Unit 1 – Critical Appreciation of Dance Physical Setting.
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GCSE DANCEUnit 1 – Critical Appreciation of Dance
Physical Setting
YOU NEED TO… Be Organised!
Be Prepared!
Be Willing!
Read the question carefully and always look at the number of marks for each question.
APPROACHING THE QUESTION Provide a short introduction linking to
question Ensure for each work you correctly name
the title of the work and the choreographer
Give a short insight into the dance you are discussing to show understanding of the piece
Clearly state the point you want to raise but make sure you explain/justify your point giving relevant detail about the costume
Where possible provide evaluative points Take care on the structure of your essay
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT…
Physical Setting
Costume, Set Design, Lighting & Props
COSTUMESDESCRIBE COSTUMES using these words …
allowing and restricting movement, cost, formal, flow, line, size, weight, colour, texture, decoration.
CONTIBUTIONS OF COSTUME Mood and Atmosphere
Era Social setting
Historical setting Sense of Place Sense of Time
Event Location
Character/Role Season Gender
Groups of Dancers Status
Theme of Dance
PHYSICAL SETTING POINTS
Remember the Magic List!
PHYSICAL SETTING POINTS
Describe Set, Lighting & Props
Colour Shape Size & Location Style Texture Mood
Other Considerations
Cost Durability Ease of dancing Health and Safety Size of Space
It’s really important to DESCRIBE the set, lighting and props in each example that you
discuss
PHYSICAL SETTING POINTS – MAGIC LIST
Physical Setting Contributions
Support the dance style Provide a context Provide a sense of reality Create interest Can replace dancer - support Time of day / Season Establishes mood Props help identify character Can provide a climax Setting the dance in an era Can provide exits and
entrances Geographical location
Always Remember to Include Examples
o Creates social contexto Light/set can structure danceo Props can inspire movemento Lighting can highlighto Set creates shape and levelso Add textureo Compliments other
componentso Can clarify narrativeo Can show changes in timeo Add to the theme of the danceo Add humoro Add variety through set and
lighting changes
CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES FROM NUTCRACKER! BY MATTHEW BOURNE?
Set/lighting helps create contrast
Lighting establishes mood
Set creates varied levels/platforms
The set creates exits and entrances
NUTCRACKER! ANSWERSSet/lighting helps
create contrast
Lighting establishes mood
Set creates varied levels/platforms
The set creates exits and entrances
The contrast between the dark colours in set and lighting of the workhouse and colour of Sweetieland
The brightness and soft colours used create a magical and fun feel to Act 2
The wedding cake creates different levels for the dancers
Dancers enter through doors in side flats, upstage window and mouth into Sweetieland
SWANSONG CHRISTOPHER BRUCEDefines SpaceProvides a sense of placeAdds humourAdds to themeContributes movement material
SWANSONG EXAMPLES
Defines Space
Provides a sense of place
Add humour
Contributes movement material
- The shaft of light provides a narrow space in which the prisoner’s solos are performed
- The stark set of a single chair hints at isolation and the dark edges of stage give impression of confined space
- Use of hats and red nose add humour to the dance
- The chair as part of the set acts as key part of the choreography as do the canes in the cane dance section
EXAMPLE QUESTIONDescribe the physical setting of both
professional dance works that you have studied.
Physical setting in work 1: (2 marks)
Physical setting in work 2: (2 marks)
Compare the way the physical setting is used in both professional dance works that you have studied.(8 marks)
EXAMPLE QUESTION
ANSWER Compare the way the physical setting is used in
both professional dance works that you have studied. (8 marks)
1–2 marks for simple, descriptive responses, possibly with reference to only one work. Comparison, if attempted, is unclear or inaccurate.
3–5 marks for a more coherent response which includes some accurate comparison.
6–8 marks for well written, clear, coherent answers which demonstrate knowledge of the similarities and differences in usage of physical setting in the two works chosen.
Examples may include: providing realistic/naturalistic setting, entrances/exits, space for focus on dancers, multiple settings, mood atmosphere, context – social, geographical, historical.
EXAMPLE QUESTION Choose one of the professional
dance works that you have studied and explain how effective you think the use of physical setting is. (3 marks)
Name of piece ............................
How does the physical setting contribute to dance works?
Give examples from your 2 professional dance works.