The 1960’s - Rooster Essay -- Drama

The 1960s - RoosterIn expressive arts we are studying the theme of the 60s. In ourlesson we watched a dance called Rooster.Rooster was created for the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve andfirst performed on October 10 1991 at the Grand Theatre de Geneve,Switzerland. It was first performed by Rambert terpsichore Company on 8December 1994 at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Christopher Bruce (thechoreographer), wished to celebrate the music and to use the qualitiesof the song to reflect the sexual war between wowork force and men that hefelt was revalent during his teenage years. He compared the image of astrutting cockerel with its fine feathers and the men dressed up to goout. Rooster is a creation of the 1960s by using music, dance,gesture and costume to create the feeling of a Saturday night out.My first impression of the dance was very(prenominal) strange, as it opened with aman moving across the stage in a very strange way. A style of walkthat the man did was a move where he slid h is feet along the floor andjutted his head forward. This move reminded me of a bird, and wasactually named the rooster strut. There are about 10 people in thisdance, scarcely there are 2 main dances throughout. I believe it shows whata normal night out in the 60s was like.The costumes are very significant to the dance. The women wear a miniskirts, this relates to the 60s because this was very fashionable atthis time. It is a combination of black and red. This contra...