North

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    Emily Judge

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    • norths Stylistic features?

      ballet
      contemporary
      flamenco
      jazz Matt mattox
      kapoera Brazil non contact “Troy game”
      akido Japanese contact
      grayham
      pre existing scores
    • Death in the maiden themes?
      Death, youth, Rejection, acceptance
    • Death in the maiden duet 1 key moment?
      Death arms V above head= angle of death
      slow sorrowful steps and music
      music become faster as she accepts death
      attitude turns with arabesque
      counter tension into back bend contract and release
    • Death in the maiden final duet?
      maiden does V with arms =angle of death
      very slow movement
      despair
      desth slowly cuts off her senses covers her eyes ears and mouth she trys one final attempt at stopping him but fails
    • Norths contributions to Rambert?
      Introduced Grantham technique into shows
      death in the maiden
      jazz Matt mattox > lonely town lonely street
      Cheney turns > lonely town lonely street. Repertoire ( created popular piece). Developed physicality, masculinity and dramatic quality’s of dancers
      elongated musical phrases. Invited overseas choreographers to mount works for the company ( Cunningham, Paul Taylor’s ARIS 1978,1982)
    • When was north artistic director?
      1981 - 1985
    • When was lonely town lonely street performed by rambert?
      1980-81
    • When was death in the maiden performed By rambert?
      1984
    • What did north study?
      Graham and Cunningham
    • Influences on north?

      Music ( classical, popular)
      jazz (Matt mattox)
      Ballet
      capoeira (brazil martial art non contact)
      akido (Japanese martial art contact)
      flamenco
      painting
      grayham
      cunningham
    • Lownely town lonely street Movement style examples?
      Jazz = high release (upper chest and pirouettes)
      grayham= back bend demonstrates emotion of vulnerability
      contractions on words “reached out” stretching body out and in
      unison
      ballet = pirouettes Alegro jumps in fifth
    • Themes in lonely town lonely street?
      Isolation
      rejection ( missing partner)
      facial expressions to express emotional subject
      focus of piece is in down stage right
      seg in urban backstreets of New York
    • Lonely town lonely street “ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone” Movement example?

      Transfer of weight (jazz+Ballet)
      reaching
      jump kicks
      Cheney turns
      pleading arms
      ”away” steps back and contracts look away
      sharp slow dynamics
      ”wonder” looks up
      circular diagonal parth ways try to get away but always ends up back at down stage right
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