Dance Relationships

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Dance Relationships

• What are they?

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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

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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 Bruces swan song
  and all the dancers use it at various points
  through out the work.

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

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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

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Homework Give definitions examples for the
following

• Unison
• Canon
• Mirror Image
• Complementary
• Contrast
• Accumulation
• Question Answer
• Foregroung/Background
• Counterpoint

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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