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Worksheetsswansong
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the first section?
Questions and Answers
Slow Trio
Final Solo
Second Solo
How many sections are there?
8
7
6
4
What section is the cane dance?
7
5
6
4
How many props are used in the cane dance?
1
2
3
4
Who is the composer?
(a)
Who is the lighting designer?
(a)
Who is the choreographer?
(a)
When was the dance first performed?
November 1995
October 1987
November 1987
December 1998
How many dancers are on stage?
1
2
3
4
In section six, what is the main prop used?
Chair
Cap
Canes
Red Nose
What is the music like in Section 6?
Slow and moody
There is no music
Carnival type music
Just awful
Why was the victim dancing into the diagonal shaft of light?
He was being beamed up by aliens
It represented his freedom
It was a disco
It represented flight
What is the name of one motif?
Broken Wings
Shuffling mambo
Tango Toes
Freedom flight
Who is the set designer?
(a)
How does the set design create a sense of unity to the work?
By using consistent colour and props - suggesting that he is in isolation
What is the repeated movement in section 6?
Linear Movement
Oscillatory Motif
The Cane Motif
When does the trio movement first start?
From the moment the curtain rises
In section 3
On the first crash of music
They never dance in a trio
Why is the victim wearing everyday clothing?
He forgot his actual costume on the day of the performance
Because they had no budget and the dancer had to wear his own clothes
To set the dance in the present day
To show it happens to ordinary people
What does the chair symbolise?
Shackles
Safe haven
Prison Bars
School
What is the name of the third section?
Second Solo
First Solo
Tea for Two
Slow Trio
What prop is used in tea for two?
Canes
Chair
Red nose
Tea cups
Why is the red nose used?
To show he is a clown
To show he has a cold
To show humiliation
To show hayfever
How do the dancers communicate?
Talking
Swirling their canes
Soft Shoe Shuffle
Call and Response
What is the staging?
(a)
Where do the guards enter from?
(a)
Which section does the music follow much more closely to the movement?
Cane Dance
First Solo
Slow Trio
Tea for Two
What does the crash represent at the end of section 2?
The door has been firmly shut
Someone actually dropped something backstage
The door is open
The victim fell over
The cane is used as what type of weapon?
Stick
Ruler
Rock
Baton
Section 6’s music has a style that has already been established in the second section. What style is the music?
(a)
Who said, ‘The chair is used as both a weapon and a safe haven’?
David Mohr
Philip Chambon
Miss Paulin
Christopher Bruce
Which company first performed 'Swansong' in 1987?
London Festival Ballet
Ballet Rambert
What is an inspiration for Swansong?
The novel, 'A Man' by Oriana Fallaci
Saying goodbye to Bruce's career as a dancer
Amnesty International
He was told to make it by the director
