Monday 17 November 2014

Unit 40 - Choregraphing Skills : Stimulus & Structures

What is a Stimulus?
It is something that gives you an idea or a starting point

Different Stimulus types
Visual stimulus are something you can see, e.g. photos, videos, paintings.
Tactile stimulus are something you can feel, e.g. hedgehog, cotton wool, marshmallow
Auditory stimulus are something you can hear, e.g. music, atmosphere
Ideational stimulus are the idea of something, e.g. holocaust, raining, weather, seasons.
Kinaesthetic stimulus is the movement its self.

Compositional Structures
The AB Structure - Binary - one of the more simplistic structures, like a verse and chorus of a song. A and B need a translation or a link.
Chance - movements are chosen at random or randomly strutted to create a movement sequence or a dance.
Narrative/Episodic structures - Choreographic structure that follows a specific story line. The structure helps the story lime. The structure helps the story unfold and each section is a further exposure of the ideas or story. The choreographer must consider the linking/transitions of each section.
AB/AC/AD/AE Structure - Rondo - A further extension of AB. The idea that A keeps returning.
ABA Estruture - Ternary - So the beginning and end are the same with a contrast in the middle. Like chorus verse chorus.
Theme and variation - A1 A2 A3 A4.- Varying a motif, not developing into something totally new and unseen before but instead caring/changing the dynamics, moods, space, style of A

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