choreographic devices

Question 1

augmentation

Answer 1

making the movement larger in space and time

Question 2

abstraction

Answer 2

altering or reducing the realistic appearance of the original inspiration while maintaining the essence of the idea

Question 3

accumulation

Answer 3

new movements are added to existing movements in a successive manner

Question 4

addition

Answer 4

adding movement to the next or one phrase to the next

Question 5

inversion

Answer 5

manipulating a motif or phrase where the position of the body is reversed as the movement is performed

Question 6

insertion

Answer 6

adding new material into the movement phrase as new paragraph being added to a writing section

Question 7

embellishment

Answer 7

adding detail to the movement such as a head or hand movement

Question 8

distortion

Answer 8

a process which manipulates the shape or structure of the motif or phrase

Question 9

repetition

Answer 9

a movement motif or phrase repeated in the exactly same way

Question 10

rearrangement

Answer 10

movement is taken a apart and reorganised into a different order to create progression

Question 11

retrograde

Answer 11

a motif or phrase performed backwards like rewinding a video

Question 12

transposition

Answer 12

transfers a movement to a different part of the body