CLIMAX IN DANCE

What is it?

Why is it important?

Can I give examples of it from set works?

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.

HOW CAN A CLIMAX BE CREATED?

A build up in intensity of:

♥ Actions

♥ Dynamics

♥ Content

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.

EXAMPLES

♥Where is the climax in the nutcracker? Is there more than one?♥http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJh15G62xk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

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.

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)