Rooster (Christopher Bruce) - Section 3: Not Fade Away analysis

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  • Created on: 06-06-18 09:21
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  • Section 3 - Not Fade Away
    • Physical Setting
      • Lighting
      • Set
      • Costume
        • Woman - black, high-neck dress with mini-skirt with red pleats
    • Dynamics
      • Fast-paced
    • Expression/eyeline
    • Space
      • Travel across the space
    • Relationships
      • Duet - links to theme of courtship
        • Close prcximity
      • Group of men carry out main male at end
    • Actions
      • Pauses
      • Lindy hop/jive
        • Ball changes
        • Flicks
        • Kicks
      • Bouncy actions
      • Gestural rooster movements
      • Claps to the music
    • Themes
      • Positive relationships
        • Contrasts to the themes of the other dances - negative relationships between men and women
      • Courtship
      • 1960s social dance in clubs
    • Aural Setting
      • Lyrics are demanding - 'I'm wanna tell you how it's gonna be/You're gonna give your love to me'
        • Links to theme of male chauvinism
  • Folk dance actions
    • Flexed feet
    • Box step
    • Actions
      • Pauses
      • Lindy hop/jive
        • Ball changes
        • Flicks
        • Kicks
      • Bouncy actions
      • Gestural rooster movements
      • Claps to the music
  • Neutral expression mainly
    • Elements of smiling
    • Expression/eyeline
  • Lifts/contact work
    • Devices
      • Call and response (Question and Answer)
      • Repetition in the chorus

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