Ended

Describe an example of how your chosen production element (from the previous question) effectively communicates choreographic intent.

Draw

Draw a logo (simple drawing) for the Dance - consider the choreographic intent

Thanks for participating!