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R.A.D.S- Action

This lesson was focused on the Action in R.A.D.S. Again, there are key words for Action and they are:


Elevation
  • Jump
  • Landing
  • Hop
  • Preparation
  • Take off
  • Leap
  • Two feet to one
  • Two feet to two
  • One foot to two

Turns

  • Twisting
  • Whole body turn
  • Rolling
  • Pivoting
  • Spinning

Travel

  • In a Group
  • Rolling
  • Stepping
  • Slidding
  • With a partner
  • Walking, Running 
  • Technical, pedestrian
  • Stylistic differences 
  • As a transition 

Gesture

  • Functional (e.g. beckon, nod, salute)
  • Non functional (e.g. abstract)
  • Conversational (e.g. gesticulate, social e.g. hug)
  • Emotional (e.g. wring hands)

Stillness and falling

  • Pause
  • Shape
  • Tableaux
  • Use of centre to aid balance 
  • On and off balance
  • Suspension
  • Fall and recovery

After learning the words for Action we was then put into pairs with an assigned word we had to focus on as well as a stimulus which was a picture of two elderly people walking in opposite directions however their shadows casted their younger selves. 

Me and Chloe interpreted the photo as if they were dancers when they were young so we decided to go contemporary with out version of Turns rather than abstract so we could build a bond between the two characters/ 

TURNS:

TRAVEL:

STILLNESS:

ELEVATION

GESTURE:

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