Infra E-resource pack 2018

APPRECIATION – WHAT DO YOU SEE?
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1. SEE AND SUGGEST
2. ZONING IN
This involves watching the performance with a full visual field, as if it is
widescreen. You do not need to focus on anything specific but instead just
notice what draws your attention.
With a partner or in a group, take it in turns to share something that you notice
about the performance and what it suggests to you. The things you might
notice could be about any aspect of the performance – anything you see or
hear in a moment or moments as you watch.
For example:
‘I see that… the dancers are all wearing different costumes’
‘This suggests to me… they are all portraying individual characters’
‘I see that… the duets take place in rectangles of light’
‘This suggests to me… they are inside small rooms, maybe in a block of flats’
‘I see that… the dancers move in different styles – some of their movements are
balletic and some are more pedestrian.’
‘This suggests to me… the dance is about people and their lives.’
When we watch a dance we are given a lot of visual and auditory information,
which means our focus can be constantly shifting, or we can become
immersed in the dance as a whole and ‘lose’ ourselves in it. Try to ‘zone in’ on
one element of the performance as you watch it and see if it helps you to see
things you might otherwise not have noticed.
Working with a partner or in a small group, choose a different element to zone
in on and then share your observations with each other.
Using the section-by-section description table (page 124), you might choose to
zone in on the use of:
+ + Actions
+ + Dynamics
+ + Space
+ + Relationships
+ + Costume
+ + Lighting
+ + Sound
+ + Set
+ + Physical skills
+ + Expressive skills