Influences Flashcards
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- Frederick Ashton = influence of ballets with narratives, and clear characterisation or each character
- Bourne first saw his choreography when he was 30
- influenced by Ashton’s use of individual moment motifs which help create clear and memorable characters
=this is very important to Bourne’s works as they are all narrative and family friendly, therefore portrayal of each character clearly is absolutely necessary
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
-Kenneth Macmillan = ballets with a darker twist to the narrative
=important to Bourne as makes his works unique and stand out from all other current ballets, increasing his audience size and diversity
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- MGM musicals = these were made for screen visually as consisted of vibrant, colourful, glamorous sets and costumes and lighting. An example is the Wizard of Oz
- captures the Hollywood glamour
- over exaggerated facial expressions help to tell the story to an audience
=very important to Bourne as his works are so eye catching and visually engaging, yet again helping them to appeal to a wider range of people and makes them more memorable
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- Alfred Hitchcock = was a film director for psychological thrillers
- his films were always complete pieces of entertainment due to the excitement, humour and cinematic approach
- again use of extreme facial expressions
- often used story boards= helped Bourne to develop plot of dance piece
=important influence as his films inspired quite a lot of characters e.g the swans in Swan Lake and Bourne made sure to make his works engaging in multiple ways
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- Fred Astaire = A famous dancer and performer on screen. His dance style was extremely fluid and showed a real ease of movement
- his fluid style often combined ballet, tap and ballroom
- dancing was largely improvised which created the effortless ease of movement
=important to Bourne as he formally studied Fred Astaire as a 3rd year BA student, which provided him with a deep insight into his dance style. The seamless blend of styles can be seen in Bourne’s works most commonly as a blend of ballet and contemporary
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- Busby Berkeley = a film director who created elaborative musical production numbers with complex geometric patterns/ formations
- often used showgirls and props- focus on visual appearance to an audience
=important to Bourne as part of making his works so elaborative and memorable is not only the set, but the arrangement and presentation of the dancers on stage
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
- Isadora Duncan = a modern dance pioneer who used natural, free and athletic movements
- believed moving was joyous which is shown through high energy movement
- she was inspired by folk and social dancing
=important to Bourne as he found her style of free dance exciting and inspiring, and this natural pedestrian movements are used frequently to also portray characters
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
-Carry on films = These are British films which had naughty, risqué, cheeky humour and movements
=important to Bourne as comedy is very evident in his works as again makes them different and memorable
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
-music = often Bourne’s starting point, use of original scores, but may adapt so work with plot
=important to Bourne as makes his reinterpretations of classics identifiable
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
-current affairs = Use of socio political themes and subject matter, elements of the work ties in to modern society and represents different things
=important to Bourne as makes his works modern, relatable, engaging and informative to audiences
Identify one of Bourne’s key influences on his choreographic style and explain this further and why this is important
-Film Noir = use of colours being black and white, with darker themes and mood of fatalism
=Important to Bourne as colour sets the tone and mood of the scene or work, very visually informative to the audience again making it more family friendly as plot can be understood visually
