Shadows

Question 1

Who is the Choreographer?

Answer 1

Christopher Bruce

Question 2

What is the company?

Answer 2

Phoenix dance company

Question 3

What is the duration?

Answer 3

12 minutes

Question 4

when is the premiere date?

Answer 4

May 2013

Question 5

How many dancers are there?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What is the male to female ratio?

Answer 6

2:2

Question 7

What is the stage type?

Answer 7

End stage

Question 8

What is the stimulus?

Answer 8

Avro Part’s Fratres for violin and piano

Question 9

What is the choreographic approach?

Answer 9

Collaborative approach, idea of family unit sitting around dinner table

Question 10

what was the choreographic intention?

Answer 10

Bruce invited the audience to the world of a small family coming to terms with deprivation, poverty, and realities that lie outside their home

Question 11

what is the dance style?

Answer 11

neo-classical

Question 12

what is the structure?

Answer 12

semi-narrative

Question 13

Who designed the staging and set?

Answer 13

Christopher Bruce

Question 14

Key points of staging and set

Answer 14

Minimal set within n black-box space
Table, bench, two stools, coat stand and suit cases

Question 15

Who designed the lighting?

Answer 15

John B Read

Question 16

Key points of lighting

Answer 16

Used imitate a room as well as indicating what is waiting for the family outside

Question 17

Key points on Costume

Answer 17

Mother wears “tea-shaped” folded dress with pattern. Her hair is tied in a bun.
Daughter swears short sleeved blouse and skirt. Her hair is in a pony tail.
Father wears shirt with sleeves rolled up, waist coat and dark trousers.
Son wears the same minus the waist coat.