The piece “Dual Light” has many messages and themes, but mainly they all relate back to the main idea of endings and new beginnings. The piece mentions four stories: a father who moved from Japan to Canada, a 15 year old boy who moved from Japan to Germany for ballet, a boy who moved from a small town to a big city and a woman who found herself floating in water, truly in the present. All of these stories are about choices and consequences, and how they can have a positive or negative effect on our lives.
My initial reaction to the piece was that I was confused. I had never seen or experienced modern dance before, so it took me a while to get used to the different way of moving as well as how I should interpret the piece. However, once I became accustomed to the style being used in the piece, I found myself relating to the topics they were talking about. For …show more content…
The foil square represents life. When the square was pulled high in the air it represented the past, but as the square moved closer to the ground it represented the present. The fabrics were all traditional Japanese fabrics, which represented the character’s roots and how you should always remember where you came from. This message originated in the stories where the characters moved from Japan, but every story carries this message. Third, the dialogue in this performance talked about “small deaths”, which symbolizes endings and leaving your past behind you. They mentioned how each small death prepares you for the big one, which shows how you have to learn to deal with the changes in your life as they come. Lastly, when they lowered the lights it created darkness, which is a symbol of the unknown. Darkness usually creates a scared or uncomfortable feeling within the audience, which shows how the characters felt in their new, unfamiliar place. The darkness here is being used to recreate that feeling within the
My initial reaction to the piece was that I was confused. I had never seen or experienced modern dance before, so it took me a while to get used to the different way of moving as well as how I should interpret the piece. However, once I became accustomed to the style being used in the piece, I found myself relating to the topics they were talking about. For …show more content…
The foil square represents life. When the square was pulled high in the air it represented the past, but as the square moved closer to the ground it represented the present. The fabrics were all traditional Japanese fabrics, which represented the character’s roots and how you should always remember where you came from. This message originated in the stories where the characters moved from Japan, but every story carries this message. Third, the dialogue in this performance talked about “small deaths”, which symbolizes endings and leaving your past behind you. They mentioned how each small death prepares you for the big one, which shows how you have to learn to deal with the changes in your life as they come. Lastly, when they lowered the lights it created darkness, which is a symbol of the unknown. Darkness usually creates a scared or uncomfortable feeling within the audience, which shows how the characters felt in their new, unfamiliar place. The darkness here is being used to recreate that feeling within the