Infra E-resource pack 2018

CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS
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INFRA SECTION 7 EXPLORATION
During section 7 Principal dancer Edward
Watson performs a solo consisting of prosaic 9
pedestrian movements that are ‘zoomed
in’ on so they appear magnified, enlarged
and exaggerated. Wayne McGregor uses the
term: make the movement ‘FAT’ to get this
effect. Watson’s physical presence is close to
performance scale 3 in Task 3 of the ‘Section
1 exploration’ even though the movement
vocabulary is pedestrian.
15-20 minutes
1 dancer or
whole class
When choreographing this movement material, McGregor says the
pedestrian movements came from a list of everyday movements.
a Either individually or as a whole class, create your own responses
to the following pedestrian actions:
+ + Picking up a heavy bag
+ + Protecting your eyes from the sun
+ + Glancing at the time on a distant clock
+ + Noticing a hole in your jumper on your right elbow
+ + Having a pain in your stomach
+ + Having some dust in your left eye
+ + Brushing a crumb from your lap
+ + Tying shoelaces
+ + Stroking a cat
+ + Smelling a rose in a bush
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 1
TASK 1: CONFIGURING DANCERS
TASK 2: PHYSICAL SIGNATURE SOLO
TASK 3: PERFORMANCE SCALE 1, 2, 3
b Observe the everyday actions that people around you do and add
5 more everyday actions/gestures to the list.
c Choose 6–10 everyday movements from the list and re-create the action.
Paying attention to details such as use of weight and focus. Try to make
the movement three-dimensional by changing directions so there isn’t
a set front.
d Experiment with making the movements ‘FAT’: zoom in and magnify
the movement. How does this affect your use of space and dynamics?
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 5
TASK 1: SELECTING VOCABULARY
TASK 2: TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING VOCABULARY
TASK 3: CREATING A PARAGRAPH OF MOVEMENT
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 7
TASK 1: EMPATHY DUET
TASK 2: PROSAIC PEDESTRIAN SOLO
TASK 3: CREATING A TRIO
9. Prosaic – Normal, plain and
pedestrian. Used to describe
some of the movement in Infra.
See Appendix A for full glossary.
VISUAL IMAGERY TASK
POETRY AND MUSIC TASK