Infra E-resource pack 2018

CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS
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INFRA SECTION 1 EXPLORATION
When working with new dancers Wayne
McGregor spends a long time observing their
unique qualities to utilize in his choreography.
For example, Royal Ballet Principal Lauren
Cuthbertson (dancing downstage centre at
19:10) might be described as a dancer with
a bound, grounded quality using gravity to aid
her movement and McGregor’s choreography
for her utilizes these qualities.
20 minutes
1 dancer
Use 6 configurations from
task 1 to create solo
Create your physical
signature solo
Using the six configurations that were given to you in Task 1, create
your own solo that shows your own individual physical signature.
a Think about your individual qualities and personal style as a dancer.
Do they include: strength, flexibility, fluidity, use of extensions,
grounded, jumps, floorwork, athletic, quick articulate movements?
(This part of the task could be done as a peer feedback task when
looking at their physical and expressive skills)
b Embellish/adapt the six configurations given to you by your partner
(or any other phrase of movement if doing this as a standalone task)
by adding movements that demonstrate your individual qualities
e.g. rise/relevé, bend of knees/fondu, elevations, falls, turns, use of floor.
Your individual physical signature movements could also be transitions
between the six configurations.
c Add two sets of pedestrian-style travelling movements such as walking
or running on different pathways within the phrase, either between the
configurations or at the same time as the movement.
d Repeat your phrase until you are really comfortable with it:
this is your physical signature solo.
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 1
TASK 1: CONFIGURING DANCERS
TASK 2: PHYSICAL SIGNATURE SOLO
TASK 3: PERFORMANCE SCALE 1, 2, 3
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 5
TASK 1: SELECTING VOCABULARY
TASK 2: TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING VOCABULARY
TASK 3: CREATING A PARAGRAPH OF MOVEMENT
OBSERVATION TASK
Watch Edward Watson and Paul Kay perform
their movement in Section 1
(Phrase 1b: 1:25–1:48 in the film).
What are their physical signatures?
Observe their use of weight, focus, extension,
elevation. How do their movement and
performance styles differ from each other’s?
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 7
TASK 1: EMPATHY DUET
TASK 2: PROSAIC PEDESTRIAN SOLO
TASK 3: CREATING A TRIO
Paul Kay in Infra
©ROH/Bill Cooper, 2010
VISUAL IMAGERY TASK
POETRY AND MUSIC TASK