My grade 9/A* analysis grid on the: movement content, lighting, set/props, aural setting, costume, and number/gender of dancers in Emancipation of Expressionism. These examples are linked to the choreographic approach, intentions, stimuli, themes, and mood/atmosphere. They can be used to revise for...
● Choreographer: Kenrick H2O Sandy
● Composers: original production and arrangement by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante of Boy Blue Entertainment for ‘Genesis’ & ‘Growth and struggle’; 'November' composed by Max Richter
for ‘Connection and flow between people’; 'Til Enda' composed by Olafur Arnald for ‘Empowerment’.
● Company: Boy Blue Entertainment
● Lighting: co-designed by Kenrick Sandy with the Sadler’s Wells Theatre lighting team.
● Date performed: May 2013
● Dance style: Hip hop: krumping, popping, locking, animation, breaking & waacking
● Duration: 11 minutes
● No. of dancers: 17 (large) – 9 males, 8 females
● Performance environment: Proscenium arch stage (/black box)
● Structure: Episodic
● Sections: 4 – Genesis, Growth and Struggle, The Connection and Flow Between People & Empowerment
● Choreographic approach: Exploring hip hop movement in a contemporary way, musicality & relationship between movement & music, movements made to music and signature motifs
(ninja walk, ninja glide, ninja static and chariots of fire)
● Choreographic intent: Exploring an emotional journey, a journey through life & order and chaos
● Stimulus: Til Enda music (the music for section 4), freedom of expression through hip hop movement (emancipation of expression – the title)
● Themes: An emotional journey through life, order and chaos, the title, freedom of expression and Til Enda music
● Mood & atmosphere: intense, hopeful
No. & gender of dancers Movement Aural setting
- A small group of 8 dancers begin the dance in - ‘Genesis’: There are 7 dancers lying on the floor in a tucked - ‘Genesis’: The music is in two parts. The first
‘Genesis’ and the whole company are onstage foetus position, scattered from centre stage outwards, facing contains a steady percussive rhythm over a
end the dance in ‘Empowerment’ different directions. On the heartbeat pulse of the music pulsating electronic drumbeat/'heartbeat and
- Links to the intent of an emotional journey they sharply reach their limbs out and contract back. abrupt swirling laser sounds and electronic
- This links to the journey of life and ‘Genesis’ being the rhythms. The second part has a strong repetitive
beginning of life, as it imitates a baby in the womb. Dancers beat and scratching sounds with a jerky dynamic.
all start by growing from an embryo that has no individuality - This links to order and chaos due to the change in
or personality. the two parts of the section
- Links to the journey of life and ‘Genesis’ meaning
the beginning of life, as the music relates to a
baby in the womb such as the heartbeat of a
new-born baby (heard through the strong
, heartbeat pulse) or a baby kicking (heard through
the powerful repetitive beat)
- The beats are typical of the genre of hip hop
- Supports movement as the central dancer points
to individuals on a series of accents in the music,
and the dancers respond by reaching out (the
zapping sounds suggesting the electrical impulses
kickstarting life)
- In ‘Growth and struggle’ there is rugby scrum - ‘Growth and Struggle’: The whole company walks slowly - ‘Growth and struggle’: The music is a peaceful
where a large group of dancers are holding back with a floaty dynamic from stage right to left, whilst facing song with the lyric ‘I feel you’re the one’ repeating
one dancer who is struggling to be free the left. They have bent knees and shunt forward on each and a pulsating electronic heartbeat.
- This links to an emotional journey as it shows the foot to travel, whilst lifting their arms above them. Their - The combination of classical and typical music
struggle of life and the large obstacles we face, in proxemics close and they are in a group. There is a soloist used for hip hop is not usually seen in this genre
order to grow as a person who runs with pace from stage left to right, facing stage left. and links to the theme of breaking conventions in
He looks up with a distressed facial expression and stops as hip hop.
if being pulled back, tenses and recoils back. - The music also clashes against each other, which
- This links to order and chaos, the group representing the links to order and chaos & growth and struggle in
order of society and the soloist representing the chaos of the journey of life - as order/chaos and
our internal struggles/struggling to express ourselves, but growth/struggle are both opposites that don't
being pulled back to conform to society work in harmony.
- His facial expression creates emotion as we can clearly feel - Along with this too, there are gunshot sounds
his struggle. which could also link to gang culture (which is
- The group of dancers represent how time is passing and the where hip hop originated from) and supports the
soloist shows how life can set you back, which links to movement.
‘Growth and struggle’ in the journey of life, such as in the
teenage years.
- The soloist represents how Kenrick wanted to go against the
conventions of Hip Hop and freedom of expression, as the
soloist is not conforming to society and is going against the
group.
- The dancers are all wearing the same pale blue - ‘Connection and flow between people’: Kenrick is standing - ‘Connection and flow between people’: There are
short sleeve t-shirt, stonewashed denim jeans centre stage, facing the front and is in close proximity to the two melodies, one with rapid running violin notes
and grey high-top trainers with a white sole. female dancer who is a little further back and to the left of underneath and the other with high pitched violin
Gender is not divided. him. He ripples through arms in a wide second, from the playing long piercing notes over the top.
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