A Linha Curva: Performance environment (proscenium arch, end stage, in-the-round, site sensitive)

Performance Environment

Proscenium Arch: With a picture-frame stage, focus is directed frontward, with dancers playing to the audience.
End Stage: With audience on three sides, interaction and engagement is increased.
In-the-round: Audience surrounds the stage, providing a 360-degree perspective and requiring choreography to account for this.
Site Sensitive: The performance can adapt and respond to the space in which it’s performed, creating a unique experience based on location.

Choreography

Choreographer’s Approach: Consider how the choreographer develops their piece, their inspiration, preparation, and process.
Movement Content: Actions, dynamics, space, and relationships all play a part in the narrative of the dance and its delivery.
Structuring Devices: Devices used to structure the piece such as canon, elaboration, and inversion.
Form: The overall structure of the dance piece such as Binary, Rondo, or Ternary.

Performance Elements

Lighting: How the lighting enhances or influences the mood, meaning, or emotion of the performance.
Properties: Props used in the performance to complement choreography and narrative.
Costume: Attire worn by the dancers, contributing to character development and scene setting.
Dancers: Characteristics of the dancers and how these aid in the delivery of the performance.

Audience Interaction

Audience Understanding: How the themes, style, and narrative of the performance are communicated to and understood by the audience.
Purpose: What the piece is aiming to communicate or achieve in its performance.

Themes and Style

Mood: The overall atmosphere of the piece, shaped by all elements of the performance.
Meaning: The messages, ideas or emotions the choreographer is trying to communicate.
Ideas: The core concepts behind the piece which drive its development.
Themes: Recurring elements that signal towards the core concepts.
Style: The particular dance style used in the piece, e.g. Ballet, Modern, Contemporary.

Relation to Other Works

Similarities with Other Dances: Notable parallels between this dance and others, in terms of choreography, themes or style.
Differences to Other Dances: Notable contrasts highlighting the uniqueness of the dance.
Aural Settings: Understanding the music, sound, or silence that accompanies the dance performance.
Dance for Camera: The adaptation of the choreography for recording or broadcast.