Frontline uses the relationship between physical setting and dance content to great effect; compare this relationship to 4 other professional works you have studied.
Frontline is a professional which was re-choreographed, from a Portuguese version in to his own. He uses six dancers, of which there are four females, and two males. Frontlines lighting is structured into lines across the stage, the linear lines of light, helps to tell the story and guide the pathways of the dance. They are positioned in a horizontal way, which gives the ideas of a musical score. They move from one line to the next which is moving from a key to another key, it could also mean that each line is uses a different style of dance, for example if the dancer moves to the second line the dynamics change. The movements along those lines are also defined. The lighting in Frontline light’s the dancer’s heads and the sidelights show the rest of the body. There is a cyclorama used which creates the shadows at the back of the stage on the walls. This helps to create a frenetic feeling because it looks like there are more dancers than there actually are which make’s it look more crowded and gives an effect on the audience. Red is also used in Frontline, which portrays the Russian heritage of the music; the importance of it is that the composer of the music is Dmitri Shostakovich, who is from Russia, that’s why the red was used in the lighting so it can reflect the music, to show that’s were Oguike got his ideas from. The lighting also creates a mood and atmosphere, the first lighting state is cruel, because it is mirrored by the choreography. The lighting changes when the music slows down, which gives it a more fluid and smoother feeling. The lighting changes back to a cruel state and then the cyclorama is used which casts shadows which makes the dance more frenetic to make it look like there are more dancers in the background. Frontline uses large clear open spaces.
