Unit 4 combined arts

The  story of Hansel and Gretel is told in chronological order, it follows a typical storytelling structure. Here, we created the main freeze frames of the story to show how the plot is split up into different parts. Introduction: In times of famine, Hansel and Gretel lived at the edge of the forest with their woodcutter father and cruel stepmother. Complication: The stepmother is selfish and wants all the food they have to herself . therefore, leads them into the forest to abandon them. Turning point (moment of good or bad?): To their good fortune, they stumble across a house made of treats, where a seemingly good witch lures them in. The peak of climax: After fattening up Hansel and trapping him in a cage, she enslaves gretel to help cook and eat him. Gretel tricks the witch and shoves her in the oven instead.  Resolution: Hansel and Gretel steal her treasure and journey home to reconcile with their widowed father. The moral of the story All traditional stories were made to ...

Differences between Mathew Bourne`s and Akram Khan`s approach to combining art forms and styles: Although they both mix and fuse different dance styles together to create their works, they use different styles from each other. Bourne tends to mix, ballet, contemporary and jazz. Whereas, Khan mixes contemporary with classical kathak. They have both been influenced to create this style of dance, but in different ways. Matthew was influenced by Frederik Ashton, a complex ballet choreographer and Akram was influenced by mudras (kathak hand movement) and storytelling (kathaker).  A similarity between them would be what they include in their works. They both include pedestrian movements in their pieces, for example ‘Nutcracker’ (Matthew) and ‘Zero Degrees’ (Akram). Matthew incorporated pedestrian movement throughout Nutcracker but one of the main ways was through the morning routine scene, where the servants are getting the young prince ready for the day. They used many pedestrian moveme...

Skills: The combination of dance/movement, singing/music and acting. Ensemble work Devising Story telling Reading or creating text Playing music or singing (or both) Dancing or physical movement Characterisation Improvisation  Attitude: Open minded Keeping focussed No inhibitions Playing and exploring to devise Go beyond feeling stupid/uncomfortable Don't get attached to material you create because you might need to bin it. Energy! Confidence! Trust in fellow performers Excepting other ideas Think original Skills to develop for combined arts Improvisation- I need to work on stepping out of my comfort zone and just focus on playing more and being spontaneous.  Confidence with movement- I tend to get embarrassed and laugh when doing close contact movement with other performers. I need to focus on thinking in a more professional mindset and getting things done. I also need to work on letting go of material i have created if it doesn't work. i tend to get attached to something i l...

 Matthew Bourne Company-  New adventures Aims/what is he trying to achieve? He wants to bring incredible dance theatre to all theatres. "Our audiences are why we do what we do. Entertaining and engaging audiences is our passion. "His vision was to bring something new to dance, he wanted his dancers to be actors and to focus on telling a story as well as having perfect technique. "we continue to push boundaries and defy expectations in dance, storytelling and ambition."  Our Company Values | New Adventures (new-adventures.net) Akram khan Company- Akram khan company Aims/what is he trying to acheive? "take risks, think big and daring, explore the unfamiliar, avoid compromise and tell stories through dance that are compelling and relevant, with artistic integrity."  The company has a major international presence and enjoys busy tours that reach out to many cultures and peoples across the globe. Each production is rooted in Akram Khan’s classical Kathak and mo...

  4 th Oct 2021 Physical theatre workshop, combining movement, contact and words. Rash dash- devising through improvisation movement text and spoken text. Content of lesson:  (the first 3 activities are to get us out of our comfort zone, play and explore and to encourage original movement) ·       Mirroring    exercise- This included me and my partner mirroring our right hands in a mirroring relationship. This included different levels, moving around and a lot of focus to make it unknown who the leader was.  ·        Co ntact/weight duet- In this short activity we used a weight related trust exercise including pushing against them or pulling away, while staying balanced and on the spot. This built trust and broke the ice between having a lot of close contact. ·        Lo oping exercise. This included me and my partner weaving in and out of eachothers arms without touching them. ·  ...