Section 3: Maze

• Start and end of dance

  Start: Monks leave boxes + building maze, SLC at side building maze using small blocks

  
  

  End: LM trapped and left in a centre box
• F+C: 3 movements and analysis


  -LM backwards handspring across stage: emphasising freedom

  
  

  -LM contained in the maze but free to move around it, pops in and out of it, climbing on top of the vertical box and flipping inside it: (experimenting/finding place in society?)

  
  

  -LM hides as monks destroy the maze, trapped in a singular box, hitting the sides with an anxious expression, all other boxes are removed: (society deciding that this is the box he fits into, not allowing him other choices?)
• O+NC: 1 movement and analysis

  -Acrobatic kung fu backwards handspring: old china kung fu
• JoA: 1 movement and analysis


  -Appears as if LM is doing an exam of some kind as he is in the centre as the monks watch from the side-lines: attempting to gain their approval and acceptance?
• B+D: 2 movements and analysis

  -A maze of boxes is built, then is destroyed leaving only one box (containing LM) in the centre

  -Monks take the maze apart and put the boxes to the sides in two rows - much more simplistic than the maze, mankind want to be able to easily fit people into boxes/stereotypes without them having their own choice
• T: 1 movement and analysis

  -LM's transformation from freedom, happiness to containment and fear
• Set + analysis

  Boxes go from pond, to maze, to single box left in centre with others in lines on the sides: Building/destroying, could link to O+NC as it's the industrialisation of natural areas
• Music + analysis

  Regular piano beat, like marching, efficient. Silence as LM moves to centre stage, softer, mischievous/childish piano and violin as he is in the maze, low piano notes as the maze begins to be destroyed, mournful violin as he is trapped
• Lighting + analysis

  Spotlight on LM as he is trapped: highlights important moment