Shadows

• Choreographic intent

  Eastern Europe, WW2, emotions about leaving home, politcally aware, unknown outside force
• stimulus


  Avro Parts Fratres Violin and piano, family dynamics
• choreographic approach


  does not prepare movement content before going into the studio, furniture is an instinctive part, family sitting around dinner table
• aural setting


  no break in tempo , brown chords and diatonic scales , minor key, high speed , relentless, repeated piano note at end of each section
• costume


  designed by Christopher bruce

  simple oversized shirts, shorts and trousers, large over coats at end of peice, oversized suggest poverty, shoes at end, waistcoat for father shows age, flowery print on dress
• lighting

  intimate ,minimal, shadow at start , white light only ,side lights, dark
• Set/staging

  black box set, minimal , table ,bench 2stools, coat stand, suitcase, typical family home
• structure


  semi narrative
• style


  neo classical
• performance environment


  end stage
• length of dance


  12 minutes
• choreographer


  Christopher bruce
• no of dancers


  4(2male/2female)
• comoany


  Phoenix dance theatre
• date of first performance

  26th November 2014