Description
Teach contrast as a main principle of all dance compositions.
- Sharpen the ability to express choreographic intent.
- Use the card’s contrasting words for structures like AB, ABA, and A B AB form.
- Love the fresh ideas to prompt dance composition.
- Toss one into choreographic criteria for a short composition or chance dance.
- 52 cards with contrasting ideas on each side. 104 ideas for dance-making for upper middle school, high school, and college
- A card set from Toolkit Two: Creating Dance–Processes for Choreographing (McCutchen)
- 7 Examples from this resource: core/distal, axial/appendicular, on-center/off-center, ascend/descend, sustained/sudden, undercurve/overcurve, meeting/parting.
- Set 2’s action words provide more concepts to challenge advanced learners to abstract into movement.
- Includes some LOD concepts and symbols.
- Some of the most versatile tools a choreographer can have to call on.
- Follows Set 1 Cool Contrasts with more complex contrasts to convey in movement, dance, theatre, and poetry.
