Individual and group identity

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Individual and group identity
Falling Angels
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SYLLABUS
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• Explore the possibility that Kylian is making
  comment on the role of women and individual and
  group identity in his work Falling Angels.
• As a starting point, consider the role of women
  in the 1980s, when the work was first performed.
  Search the Internet for information about the
  role of women in politics, business, the
  humanities, science and domestic situations. How
  different is the role of women today in
  comparison to the 1980s?

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• Identify significant solos and duos in the work
  and briefly describe each.
• What is the significance of the beginning of the
  work?
• What is the significance of the ending of the
  work?

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• What characters are portrayed in the solos?
• What is the group doing/portraying when the
  soloists perform?
• What narratives are conveyed in the duos?

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• What might the work communicate about
• politics and power?
• individual and group?
• being female?
• Write a short essay to summarise your response to
  these questions.
• Support your comments with reference to movement
  in the work.

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HSC areas of study
components movement spatial elements dynamic elements aural elements dancers setting and environment interpretation of the work context genre subject matter meaning significance writing and criticism reading and writing reviews newspapers, magazines, journals the role of the critic in dance placing the criticism in context
organising the dance motif phrase motif into phrase sequencing transition repetition variation and contrast formal structure unity appraisal and evaluation evaluation general values of society specific values in the context of the work worth and merit effectiveness/appropriateness of the work effectiveness/appropriateness of the performance Prescribed choreographers and works era/period in which they work background/training influences choreographic style
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