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LC 4 Dance Appreciation and Composition
LC 4 Dance Appreciation and Composition
and Composition
What makes a good dance?
A good dance displays a significant meaning or conveys a message.
sometimes , it also portrays life experiences. Dance may be presented
abstractly and symbolically but still convey emotion and meaning. A good
dance lifts and transports the audience from their seats during
performance.
1. AB (two-part) form
2. ABA (three-part) form
3. Rondo form (ABACA)
4. Theme and Variations form
Contrapuntal Forms
Several themes are woven together in
choreography to form a complex structure.
The main theme is seen against itself or
against one or more other themes. There
are four contrapuntal forms of dance.
1. Ground Bass
2. Round Canon
3. Fugue or Accumulation
4. Suite
Episodic Form
Episodic forms are not musical forms; instead, they are found in
literature. They tell a story through connected and progressive
sections called episodes. Narrative form is an episodic form that
tells a story or conveys an idea and the sequence of the story
determines the structure of the dance.
Other Compositional Forms
a. Natural Structures - mostly come from natural structures such as the season,
life cycles, and everyday life experiences
b. Collage - consists of a series of movement phrases that are often unrelated
but have been brought together to create a single dance with a beginning, a
middle, and an end.
c. Tableau - different movement phrases are formed by different dancers
simultaneously in the same space.
d. Chance - the movement phrases are performed in random order and spatial
placing.
EVALUATING A GOOD DANCE
The success of any dance performance may depend on who the
evaluators are. Appreciation on the importance of the dance comes from
the points of view of the choreographer, the dancer, or the audience.