Infra E-resource pack 2018

ANALYSIS
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Section number | NAME | Time
What do you see?
Zoning In
Physical setting
What do you hear?
Image
Brief description
Entrances/Exits
Action, Space, Dynamics,
Lighting, set, costume
Aural setting (sound)
Number of dancers/Mood
Relationships
Section 4 | VIDE INFRA | 9:54-13:13
This section starts with the digital
Action: turn, elevate, transfer of
Lighting: The green light from the
The sound starts with the found
The whole cast performs six duets in
rectangular pools of light
display of people walking across the
screen above the stage. A male dancer
walks on from stage left and six
weight, use of different body parts,
gesture of hands and arms, pull,
push, kick, stab, twist, ballet
previous duet disappears and six
evenly spaced rectangular blocks of
white light appear in a horizontal line
sounds of shortwave radio, beeps
and on the cue of a loud distorted
vocal announcement the live string
rectangular blocks of light appear in a
movement vocabulary
across the downstage area. The area
instruments begin to play.
line. A female dancer meets the male
dancer appearing from upstage.
On a clear sudden music change
Space: facing different directions
(out and in), static, locked in, vertical,
contained, mostly use of high level,
around each block is black. The six
blocks of light fade out as the dancers
move upstage.
The live string music is layered and
rich with a fast pulse. The music ends
abruptly with the movement.
they dance a tight, fast and articulate
combination of big and small
Set: There is a steady flow of two or
contact duet in the third block of light.
(fat and thin)
three digital characters walking across
Two more couples walk into the
second and fifth block of light. All
three couples perform the same duet
in unison (10:47).
A fourth couple enters from upstage
Dynamics: sudden, fast, tense, violent,
rhythmical, direct, precise
Relationships: counterpoint,
complement and contrast, contact,
action and reaction
the screen at different speeds and in
both directions.
Costume: A combination of black,
white and grey tops, trousers, skirts
and shorts/briefs.
Artists of The Royal Ballet in Infra
©ROH/Bill Cooper, 2010
at 11:24 and performs in the fourth
block of light. The duets in the
second and fourth block perform the
same duet in unison and the duet in
the third and fifth block perform a
different duet together in unison.
Two more couples enter from upstage,
the all of the duets shift stage left
to the next block of light. The two
new couples perform in the first and
second block.
Mood: argumentative, manipulative,
frantic, separate narratives, beneath
the surface, behind closed doors
Movement vocabulary: some of the
movement vocabulary is classical
ballet, particularly fast footwork and
jumps (petite allegro), pirouette turns,
arabesque and attitude lines. The
female dancers dance en pointe. There
are large virtuosic lifts and supported
balances. The arms are generally more
All duets continue to perform different
free and contemporary in style and
yet complimentary movement. They
the back is used to distort the more
sometimes meet in unison with other
classical lines
duets before breaking off into their
own movement again.
The male dancers then drag the
female dancers upstage, except one
couple where the female dancer
pushes the male dancer backwards.
The dancers start to depart using
more pedestrian style movements.