Monday 6 December 2010

Choreographic scores

"Improvisation, in which a choreographer provides dancers with a score (i.e., generalized directives) that serves as guidelines for improvised movement and form. For example, a score might direct one dancer to withdraw from another dancer, who in turn is directed to avoid the withdrawal, or it might specify a sequence of movements that are to be executed in an improvised manner over the course of a musical phrase. Improvisational scores typically offer wide latitude for personal interpretation by the dancer."
I started working on a score for my piece. Once I have devised a score, (something I have only recently learnt) I find it much easier to explore and recognise the tone, mood and direction of my sketch...

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