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WorksheetsOpening and Closing - Ghost Dances
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Ghost Dances starts with 3 Ghosts in profile looking into
wing stage left
a mirror
the audience
the side
Ghost Dances has no music at the start, just the SOUND of
General Pinochet's voice
President Allende's voice
dripping water
Victor Jara's voice
The use of this REPEATED SOUND in Section 1 and 7 is called an...
Andean motif
awesome motif
aural motif
oral motif
Tick 3 important movements in Section 1
Llama walk
Stylised Crawl
Condor motif
Conquering pose
Choose 3 words to describe the Ghosts' movements in Section 1.
powerful
fast
acrobatic
slow
Tick the correct options. The fact that there is NO MUSIC at the start of the dance....
makes the audience pay more attention to the movements
make you worry that your laptop is broken
makes the audience hear the powerful movements
make the opening interesting as it is unusual
Tick 2 important Ghost movements in Section 1.
Strangling Pose
Dangling Skeleton
The Heroic Gesture
The Crucifixion Pose
The Ghosts movements give them an ANIMALISTIC quality. They move like....
snakes / reptiles
llamas
condors - birds of prey
Andean animals
The Ghosts' costume and movements make it clear that they are...
predators
hunters
symbols of Death
cute
These Ghosts' movements are very energetic, dynamic and powerful. They perform...
slides and grooves
points and splits
bowing and hugging
jumps, leaps, turns, falls and rolls
Once the Ghosts start hearing the song Ojos Azules from far away...
they sit down
they leave the stage
they start moving IN UNISON
they jump into the audience and crowdsurf
The Ghosts all dance in UNISON and this makes them even more...
scary
cute
weird
slow
The Chaindance motif shows the Ghosts dancing IN UNISON. They are working TOGETHER like...
Pinochet, his soldiers and Operation Condor
One Direction
Miss Visser + Mrs Young
Victor and Joan Jara
The Ghosts NEVER LEAVE THE STAGE. This gives the impression that they are ALWAYS WATCHING AND WAITING...just like
Victor Jara
Pinochet's regime
Mr Davis on litter duty
Inti Illimani
Section 1 and Section 7 are VERY SIMILAR...This makes it clear that the dance has a __________ structure.
timeless
narrative
cyclical
ternary
The fact that the dance ends as is begins shows us that...
political oppression and persecution will continue around the world
Christopher Bruce ran out of ideas
Ojos Azules was a really good song
Inti Illimani was Bruce's favourite band
Section 7 starts with the Ghosts walking THROUGH the pairs of Dead. As they walk past them the Dead
fall down on the floor and die
crumple
start laughing
leave the stage
The Ghosts then repeat the CHAINDANCE MOTIF at the front of the stage to show that...
President Allende has died
General Pinochet has won
limbo is a cool place
they are still in control
The Dead huddle in a group (in the place where they entered the stage) and shuffle...
vertically across the stage
horizontally across the stage
diagonally across the stage
in circles across the stage
The Dead moves TOWARDS a white light from the corner of the stage. This represents them going to...
Burger King
General Pinochet's house
limbo
Heaven
The music fades and the Ghosts go back to their EXACT starting pose and position on the stage. We can hear the....again.
aural motif
cry of the condor
Papel De Plata
Huajra
