Performance: Ensemble Work

 


I
 
Unit: Performance
Theme: Ensemble Work
 
Introduction

Today, we will combine in one class the dress rehearsal and the performance of the ensemble works. A dress rehearsal is the final rehearsal of a live show, in which everything is done as it would be in a real performance. The performance requires a special kind of energy that makes it an special instance of what has been rehearsed repeatedly.


II

Learning Objectives

 

  •  Understand the demands of a performance piece
  • Explain why rehearsing is a necessary part of the process 
  • Gain an awareness of the importance of embodying movement and voice while performing full-out
  • Experience what is like to tell a story using dancing images, movement metaphors and vocal abstractions.
 

III

Warm Up

 

IV

Dress Rehearsal

 

TIPS

  • Performers often rely on classroom mirrors to help them with formations and spacing. Having a chance to dance without the security of the mirror before the performance is very important for their confidence.

  • Performers have the chance to practice their stage entrances and exits and get used to being in such a large space.

  • Confidence is critical to a successful performance. Having a rehearsal offers the performer the chance to feel ready.


    Source: 

    https://www.kaleidoscopedance.com/helpful-tips-for-dress-rehearsal/

     

     

     

    V

     

    A Note to Remember


    Dancing full-out is about imagining and delivering as if you were on a stage ready to perform. 

     

     

     

    VI

     

    Ensemble Performances

     

     

    PROGRAM

     

     

    1

     


     

    Thanksgiving

     

    Dancers: Richard Carrillo, Sansa Wang, Jingen Chen, Xiaomeng Ma, Maxwell Trombley
    Choreography:     Richard Carrillo, Sansa Wang, Jingen Chen, Xiaomeng Ma, Maxwell Trombley



    We begin in harmony with each other and as we go on our individual paths, the desire to grow in relationships with our community reunites us.Then take the lessons we learned on our individual journeys and create our own path as influenced by those who went before us. We come together once again celebrate unity, harmony and the individual as it affects community.

     

     

     

    2 


    https://miami.app.box.com/s/63txbmbdw9ky3c5ui1ht6utzrfnn9x0o 

     https://miami.app.box.com/s/63txbmbdw9ky3c5ui1ht6utzrfnn9x0o

     Alive

     

    Dancers: Zi Xu, Irina Antsiferova, Haixiabg Ge, Junhao Li, Kamil Pacholec

    Choreography: Zi Xu, Irina Antsiferova, Haixiabg Ge, Junhao Li, Kamil Pacholec

     

    This piece is about how to connect with one's body and how one feels in one's body. We hope it inspires the audience to do the same and feel alive in the moment.


     

     3

     

     

      Brownies

     

    Dancers:  Huangyiyue Zhang, Lianet Bujosa, David Lee, Antonio Fernandez

    Choreography: Huangyiyue Zhang, Lianet Bujosa, David Lee, Antonio Fernandez


     We start as very different ingredients for making a brownie and are now ready to be sent into the oven. As the temperature of the oven rises, our fusion becomes tighter and tighter, and in the end, we turn into a delicious chocolate brownie.

     

     

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    Found

    Dancers:  Abby Guido, Kyra Stahr, Nerissa Rebagay, Jennifer Grover, and Kostia Lukynuik.

    Choreography: Abby Guido, Kyra Stahr, Nerissa Rebagay, Jennifer Grover, and Kostia Lukynuik.

    This piece is about finding yourself. Finding your sense of individuality within a group, and finding your group's individuality within a community.



 

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Discussion Questions

 1. How was the title of your piece illustrated through your performance?

2.  Was there ever a time that you felt you were insecure about your delivery? Explain why and how to solve it.

 

 

VIII

Glossary 

full-out: performing as much or as far as possible; with maximum effort or power.

dancing images: images which dancers use to creatively motivate the way they move.

movement metaphors:  symbolic movement material through structures derived from dance as an art form

vocal abstractions: creating sounds that communicate emotion to people irrespective of languages spoken – rather, they communicate speechlessness. 

 

IX

Journaling

 

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Sources

Hope, C. (2023). What is opera for our times? The power of abstraction may hold the answer. https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2023/05/09/1385735/what-is-opera-for-our-times-the-power-of-abstraction-may-hold-the-answer

How to practice your dancing and never look bad again? Full-Out vs. Marking it. https://www.princepsdance.uk/single-post/2016/12/07/how-to-practice-your-dancing-full-out-vs-marking-marcin-raczynski

Samaritter, R. (2013). The use of metaphors in dance movement therapy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236013748_The_use_of_metaphors_in_dance_movement_therapy

 

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