Was the absence of costumes or sets meaningful?.Were there sets? Did they add to the performance?.Did the lighting focus attention or distract?.Were the costumes appropriate for the dance?.Did the music evoke a specific emotional response?.What made a particular performer stand out?.What were the technical and expressive abilities of the dancers?.Were the dancers more related to the floor or the ceiling?.Did the work have a clear beginning, middle, and end?.Was the dance abstract (without form or story)?.Was the dance a narrative (did it tell a story)?.Was there repeated movement? What was it?.Were the dancers alone (solo), in pairs (duet), in groups (trio = 3 quartet = 4, etc.)?.How did the dancers relate to each other?.What forms did the dancers’ bodies employ? You can relate these to letters.
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Do not view the dance as if it were a movie you must involve yourself and be an active participant.ĭo a little research.
Watch, listen, and experience the performance with an open mind. Critique : an exercise involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation