Terms ︎︎︎
What terms do we use when we talk about form? What elements of composition help us get at an overall sense of structure or experience?
Which terms speak to something taking shape (a gesture, a shape) and overall compositional form?
Reviewing and buildiing on these terms is a good exercise for making and collaborating.
Archetecture
Coherence
Container
Context
Compound
Mise en scene
Plot
Sequence
Structure
Tracks
Story
Spine
Theme
Transition
Other Compositional Forms:
Binary (AB) - A compositional form with an A theme and a B theme. The binary form consists of two distinct selfcontained sections that share either a character or quality, i.e., the same tempo, movement quality, or style. ·
Ternary (ABA) - A three-part compositional form in which the second section contrasts with the first section. The third section is a restatement of the first section in a condensed, abbreviated, or extended form. ·
Rondo (ABACAD) - A choreographic form of three or more themes with an alternating return to the main theme (ABACADA).
Theme and Variation (A, A1, A2, A3- uses same movements but composed through retrograde, inversion, transposition)
Which terms speak to something taking shape (a gesture, a shape) and overall compositional form?
Reviewing and buildiing on these terms is a good exercise for making and collaborating.
Archetecture
Coherence
Container
Context
Compound
Mise en scene
Plot
Sequence
Structure
Tracks
Story
Spine
Theme
Transition
Other Compositional Forms:
Binary (AB) - A compositional form with an A theme and a B theme. The binary form consists of two distinct selfcontained sections that share either a character or quality, i.e., the same tempo, movement quality, or style. ·
Ternary (ABA) - A three-part compositional form in which the second section contrasts with the first section. The third section is a restatement of the first section in a condensed, abbreviated, or extended form. ·
Rondo (ABACAD) - A choreographic form of three or more themes with an alternating return to the main theme (ABACADA).
Theme and Variation (A, A1, A2, A3- uses same movements but composed through retrograde, inversion, transposition)