DANCE 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Steve Paxton
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Improv: spontaneous movement: may be set and worked into choreography, may continue to be improv for the actual performance. Contact improv: an exchange of energy, weight, and momentum between two or more people: started by steve paxton. Decreasing the difficulty: pedestrian and simple movements, seems anyone could perform the work. Increasing the difficulty: extremely athletic pieces, not even all dancers could perform at this level, length, speed, number of jumps or turns, acrobatics, etc. Explored using silence, sounds, collages, spoken word, live choirs, etc. Taking dance to other venues besides the stage. Can be staged in a specific location with a spot for the audience. Audience can be mobile, walking to and from different locations where dancers are performing. Can also be filmed in a location and then shown anywhere. Casting, costumes, and choreography that play up differences in the cast rather than trying to make everyone look similar. Heights, weights, gender, abilities, age, accessories, hair styles, etc.
