A LINHA CURVA Revision Sheets A LINHA CURVA

‘A LINHA CURVA’ Revision Sheets

‘A LINHA CURVA’ - COSTUMES Costume Description: Brightly coloured lycra shorts. Each dancers has a different colour. Black sleeveless vest style top in mesh fabric - one side is open. Bright coloured stripe/zip on the top in the same colour as the shorts. The men wear the top with the opening at the front, the women with it at the back. Men wear metal discs around their neck at the start. Bare feet.

‘A LINHA CURVA’ - COSTUMES Explain how the costumes contribute towards: Gender, mood/atmosphere, complements other components such as lighting and setting, sculpts body, and enhances flow of movement.

‘A LINHA CURVA’ - LIGHTING Designed by: ____________ Use the following key words to describe the lighting in the pictures below Key words: 1. Coloured 2. Timed 3. Chequer-board 4. Lines 5. Spacing 6. Pre-programmed 7. Speed/pace 8. Direction 9. Reflected 10. Intensity 11. Shadows 12. Musicians

‘A LINHA CURVA’ - LIGHTING Identify which of the following the lighting contributes towards: Creates a mood, complements other components such as lighting and aural setting, demonstrates the stimulus/starting point, creates space, highlights dancers and demonstrates the choreographic intent.

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – SET/STAGING Performance environment – Different Settings for Dance End Stage: A performance space with the audience on one side; also known as “end-on”. Description: Black box set and a raised platform upstage where the musicians are

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – SET/STAGING Performance environment = _________________ Where do the 4 percussionists perform? _______________________________________________ How are the 5 dancers propelled across the stage? _______________________________________________ Describe the physical setting _______________________________________________ What aspects of the set are effective within the work and why? Think about ______________________________________________________________________________________________

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – ACCOMPANIMENT Aural setting (An audible accompaniment to the dance such as music, words, song and natural sound or silence). • • • The musicians have to strike, shout, slap, clap, use body percussion, chant. There around 50 instruments used including shakers, congas, bongos, drums Music all has a heavy Brazilian Samba feel The accompaniment at the start is cleverly used to immediately grab the audiences’ attention. The female dancers shout ‘Tum Tarakka Tum’ and the rest of the cast respond with ‘HEE HEE’ at the beginning of the piece. The accompaniment is key in structuring the dance and reflects the structure of a curved line which is also the title and choreographic intention of piece. The music starts on a high with intense chanting and a driving samba rhythm, drops to a gentler pace in Section 2 ( Adage) with a mysterious echoing sound, taps on the drums and a scraping sound, before climbing to a full blown samba until the end with bongos, congos, bass drum, whistles and shakers. This is effective in grabbing the audiences’ attention immediately and then following the calmer middle section, it helps to create a climax to finish the dance.

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – ACCOMPANIMENT Describe the accompaniment in 2 sections of the work: Name of Section: Description: State how the accompaniment is effective in demonstrating 3 of the following: Brazilian culture, location, creates a mood, compliments the set, compliment the lighting, has a close relationship with the movement and demonstrates gender.

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – MOVEMENT

‘A LINHA CURVA’ – MOTIF Describe the motif: (pictures/diagrams/words) What is the significance of this motif? __________________________________________________________________________________ How is this motif developed? __________________________________________________________________________________