Canon
Canon is a movement in a piece of dance that is introduced by one dancer and repeated by other dancers. The movement can either follow the dancers movements one after the other or they could overlap.
Canon can be any type of movement, such as travelling or still movements, gestures, falls, jumps or turns.
A nice example of canon is in a piece called Second Hand by Merce Cunningham.
Click on the video below to see if you can spot the canon in this dance!
Canon can be any type of movement, such as travelling or still movements, gestures, falls, jumps or turns.
A nice example of canon is in a piece called Second Hand by Merce Cunningham.
Click on the video below to see if you can spot the canon in this dance!
This piece is about the loneliness of a man facing death, this is shown by the man dancing his motif and joined by a group of younger dancers.
Cunningham's work is always very vivid and visually pleasing, he always makes sure there is plenty of visually engaging sequences for the audience to watch.
Although a critic Clive Barns said that 'Without all of the costumes, props and decor all of Cunninghams work would look alike'.
I feel this quote in some people's opinion would be true. as you can see the dance is very repetitive, all of the choreographic devices are used over and over again a lot, from watching the dance you first notice the canon movement, then you see it again and again and so on.
Cunningham's work is always very vivid and visually pleasing, he always makes sure there is plenty of visually engaging sequences for the audience to watch.
Although a critic Clive Barns said that 'Without all of the costumes, props and decor all of Cunninghams work would look alike'.
I feel this quote in some people's opinion would be true. as you can see the dance is very repetitive, all of the choreographic devices are used over and over again a lot, from watching the dance you first notice the canon movement, then you see it again and again and so on.