The Seven Sections of ‘Swan Song’
The actions and movements repeated are mainly turns and straight legged kicks accompanied by rhythmic tapping of the feet. Gestures such as pointing and sharp hand and arm movements were commonly used. The dancers moved with straight limbs in a lyrical manner.. The quality of the movements are glide slash and wring accompanied by the combination of sudden and sustained timing. The weight was light and worked well with the flexible space and free flow. The dancers mainly used straight and diagonal lines perhaps to depict conformity alongside the use of unison. The dancers used physical contact such as lifts and balances.
The tapping of the feet and rotations of the body were the main repetitions of section two. Many gestures were made such as pointing, sharp turns of the head, claps and the isolated shaking of hands. This piece again contained the use of unison as the dancers performed shape patterns of straight lines and on the spot circular rotations. The movements quality were again glide slash and wring however slight dabs were now included. The timing was more sustained than in section one. The weight however was still light and the space was flexible with free flow. Physical contact was also used as the two uniformed dancers would push the other dancer down on the chair or force him to copy their movements. This section included a large number of lifts.
