1. Creating and Choreographing English – Dance Student will be able to construct a dance that represents the short story according to the plot development in order to apply the elements of time, space and energy to the choreographic process Megan Dooley: 1 st Bevalaqua 3 mazza….6 Megan.dooley4@gmail.com

2. The Plot  Exposition  Rising action  Climax  Falling action  Resolution  denouement 1.Psychological Aspects 2.Internal Conflict 3.External Conflict 4.Interpretation of Events

3. Exposition  Term used to describe events at the beginning of a story that set the scene and introduce background, characters, and conflict. The exposition is the starting point of a narrative and can be thought of as the status quo (a.k.a the existing state of affairs), before the complications of the plot begin.

4. Rising Action  This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.

5. Climax  This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.

6. Falling Action  All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.

7. Resolution and denouement  The story comes to a reasonable ending.  The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

8. Today’s Choreographic Device  Develop movement that expressed the exposition of your story.  ONLY USE HUMAN GESTURES AS YOU MOVEMENT!!!!!  Create just the simple movement that an actor would add to his or her character.

9. Choreographic Device  Abstracting a Gesture  Take the base movement phrase and break apart each gesture and make the movement grow and change by extending the movement into the space at a greater value.

10. Choreographic Device Vary the Energy  Take the series of movement and add different levels of force and effort to represent the emotions being constructed in the story.  Force  Effort  Tension  Weight  Stillness  Soft  Light  Resistance

11. Part 4: Vary the Time Tempo: Dance contrasting tempos using two or more movements or with different parts of the body. Rhythm: Dance with contrasting rhythms using two or more rhythms with different parts of the body.

12. Elements of Dance Vary the Space  Pathways: Dance spatial pathways and designs with accuracy, awareness of other dancers, and in clear spatial relationships to others.  Levels: Dance with purpose and intent on all levels (including lifts when appropriate) with an awareness of one’s relationship to other dancers and spatial design.

13. Gesture Becomes Dance Embellishment  Embellishment:  1.an ornament or decoration.  2.a fictitious addition, as to a factual statement.  3. Music.a.ornament (def. 8).b.auxiliary tone.ornament (def. 8).b.auxiliary tone.  4.the act of embellishing.  5.state of being embellished.