Framed Concert Report

In class we have been discussing tools for choreography such as juxtaposition, counter point, mirroring, cannon, and many others. A piece that I found called “Framed” by M&N Dance Company displays a lot of these different tools that we have learned about these past couple of weeks. This piece was beautifully crafted and since it was a duet I believe it was very difficult to provide as much variety as they did in this piece. One of the first tools they utilized was mirroring. This was easy to manipulate because there were only two bodies to work with however most of the piece the dancers are confined to the negative space of a larger picture frame. The choreographer had to be very particular in the choreography to make sure the mirroring was both visual and could be danced behind of this frame. In the middle of the piece the dancers had a lovely call and response section where they started to separate from the frame. It was satisfying because I feel that it added some simplicity to the complicated movement that was created behind of the frame. The …show more content…
I have not seen many suites in concerts but these dancers created a clear beginning and end of each section to the suite. It was made up of two parts. The first part had faster movement with a slower piano piece. The dancer used the slow and subtle beats to create rhythmic movement. Once the music ended the dancers paused until the second piece of music began and the movement was much slower and sustained. The way the dancers used the frame was completely different between sections. The first section used the frame as a one-dimensional object. They kept the frame upright and the dancers were on one side or the either as if you were looking at an actual picture on a wall. The second piece was a complete shift from the way the dancers use the frame. They were turning it in every direction and angle while dancing through the frame instead of in front or behind