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York Dance Ensemble Analysis Essay

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The York Dance Ensemble Presented: Space/Time/Line, and a piece in the show that was captivating was Avium Redux choreographed by Susan Lee. The dance was a fourteen-minute number consisting of eighteen dancers. The simplicity of the dancer’s white costumes made the movements clearly visible and captivating. This dance evidently presents all aspects of body, effort, space, shape and time through the dancer’s movement. From an audience perspective, it appears the movements were based off bird like movements as the music has nature noises highlighting bird calls. The dancer’s movements embodied the bird like qualities and movements. Furthermore, the dancers were also not afraid to let their bodies go, there was no holding back with their movements.

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