Based on the activity during the lecture, I want to design questions to ask students to assess their understanding of the elements of dance. This should help me practice analysing dances (and may help when I'm choreographing dances with students).
How do the two main cat's dances differ? Why do you think they were choreographed this way?
How do the dancers move to reflect cat movements? What parts of their body do they use? Do they move quickly or slowly?
How do the dynamics of the dancing change to reflect the dynamics of the song? How does the use of space reflect the song?
Who is leading the dancing? How can you tell? What sort of visual impact is created by this relationship?
How do the dynamics of the movement change when the song changes? What adjectives could you use to describe the movement?
What do the dancers do when the temp of the music changes?
With so many changes in this piece, how is a sense of continuity created?
How do the dancers use the space on the stage?
What parts of their body do they most often use?
Do you prefer the parts of the dance when only a few dancers are dancing, or when all of them are? Why?
What happened during the transition, when the lighting colour changed. Did you find this transition smooth? Why or why not?
What sort of shapes do the dancers make with their bodies?
What words could you use to describe the way the dancers moved?
How were the two main dancers moving? Were they dancing together or in contrast to each other? What do you think is the relationship between them?
How did the male dancers move? How did the female dancers move? In what ways were they similar and different?
In what ways did the dancers use the space around them?
Name three movements that you feel particularly reflect the changes in the music.
