2. Analysis
Focus mainly on what is seen
within the framework of a single
performance
Explains how the part fit
together to make as a whole
3. For instance, if you know
something about the
choreographic history of the
artist whom you are critiquing, it
may factor into your analysis of
the movement or style. How the
work is structured and how all
the descriptive elements fit
together to form the basis of
analysis.
4. To analyze the style of a
dance, you need a
passing familiarity with
the movement
vocabulary of different
dance genre.
5. Example:
An African jazz and Broadway jazz
are both types of Jazz dance, but
there are many differences among
them.
6. Your analysis should include a
discussion of how the dance fits
together as a whole as well as
its style.
Analysis assumes more
knowledge than description.
To analyze, a critic must be able
to make comparison, determine
structures, or place things in
context
7. Example of Analysis in
Professional Reviews
1. Deborah Jowitt (2008 1) writes
about the performance of
Jerome Robbins “The Goldberg
Variations”
8. -Dancers play around in formal
and not-so-formal ways and the
choreographer sets himself
exercises in canon and
counterpoint (how many
formations can he devise with
two sextets ? How many ideas
can a canon convey about
deconstructed unison?