1. Mock Exam Are you Ready?

2. Name the 2 professional dances you will be answering questions and the choreographer Overdrive (2004) By Richard Alston Nutcracker! (2002) By Matthew Bourne

3. Costume Colour Style Design Era Texture Length Features

4. Alston’s Overdrive Costume Man wears Grey, sleeveless top, Grey, long, loose trousers Woman wears Red, halter-neck tunic Red, long, loose trousers Different colours distinguish between different genders Bare arms help to show clear lines of arm actions Loose fitting for ease of movementPlain as abstract theme and focus on dance Jeanne Spaziani

5. Bourne’s Nutcracker! Costume The Marshmallow Girls wear Pink, fluffy hats Pink leotard with white spots Pink tutu The Licorice Allsorts wear Black, Spanish-style clothes with licorice allsorts on. The men wear pink trouser, have black hair slicked down and moustaches The female wears a flamenco style skirt and high shoes Pink of marshmallow girls goes with the pink lighting and pink of set design The marshmallow girls costume bounces with their rhythmical steps The Spanish-style costumes go with the Spanish music and actions in their section The different costumes help with identifying the characters and progressing the story Anthony Ward

6. Accompaniment Sound Orchestral Electronic Traditional Songs Found/natural sound

7. Alston Overdrive Accompaniment Keyboard Study #1 By Terry Riley Minimalist. Rhythmical, repetitive keyboard. Abstract Dance and music, direct correlation

8. Bourne Nutcracker! Accompaniment Tchaikovsky Spanish Dance Directly correlates with movements and builds into climax of section/scene Classical, orchestral. Composed in 1892 for the original ballet

9. Physical Setting Colour Props Location Backdrop Lighting

10. Alston’s Overdrive Physical Setting Traditional theatre venue, no wings No props Plain, square floor Black background White side lighting, blue, grey, purple wash Contributions… Simplicity allows focus on dancers Flooring and lighting colours complement costume Side lights create shadows, adding interest Lighting – Charles BalfourSet – no set designer

11. Bourne’s Nutcracker! Physical Setting Traditional Proscenium theatre venue Black and white checked flooring Pink and blue striped backdrop with big pink open mouth entrance Bright, white wash lighting Contributions… Provides exit for characters Sets scene and helps progress narrative Complements costume Lighting – Howard HarrisonSet – Anthony Ward

12. Relationships Canon Unison Complementary Contrasting Mirroring Question and Answer Contact

13. Relationships in Overdrive Mirroring & Unison at beginning in male duet. They enter walking from opposite sides, mirroring and go into side reach motif in unison Complementary in male/female duet, male lunges to left whilst female jumps back

14. Relationships in Nutcracker!Nutcracker Unison at ending ensemble around the cake with the hip rotation and thrust Canon & contact in the Frozen Lake. The male chorus members lift the females, who arc their arms over their heads, whilst in a pyramid formation

15. Relationship in YOUR group dance?

16. What is a climax? Build up/high point of Speed Dynamic Tension

17. Use of climax in Nutcracker!

18. Title and choreographer for solo composition task Perfect (2005) Motionhouse, Kevin Finnan and dancers

19. Actions Fall Elevate Travel Rotate Stillness Gesture

20. Dynamics Smoothly Softly Suddenly Staccato Sustained

21. Space Levels; high, medium, low Floor pattern Air pattern Direction Formation