Building Fields of Play: An examination of the use of notational analysis to reinterpret dynamic and sequential movement from Rugby Union to inform the creation of a new dance work

Grant McLay; Lee McGowan; Gene Moyle; Laurent Frossard

doi:10.1386/chor_00017_1

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Building Fields of Play: An examination of the use of notational analysis to reinterpret dynamic and sequential movement from Rugby Union to inform the creation of a new dance work

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Building Fields of Play: An examination of the use of notational analysis to reinterpret dynamic and sequential movement from Rugby Union to inform the creation of a new dance work

Grant McLay, Lee McGowan, Gene Moyle and Laurent Frossard

Choreographic Practices, Vol.11(1), pp.163-185

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/chor_00017_1

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Abstract

choreographic practice

choreographic scoring

creative practice

de-centred logic

decision-making

movement analysis

movement notation

This article offers an examination of a research process that used elements taken from an elite sporting competition, in this case an international Rugby Union match, to develop choreographic thinking tools to create a new contemporary dance work. One goal of this practice-led research was to create a vehicle for penetrating the physicality and unpacking the bodily configurations created in a rugby match. Data derived from a frame-by-frame analysis of a recorded match allowed for the identification and deconstruction of sequential movement to be converted into set representational, abstract choreographic tools named movement signatures and blocks. Through this research, the main physical traits identified were entanglement, directional changeability and interlocking struggle. Subsequently, these choreographic stimuli were used in the formation of movement scores and an abstract movement vocabulary to inform the creation and performance of a non-traditional research output, Fields of Play (2015). Furthermore, this practice-led study utilized elements of Laban Movement Analysis and sports movement analysis to develop an experimental approach to movement annotation and the development of a choreographic process. Through witnessing this hybrid movement vocabulary evolve, the research revealed qualities of de-centred logic, interruption of flow and the potential for a game dramaturgy to emerge.

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Title: Building Fields of Play: An examination of the use of notational analysis to reinterpret dynamic and sequential movement from Rugby Union to inform the creation of a new dance work
Authors: Grant McLay (Author) - University of Limerick
Lee McGowan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Gene Moyle (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Laurent Frossard (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Choreographic Practices, Vol.11(1), pp.163-185
Publisher: Intellect Ltd.
DOI: 10.1386/chor_00017_1
ISSN: 2040-5677
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99472505502621
Output Type: Journal article

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