Rooster (1991/94)

• Students must know the following about Rooster:

  • Significance of the character
  • Subject matter (eg theme or topic) and its treatment
  • Form (eg phrases, sections) and its effectiveness in communicating the subject matter
  • Constituent features and to the subject matter
  • Choreographic approach (technique, movement style and choreographic style) of Bruce
  • the influences affecting the development of Bruce
  • Origins
  • Relationship between the dance and context
  • Importance of the dance in the development of Bruce and the genre
  • Similarities and differences between Rooster and other works by Bruce.
• Choreographer


  Christopher Bruce
• Music


  Songs recorded by the rolling stones
• Lighting designs


  Tina MacHugh
• First performance by Rambert Dance Company, 8 December 1994
• British première, 28 October, 1992 by London Contemporary Dance Theatre
• STIMULUS OR STARTING POINT

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  RESEARCH

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  IMPROVISATION AND EXPERIMENTATION

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  SELECTION OF MOVEMENT MATERIAL AND THE CREATION OF MOTIFS

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  THE APPLICATION OF CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVICES (MOTIF DEVELOPMENT, THE USE OF VARIATION, CONTRAST, TRANSITIONS ETC.)

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  STRUCTURE AND FORM

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  REHEARSAL & REFINING

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  EVALUATION