What is it Why is it important Can I give examples of it from set works What is Climax http wwwyoutubecomwatchvtDDeXnwa1Bs The most important or significant moment of the dance which usually happens near the end ID: 460932
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Climax in Dance
What is it?
Why is it important?
Can I give examples of it from set works?Slide2
What is Climax?
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDeXnwa1Bs
“The most important or significant moment of the dance, which usually happens near the end”
“the portion of
the composition
given primary emphasis
or representing
culmination; the most intense
or highest
point in the development or resolution of choreography.Slide3
How can a climax be created?
A build up in intensity
of:
Actions
D
ynamics
ContentSlide4
Highlights
Important moments (there can be more than one)
Drawing the audience attention to specific movements, held positions or phrases within the dance.
The bits that the audience will remember the most.
Create by a build up of dynamics.Slide5
Examples
Where is the climax in the nutcracker? Is there more than one?
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJh15G62xk&NR=1&feature=fvwpSlide6
Planning a Climax
In your two groups you must plan for a climax within your dance.
This may be hard to do if you haven’t properly planned your dance on paper.Slide7
Exam Questions
Describe
what a climax is and give an example from the
nutcracker (3 marks)
Explain the importance of a climax in
a dance piece? (2 marks)