A Linha Curva: purpose

A Linha Curva: purpose

Choreographic Approach

  • Choreographer’s intent: Exploring the underlying motivation behind the dance. This includes the choreographer’s expression of a concept, story, or theme.
  • Development process: Understanding how the choreographer worked with dancers to create and develop the piece.

Performance and Design Elements

  • Staging/Set: Analyzing the physical environment in which the dance is developed and performed. This includes stage design and props.
  • Costume: Recognizing the costumes’ contribution to communicating the theme or concept of the dance.
  • Lighting: Knowledge about how lighting is used to highlight certain actions or dancers and aid in creating mood and atmosphere.

Movement Content

  • Actions: Comprehending the basic actions that make up the dance such as jumping, turning, or balancing.
  • Dynamics: Understanding the varying energy, rhythm, and quality of movements.
  • Space: Examining the use of the dance space, including direction, level, size, and pathway of movements.
  • Relationships: Looking at interactions between dancers, such as the use of unison, canon, and contrast.

Structuring and Form

  • Structuring Devices: Studying how the dance is structured, including repetitions, contrast, and transitions.
  • Form: Knowledge about the overall organization of the dance, such as binary, ternary, or rondo form.

Themes and Ideas

  • Mood: Discussing the emotional tone or atmosphere of the dance.
  • Meaning: Interpreting what the dance might signify or represent.
  • Themes: Identifying central themes or messages in the dance.
  • Style: Recognizing the distinct style or genre of the dance, such as contemporary, ballet, or hip-hop.
  • Purpose: Understanding whether the dance was created for entertainment, artistic expression, social commentary, or other purposes.

Evaluation and Comparison

  • Similarities with other dances: Comparing and contrasting the dance with other works of the same or different styles.
  • Differences to other dances: Identifying how this dance is unique or different from other dances.
  • Audience understanding: Reflecting on how the dance might be perceived and interpreted by different audiences.