Movement as Metaphor · Modern and Post-Modern Dance

Choreographic Devices

Exploring abstraction, canon, and retrograde to build meaningful movement sequences.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a simple gesture be abstracted to represent a complex emotion?
  2. 2In what ways does the use of levels and floor work communicate power dynamics?
  3. 3How does the relationship between the dancers and the performance space affect meaning?

ACARA Content Descriptions

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Year: Year 10
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Movement as Metaphor
Period: Modern and Post-Modern Dance

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