Language of Performing Arts Coursework

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In performing arts our first section was dance, we choreographed a short dance, which lasted about two minutes, which incorporated different elements of dance. We learnt about each element and how to apply them to dance, during a series of lessons. Firstly through improvisation we started to produce a motif, which would act as our base to expand on. The word motif means "the central movement theme of a dance which is developed, repeated and varied" (Linda Rickett Young, 1996). During our lessons our class learnt that changing the direction, tempo without changing its order could vary a motif.

Motifs can add interest to a simple phrase and give alternative meaning so that repetition does not bore the audience. We developed our motif through rehearsal. For example we repeated certain parts of the motif and with different intensions, we did this by expanding our motif adding an extra gesture then bringing the motif through again this time in a different level, which gave the motif more variation. We also mixed in other motifs at the end of our performance and repeated our original phrase to bring it to a familiar conclusion.

A motif in dance could be likened to the hook line of a musical compositio

Relationships is an element, which can be used in all art forms for example, discourse of harmony can be created with instruments in music and characters in drama. There was a complementing relationship between our dance and the chosen music. In drama we use a lot of things from dance like movement, for example when acting if we are stationary through a performance it is not going to keep the audiences attention for long. So if we add sharp, quick or slow movements into our drama this will keep the audience's attention and they will become interested. Music can also attraction from an audiences point of view, music can be sound effects or backing music. During the rehearsal we consolidated movement and made it fit to our music. We plotted where and when the movement would take place on stage making good use of the space and the whole area at all times.

n or piece of drama. It could be a simple melody line to which a piece of music is built around and repeated. In our dance we used four beats to a bar, in a two bar phrase we used this because it is even and fits well to perform to.

A set of motifs can have completely different intensions and effects by simply varying the dynamics. We used a lot of gestures in our motif that gave a sense of power to the audience. We also made use of space in our piece, by allowing each individual to bring his or her personal space to

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