Formal structure.. Ok
Umm...
-tries to think back-
You'd begin to talk about teh dance as a whole.. the choreographers views and so on. Then i'd move on to section by section- giving a detailed look of how each section interplays with the intent and motif. How each sections manipulated. -
Reptition would be looking at the Motifs, all different ones- for instance, like you said the rooster strutt and so on. That kind of thing is what you're looking for. You look at each section carefully and choose what you think is the 'main' motif.
So in the opening song, LLR (little Red Rooster) you can look at the words.
See when the Lines "Little Red Rooster" is developed through the piece. So if a line is repeated and its relevant to the movement, you could talk about that - You'd need to learn the song lyrics for that though- but thats a good start.
Umm In ochres-
i'd suggest you look at the meaning of the word 'ochres' do some research and stuff on the artist and his inspiration etc.. what it means to him.. then look at the struture.
Its a ritual based hting..
and what do the colours all represnt. .
Yellow to begin with- whats yellow then you go on to desribe Red, Black, White etc..
(if i remember correctly those were the colours lol )
Umm when you're looking at formal structure for Ochres i'd look at it as a whole before trying to do section by section- it turns out alot easier. Then each section you look at the meanings and so on.. and that should build up a vague plan of what teh choreographer was trying to set out in meaning.. and yesh..
Oh dear, i don't know if i've gone out on a complete tangent there..
but umm... i hope that helps lol
Good luck!
