Within her eyes

• The dance is performed by two dancers, one male and one female.
• Choreographer is James cousins
• Company is James cousins company (founded 2014)
• Date of first performance: 7th september 2012

  launch date: February 2016
• Dance style is contemporary/contact work
• Choreographic approach: 2 starting points 1.) narrative and emotional themes 2.) physical idea of keeping female dancer off the floor

  created by dancers improvising
• Stimulus: create a love story with a twist

  combining these of love and loss

  no matter what happens ultimately they could never be together
• Choreographic approach: to maintain the emotional intensity and visceral energy of the live performance.

  to portray an abstract tragic love story that’s open for interpretation.

  female dancer constantly reaching wrapping and balancing around the male

  male dancer constrasts him pulling away. he never manipulates and responds to her every move

  mood is tender
• Duration is 17 minutes
• Aural setting: electronic elements of strings and pianos creating a haunted emotive accompaniment that blends seamlessly with choreography
• Costume: stylised everyday clothes

  female: beige skirt and shirt ( lightness of costume creates the illusion of her floating and gives her a ethereal feel

  male: khaki jumper and jeans (costume Links to earth)
• Lighting: only natural light. development from day to night
• Performance environment: site sensitive/dance for camera
• Staging set: remote locations to give feeling of isolation and highlight characters separation from society

  location progresses from open landscape to intimate settings to show relationshi getting intimate and restricted as it progresses