Contemporary Dance

Tuesday 25th January 2012

Today we learnt about the 4 factors when you move to another space, the effort graph and the eight basic effort actions and Rhythms.

The 4 factors are Space, Weight, Time and Flow.

Effort Graph -  


Eight Basic Effort Actions
- Dab (like a painter)
- Slash (like a sword)
- Wring (wringing out a towel)
- Press (like a button)
- Flick (A fly)
- Glide (ice skating)
- Float (flying)
- Thrust (Punch)

Dab - Sudden, light, indirect, bound
Slash - Indirect, sudden, strong, bound
Wring - Strong, sustained, indirect, bound
Press - Strong, sustained, direct, bound
Flick - Free, sustained, indirect, light
Glide - Free, sustained, light, indirect
Float - Free, light, indirect, sustained
Thrust - Strong, direct, sudden, bound

Rhythms
Rebound    ---o---  (bound and light)
Impulse      o------  (De cellerate)
Impact       ------o  ( Accellerate)
Continous               (Same all the way through)
Swing        ---o---  (Weight in the middle, free and strong)

Jamie chose 3 characters from the film Harry Potter and told us to fill in their rhythms, their eight basic effort actions, and their effort graph.

Professor Snape                          Luna Lovegood                          Bellatrix Lestrange
Thrust                                         Free                                           Strong
Slash                                           Light                                          Sudden
Wring                                         Sustained                                    Bound
Press                                          Indirect                                       Direct             

Strong                                        Float                                           Thrust
Bound                                        Glide                                           Wring
Sudden                                      Dab                                             Slash             
Direct                                         Flick                                           Float

Impact                                       Swing                                          Impact
Continuos                                  Continuos                                    Swing
Rebound                                                                                       Rebound

Then we were told to do one for ourselves:
Swing
Impact

Float
Glide
Flick
Dab

Free
Bound

After we done written work, we learnt a dance phrase that involved balancing our bodies when on one foot doing a table top.