CASE STUDIES from POETIC DANCE

 

 

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Tangos Cubanos
(visual design/narrative form/voice over/re-invention/visual design costume/recitative-aria/distraction)

01: Sad Story from Tangos Cubanos
(elided key position/shoulder/recognisable transition/self-manipulating transition/ABA structure/music/asymmetry/facilitating transition/rhythmic pattern/dancer’s gaze/reset transition)

02: Bus-stop from Tangos Cubanos
(conjoined movement /pedestrian movement/dancer’s gaze)

03: St. Valentine’s Day from Tangos Cubanos
(pedestrian movement/manipulation at distance/manipulator manipulated /recognisable transition)

04: Balcony from Tangos Cubanos
(pedestrian movement/food/manipulation/romantic encounter/dancer’s gaze/pattern amplification/visual metaphor)

05: Ice from Tangos Cubanos
(diagonal line/unison wave/visual metaphor transition/ornamental transition)

06: Universe from Tangos Cubanos
(assist/manipulation/locked key position/hinge transition/geometric key position/pedestrian movement/motif pattern/reset transition)

07: Finger from Tangos Cubanos
(complex metre/visual metaphor/unison flipping/placement/pedestrian movement/right left movement/jerk transitions/locked hand position/flock)

 

Art of Movement
(recitative-aria/stereoscopic live/text/lecture/visual design)

08: Dead Body Part from Art of Movement
(echo transition/facilitating transition/restriction/shoulder/dialogue/score/musical dominance/dancer’s gaze).

09: Magnetic Touch from Art of Movement
(developed transition/manipulation at distance/manipulator manipulated/echo transitions)

10: Action at a Distance from Art of Movement
(manipulation at distance/pattern transfer/visual design/facilitating transitions)


Edge of Nowhere
(recitative aria/costume)

11: Rice Cakes from Edge of Nowhere
(visual metaphor key position/rhythmic footwork/multiple transitions/complex metre/ternary form/accent by loudness)

12: River from Edge of Nowhere
(phrase pattern/symmetry/visual metaphor key position/defined space/key position/ornamental transition/simultaneous transition/fixed position/recognisable transition)

 

Danzas de Amor que se Fue (DDAQSF)
(interview/visual art/distraction)

13: El Agua de los Mares from DDAQSF
(unison/separated transition/recitative aria/cyclical pattern/reset transition/rhythmic pattern/pedestrian movement/symmetrical transitions/dancer’s gaze/jerk transition)

14: Llorando from DDAQSF
(pedestrian movement/chair /recognisable transition/parallels/geometric key position/line lighting/disguised transition/developed transition/reset transition/locked key position/hinge transition)

15: Narciso  from DDAQSF
(complex time/multiple transitions/phrase pattern/foot movement/placement/accent by speed/accent by direction /body echo/semicircle/unison)

16: Noche de Quatro Lunas. From DDAQSF
(pedestrian movement/disguised transition/left right movement/re-invention/hinge transition/travelling/developed transition)

 


Under Flat Sky
(visual design/voice over/text poetry/video projection/transparent costume/controlled freedoms)

17: Ice Cracks from Under Flat Sky
(body extensions/restricted set key positions/extremity key position/visual metaphor/fluid transitions/cyclical pattern/re-invention)

18: No Cloud from Under Flat Sky
(moving background/assist/dancer’s gaze/controlled freedom/ornamental transition/visual design/hands)

19: Windwalk from Under Flat Sky
(temporal frames/left right direction/dancer’s gaze/ improvisation/posture /placement/dancer’s gaze)

 

20: Dark Rain Introduction
(unison/non-metrical music/virtual dancers/jerk transition/spatial markers/reset transition)

21: Dark Rain
(notation/unison/cannon/virtual dancers/pedestrian movement/ counting/cues/spatial markers/counterpoint)

 

22: Attraverso I Muri Di Bruma (ATIMDB)
(site specific/costume/audience freedom/audience interaction)

23: Trauernder Riese  from ATIMDB
(symmetry/wall/unison/stillness/audience viewpoint/costume)

24: Beh from ATIMDB
(text/comedy/audience interaction/external forces/narrative form/ character /unison/suits/sympathetic transition)

25: Bacio from ATIMDB
(size/limitation/box/visual metaphor/spatial location)

 

Shakespeare Needs You
(film interaction/text/visual design)

26: The Isle is Full of Noises from Shakespeare Needs You
(visual metaphor/bartok acceleration/unconscious transition/self-manipulating transition)

27: Full Fathom Five from Shakespeare Needs You
(music cue/durational rhythm/wallpaper music)

28: Bighead Asleep from Shakespeare Needs You
(text / lipsyncing/ film with live performance)

 

La Tragedia di Eponima
(narrator/narrative form/character costume)

29: Waltz from LTDE
(stylized fight/social dance/patterns/placement/residual move/cyclical structure/dialogue pattern/rhythmic pattern/travelling)

30: Eponima Solo from LTDE
(seat/support gesture/face/eyes/mouth/ hands/metaphor/narrator)

31: Ernesto Solo from LTDE
(improvisation/narrator/prop/temporal frames)

32: Wedding Night from LTDE
(fight/movement at distance/ pedestrian movement/flip/punch oscillation/dancer gaze/recognisable transitions)

 

Solos Extremos
(costume/visual design/lip sync)

33: Cigarillo from Solos Extremos
(simultaneous transition/pedestrian movement/ flip/asymmetric oscillation/ostinato pattern)

34: Dann Geht Sie Einkaufen from Solos Extremos
(laban/pedestrian movement/stylised/left right movement)

35: Miedo from Solos Extremos
(visual metaphor/complex metre/self-manipulation transition/skimming/pattern transfer/floor/jerk transition)

36: Hasta la Luz from Solos Extremos – De lo Alto
(lighting/ knotted key position/ thematic structure/loop key position)

37: Beso from Solos Extremos
(visual metaphor/lip-sync/text rhythm/ readable transitions/re-invention/jerk transitions/quality)

 

38: De lo Alto de Altos Edificios  from Solos Extremos
(visual metaphor/self-manipulating transition/ornamental transition)

 

39: In the Flesh
(restrictions/eyes/same space stereoscopy/dancer’s gaze/audience interaction/installation)

 

40: Tango de Soledad
(rhythmic pattern/voiceover/film/text rhythm/self-manipulation/asymmetrical arc form/wall/costume/accent by difference/defined space/social dance/flipping/text rhythm/same space stereoscopy)

 

 

41: T’es Pas la Seule
(unison/close cannon/geometry/impossible move/shoulder/pedestrian movement/same space stereoscopy/installation/unconscious transition/invisible string/spatial location/left right)

 

42: Jenseits
(spatial marker/visual metaphor/visual design/vertical symmetry/counterpoint/hinge transition/same space stereoscopy)

 

Ghosts in the Machine
(installation/same space stereoscopy)

43: Cheerio from Ghosts in the Machine
(stepped transition/fuzzy unison/character/recognisable key positions/stream of thought)

 

44: Retratos Número 2
(visual design/face/film/close up/fixed camera/wallpaper music/installation)

 

45: Tango Brasileiro
(film/pedestrian movement/visual design/recitative aria/voice over/social dance/expressive face/dancer’s gaze)

 

46: Tangos Cubanos (complete)

 

47: Tangos Cubanos (documentary)