Basic Facts Purpose Of Performance Features Of Performance
Choreographer - Wayne McGregor timulus
S ural Setting - Music by Max Richter
A
- Infra is the Latin word for (performed by The Max Richter Quintet
Dance Company - The Royal Ballet (GB) ‘below’. with Jonathan Haswell). Sound design by
- T.S Elliot, Wasteland “Under Chris Ekers. The score mixes melancholy
umber Of Dancers - 12
N the brown fog of a winter string melodies with electronic sounds and
(6 Male & 6 Female) dawn, a crowd flowed over everyday sounds such as train-whistles.
London Bridge so many”.
ance Style - Contemporary ballet.
D - Interpreted stimulus; London ostume - Costume designs by Moritz
C
McGregor’s dance style is distinctive for its Bombings (7/7) Junge. Fitted shorts, vests, t-shirts in flesh,
speed and energy and for the dynamic, black, white, grey colours for the dancers.
angular, sinuous and hyperextended horeographic Intention
C One female dancer wears a short
movements that push dancers to physical Seeing below the surface. wrap-around skirt. One male dancer wears
extremes. Types of relationships. long trousers. The females wear pointe
Pedestrian Language. shoes, Street clothes are worn for the brief
HOREOGRAPHIC APPROACH -
C Open for interpretation. appearance of the crowd.
McGregor uses three methods to generate
movement vocabulary for the piece: ighting - Lighting design by Lucy Carter,
L
1.SHOWa phrase to the whole or part of with whom Wayne McGregor has
the cast – dancers watch and either developed a strong creative partnership.
recreate the phrase exactly or create a The lighting, which relates closely to the
version. structure, lights the width of the stage and
2.MAKEa phrase on a target dancer or often focuses downstage. Occasionally
dancers – others watch and copy or dancers are lit by shafts of light and at one
develop. point 6 rectangles of light frame 6 duets.
3.TASK– set a choreographic task for Colours are used to highlight different
dancers to complete or pose a sections.
choreographic problem for dancers to
solve. Typically the task or problem Performance Setting - Proscenium Arch
involves imagery as a stimulus for creating
movement. The movement vocabulary is taging/set - Set design by artist Julian
S
then structured into longer “sentences” and Opie. An 18m LED screen is placed high
“paragraphs”. Finally he works musically on the black back wall. It runs the width of
with the structure and pieces it all together the stage, along which there is a
like a jigsaw. mesmerizing flow of electronic walking
figures.
Choreographer - Wayne McGregor timulus
S ural Setting - Music by Max Richter
A
- Infra is the Latin word for (performed by The Max Richter Quintet
Dance Company - The Royal Ballet (GB) ‘below’. with Jonathan Haswell). Sound design by
- T.S Elliot, Wasteland “Under Chris Ekers. The score mixes melancholy
umber Of Dancers - 12
N the brown fog of a winter string melodies with electronic sounds and
(6 Male & 6 Female) dawn, a crowd flowed over everyday sounds such as train-whistles.
London Bridge so many”.
ance Style - Contemporary ballet.
D - Interpreted stimulus; London ostume - Costume designs by Moritz
C
McGregor’s dance style is distinctive for its Bombings (7/7) Junge. Fitted shorts, vests, t-shirts in flesh,
speed and energy and for the dynamic, black, white, grey colours for the dancers.
angular, sinuous and hyperextended horeographic Intention
C One female dancer wears a short
movements that push dancers to physical Seeing below the surface. wrap-around skirt. One male dancer wears
extremes. Types of relationships. long trousers. The females wear pointe
Pedestrian Language. shoes, Street clothes are worn for the brief
HOREOGRAPHIC APPROACH -
C Open for interpretation. appearance of the crowd.
McGregor uses three methods to generate
movement vocabulary for the piece: ighting - Lighting design by Lucy Carter,
L
1.SHOWa phrase to the whole or part of with whom Wayne McGregor has
the cast – dancers watch and either developed a strong creative partnership.
recreate the phrase exactly or create a The lighting, which relates closely to the
version. structure, lights the width of the stage and
2.MAKEa phrase on a target dancer or often focuses downstage. Occasionally
dancers – others watch and copy or dancers are lit by shafts of light and at one
develop. point 6 rectangles of light frame 6 duets.
3.TASK– set a choreographic task for Colours are used to highlight different
dancers to complete or pose a sections.
choreographic problem for dancers to
solve. Typically the task or problem Performance Setting - Proscenium Arch
involves imagery as a stimulus for creating
movement. The movement vocabulary is taging/set - Set design by artist Julian
S
then structured into longer “sentences” and Opie. An 18m LED screen is placed high
“paragraphs”. Finally he works musically on the black back wall. It runs the width of
with the structure and pieces it all together the stage, along which there is a
like a jigsaw. mesmerizing flow of electronic walking
figures.
