Choreography- Compositional Devices

Question 1

What is a collage structure?

Answer 1

It explores many different ideas and imagery about one particular theme

Question 2

What is an ABACADA structure?

Answer 2

Rondo. The A is a repeating section and the BCD are all the ‘verses’ in between.

Question 3

What is a narrative structure?

Answer 3

ABCDEF… It follows or helps to tell a story in chronological or progressional order

Question 4

What is an episodic structure?

Answer 4

When each section is defined but may not take place in chronological order. Each section should be able to stand up independently.

Question 5

What is an ABA structure?

Answer 5

A tertiary or cyclic structure. The A section is repeated with a contrasting section in between

Question 6

Give an example of how you would generate a chance structure? Which practitioner has done this?

Answer 6

You could roll a dice to decide the order. Merce Cunningham has used this in his choreography.

Question 7

What is an A1A2A3 structure?

Answer 7

The numbers represent a variation and the letter A represents a recurring theme. The content of this shouldn’t change.

Question 8

What is an AB structure?

Answer 8

Binary. It is used to show two contrasting ideas