Revelations Analysis of Sections

Section one - pilgram of sorrow

didnt my lord deliver daniel - 2 femle one male

low plie - grounded effect i.e. trapped in slavery, head roll - torment and suffering, desire to escape, jolting arm gesture i.e clasping handing as if digging represents slavery

hip undulations and contractions - dunham and graham influences

controlled struggle movement on floor with outstretched hands to show the suffering of black peple

looking upward, clasped hands = freedom, looking towards god for help i.e. prayer hands

bird fluttering hands performed by the male represents freedom as with the high leg extention

Womans verse in song - woman dances seperate movement alomst telling from a womans pespective the struggle and suffering trying to bring up a family during the civil rights movement

cannon movements/roll to the floor to show that they are individuals, with differnt stories to tell

leister horton influence and repition of shapes made in formation of ive been buked

male showing suffering at the end with grapsing hand gestures to the floor - shows a father figure / masculinity as ailey lacked this in his life

Fix me jesus - male and female Duet

man behind woman - protection

female repeated from ive been buked i.e. angular arm on back whilst reaching to the floor - portrays suffering enduring in slavery and reaching for help to escape

quick hand taps to audience as if path blocked, male acts as controller behind female

repition of jesus on cross - man lifts woman under arms as she is in the 'cross' shape - religious reference to god and sacrifice

shapes with arms to face as she falls and man catches, looks rigid/controlled - statue like to show unable to break free from the suffering

running to light - freedom - god

hugging movement - fall and catch to show togetherness and same experience

ballet rise of toes, and leg extntions - will and struggle to excape

graham contractions - harshness of sufering

man grabs behind neck, falls slowly to the...