Why are the elements of choreography important to the process of choreography? State the elements and discuss their importance.
Write a short essay to explain your answer to the question.
Answers
Answer:
TIME ENERGY SPACE
Explanation:
This essay was originally printed in the program notes for the Early Works performance by Trisha Brown Dance Company at the Barnes Foundation, October 18, 2015, part of the Trisha Brown: In the New Body yearlong festival.
Before the feeling of the dance ever leaves you, you stop and look at the space around the dancers’ bodies. You notice areas of the Barnes in ways you did not perceive before. The dances were fluid and minimal—and yet, they held your gaze completely, made you aware of where you were standing, and perhaps even, how you were standing there; this is the gift of Trisha Brown’s choreography. You might walk outside and feel that everything is both completely the same and completely different than it was before. You might imagine how your body is relating to the space around you, to the sides of the building, to the objects in your path, and this is so: dance is both no more and no less than that. Brown said, “I have limbs, and I know them well; they are directly plugged into my imagination, and this is precisely what I need.”[i]