Comparing Sounds

Kara Girvan

Introduction

In this PowerPoint I am going to Compare and

Contrast Sound within Musical Theatre and

Contemporary Dance and show you some of the

different styles and explain the way music is

used in the pieces.

Role of a Sound

Designer They are a big part of a production and they need to

work closely with the choreographer and or director.

They need to be able to know all the different products

that they will need and how to set them up properly.

They need to be able to manipulate sound to

compliment the performance and they also need to

source the sound.

Musical Theatre

These are some features of Musical Theatre…

• Narrative Structure

• Spoons Feeds Audience

• Happy Endings

• Similar Themes

• Repeating Motifs

Musical Theatre

Examples Legally Blonde – Omigod You Guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47D8ZJUMI8k

Les Miserables – On My Own

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EOla4fbRFM

Contemporary Dance

These are some features of Contemporary Dance…

Audience Interpretation

No Structure needed

Specialized target audience

Found Sound

Performance Space

Contemporary Dance

ExamplesGhost Dances

Choreographer: Christopher Bruce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxM32xQP-xs

Rosas Danst Rosas

Choreographer: Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaekerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9bnl22R95I (10:30)

Compare And Contrast

Similarities:

• They both follow

structures, weather its

narrative or time frames ect..

• They can both have repeated

motifs.

Differences:

• Musicals are predictable

where as contemporary

dance is what you make of it.

• Musicals get the audience to

empathize with the

characters.

• Contemporary dance can use

digetic and non digetic music

where as in musicals they

mostly use digetic.