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1
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Chrreograpjer

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Wayne mcgregor from the royal ballet

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Date of first performance

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13 November 2008

3
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Dance style

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Contemporary ballet

4
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Stimulus

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Infra the Latin word for below and shows a port arias of life beneath the surface

5
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Choreographic international

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Seeing belief the surface of things

6
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Dancers

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6male 6 female

7
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Costume

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Long sleeve black and grey shirts loose
Black and grey pants tight
Sometimes no pants 
Tight fitting white short sleeve tshirt
Sometime topless
Grey shorts with black pants
8
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What does costume show

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Simple colours show simple emotions
No pant s shows half and half. Represents the underneath emotions
Similar outfits for each gender show equality and how everyone is equal i society

9
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About dancers in beginning

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1 male starts on stage
Another joins from back of stage male- comes out of drakes - some like to reveal emotions
Another 2 males joking
A male and female then join

10
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Lighting at the start and multimedia

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Starts dark with 3 big white sidelights - uses side lights so multimedia isn’t affects
People walking back and forth- amount of people on multimedia reflects amount of people on stage
Staring in darkness shows the dark city
White lights shows people purity
The multimedia isn’t a clear image to show people have unclear emotions

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Motif in sections 1

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A man in black shirt leans forward and lunges! Stands back up and the lunges and stands up and faces the front - lunging shows the person is keeping low and hiding
Man In grey tshirt do3s a turn,kicks legs,split jump, brings leg and arms up and holds - holding of leg shows he is truing to keep still and hide
Man running quickly on back of stage - running away from prop,f

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Music in section 1

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Starts in silence - everything is hidden
Gradually found sound comes in;talking,high pitches sounds like computers, voices- secrets
Music appears quietly in background combined with found sound - exposing emotions and secrets
Quiet soft and gentle,flows with movement
Frantic movement, calm music - running away from people and outside

13
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Devices during duet section

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Unison- female swings arm over males back, male recaches down, grabs feet and lifts them up
Complemtary- female spins to left while male kicks to left
Counterpoint - male spins female around, female puts leg through male into split
Directions - duets do same diet but in different directions

14
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Lighting and music in duet section

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Lighting changes to 6 white boxes
High pitch violin, lower pitch double base
Repeating same rhythm

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Links in duet section

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Links to 7/7nlondon bombings
Counterpoint shows chaos of the situation loemin London
High pitch violin represents tension before attack
6 duets coming tot her shows London coming together after stacks
Slow music could represent deaths

16
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Motifs in ensemble section

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Solo- stands in point and looks around then lifts each leg up at a time and comes down - looking for people,
Puts arms in front of face - she liking herself and emotions
Duet- man holds on top women’s arms , drags her back backs while she is kicking legs
Trio - men hold women, throw her into air, she twists and they catch her

17
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Relationships in ensemble sections

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Counterpoint
Solo dancer rolls on floor and stands up them kicks her leg - hiding on floor. While duet dancer male holds women while she turns them she leans forward
Unison-men hold women by waist, she turns in pointe, he then lowers her to ground and she lies on floor - hiding and doesn’t want to be seen or died 7/7 bombings
Complemtary- solo does a turn while duets do a turn

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Multimedia in ensemble section

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More people walking across and mirror people of stage

People now walking in groups - supporting each other

19
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Music in ensemble section

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Sound of trains and muttering
Music is faster
Same tune repeats - everything is ongoing until something shocking suddenly happens
Violins and double bass piano helps keep speed
Music builds ups-climax and suddenly stops

20
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Final section

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Changes o blue light that curves round back of stage x sadness
Music gets quieter and slower
Solo an duet
No violins only piano
Girl stood on stage crying while others walk behind her -can’t keep in emotions
Violin comes back
Duet
Curtain comes down on duet and music suddenly tops