DAN1035 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Holy Crap, Christopher Bruce, Man Man
27 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
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Ballet du grande theatre de genevieve
Choreographer: Christopher bruce
Light degin tina
Costume marian
Dark lighting. Starts moving before dance egins
Sharp movement. Men in suits. Rooster motif. Head bopping motif. Bird movements. Tie touching.
Adjusts suit. Solo. Giys in bg still. Music 2.4 time. Country style. Floorwork. Use of stage. Repetition
of walk head bop. Girl comes in, hip movement, dances duo with men in bg. Still rooster motif.
Woman is a hen? Red skirt. Smooth movement, hugging self. Lifting. Trio two men one woman. Men
are dancing beat, woman dancing rhythm. Next section, lighting change. Music change. Slow walking
opposite direction inversion. Duo dances. More femals entered. Courtship? Much smoother
movement. Switches women, music assists unfaithfulness/switching women, lady jane lady anne.
Mirroring. Unison. Slow walkinf, returns to first woman. It a narrative? Love story? Both wearing
read both leads. Oh my sweet marie music. New woman. Same costume. Ballroom style. Space
pattern. Circular canon in circle. Back to first woman in center. Music change third section. Much
faster. Faster tempo. Bit more fun. 60s style? 50s style? Swing dance. Reminds me of grease.
Inversion. Duo only two on the stage. Still Drk lighting. More men join to carry man off stage.
Woman waves away. Floorwork. Woman is alone riefly. Joined y three men. And three other
women. Eight total. Girl left alone. Man comes to joi her, oa slaps hi. Wth. Couple do’t
quite fit in with groups. Canon. Motif of grouped girls in circle. Man carries woman off stage. Man
walked on. Red shirt and tie. Women follow. Spanish style? Faaster temper. Repetition of group
three girls in circle. Technically solo? Girls are g dancers. Elvis connotations. Floorwork. Motif again
girl group. Moment of stillness in this sect. scarf props. Back to tie and fixing hair motif from
beginning. Steps off stage. New section. New song. Slower tempo. Woman in red dress, hair down.
Looks different to other girls. Contemporary style. Goodbye ruby Tuesday music. Solo. Lots of
stretching out and circular movement. Men stride on at next chorus. Men bg holy crap lift hella lidt.
Woman switches between partners. Freedom theme. Plays with hair and strides off stage. New
section. Man and woman, woman has boa. Boa used as prop. Repetiio do’t [lay ith y us youll
ply ith fire allroo. Ma takes oa, oedy style. “he leaes. Leaes a o stage. Rooster head
movement motif again omg stop. Man man duo. Pink and purple shirts. V gay. Lmao. Samba style?
Okay new guy red shirt. Pink shirt guy still here. Crap teo new huys unison. Okay five guys now.
Triangle shape. Switch to five girls. Three more guys. Dup all five girls and guys now. All paired up.
Blonk and you miss it bloody hell. Eclectic. Igh energy, double unison two pairs in separate unison.
Interesting. Very confident style. Both genders are v confident. Last movement was tie motif.
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