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    Infra WHE Costume 12 Marker

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    The document compares and contrasts the use of costume in the dance pieces Infra and Within Her Eyes. Some key similarities are that the monochrome costumes in Infra create a depressing mood matching the stimulus poem, and the fitted costumes allow for ease of movement. The costumes in both pieces also complement the sets. Differences include Infra using similar costumes for male and female dancers to focus on the genre, while WHE distinguishes gender through traditional clothing. The moods portrayed also differ, with Infra taking a neutral approach and WHE using lighter and darker colors to convey fragility and protection.

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    Infra WHE Costume 12 Marker

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    The document compares and contrasts the use of costume in the dance pieces Infra and Within Her Eyes. Some key similarities are that the monochrome costumes in Infra create a depressing mood matching the stimulus poem, and the fitted costumes allow for ease of movement. The costumes in both pieces also complement the sets. Differences include Infra using similar costumes for male and female dancers to focus on the genre, while WHE distinguishes gender through traditional clothing. The moods portrayed also differ, with Infra taking a neutral approach and WHE using lighter and darker colors to convey fragility and protection.

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    The document compares and contrasts the use of costume in the dance pieces Infra and Within Her Eyes. Some key similarities are that the monochrome costumes in Infra create a depressing mood matching the stimulus poem, and the fitted costumes allow for ease of movement. The costumes in both pieces also complement the sets. Differences include Infra using similar costumes for male and female dancers to focus on the genre, while WHE distinguishes gender through traditional clothing. The moods portrayed also differ, with Infra taking a neutral approach and WHE using lighter and darker colors to convey fragility and protection.

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    Infra WHE Costume 12 Marker

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    bethanrtownsend
    The document compares and contrasts the use of costume in the dance pieces Infra and Within Her Eyes. Some key similarities are that the monochrome costumes in Infra create a depressing mood matching the stimulus poem, and the fitted costumes allow for ease of movement. The costumes in both pieces also complement the sets. Differences include Infra using similar costumes for male and female dancers to focus on the genre, while WHE distinguishes gender through traditional clothing. The moods portrayed also differ, with Infra taking a neutral approach and WHE using lighter and darker colors to convey fragility and protection.

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    Infra – Within Her Eyes (Compare and Contrast) – 12 Marks

    The similarities and differences of the use of costume in Infra and Within Her Eyes

    The monochrome colour palette of black and grey in the costume in Infra create a depressing mood,
    which compliments the sad nature of the stimulus: The Waste Land Poem by T.S Eliot. This provides a
    similarity in Within Her Eyes (WHE) supporting the stimulus of a love story with a twist whereby the
    buttons are done up to her neck supporting this idea of a ‘twist’ as the reserve shows her
    unwillingness to commit at the start. These contributes to the impact on the audience as it helps
    them understand why the girl is pulling away from the man at the beginning and the black and grey
    colours in infra have the impression that they could suggest the dirt and grime of underneath a city.

    The ease of movement in both costumes for Infra and WHE can be seen. In Infra the costumes are
    tight fitting allowing the dancer to perform movement without having to worry of the costume
    getting in the way, the lyrca shorts and tight tops all follow the same colour scheme bringing a
    cohesive element for all the dancers, even in times of counterpoint. Similarly, in within her eyes the
    fit of the costume allows for ease of movement even though their costumes are more loosely fitted.
    This can help with the range of movement and the more humanistic qualities of the dancers. To the
    audience the costumes contribute by the tight-fitting costumes reflecting a more cohesive element
    whereas in within her eyes the looser fitting costumes can help the audience interpret it as a normal
    couple with normal issues but the more loose fabric reflecting fragility.

    A final similarity that can be seen is the way in which the costumes complement the set, the set of
    Infra is a black box with the costumes being a monochromatic colour scheme, this can be interpreted
    as the dancers representing the figures on the screen or the thoughts of the people depicted on the
    screen. Similarly the costumes of WHE depict and compliment the set as the female dancer who is
    being lifted and never placed on the floor has been given a colour palette of white and neutral
    suggesting purity seeing as she’s never placed on the floor. And Aaron being given more brown and
    earthy tones as he is on the floor the whole-time taking care of the dancer being lifted in the air. To
    the audience the idea of the WHE costumes complimenting the set links to the intent of the pullback
    towards love and the desire to move on as her colours and the sky more represent a free spirit
    whereas his colours are much more grounded. Much like WHE the contribution for the costumes of
    infra Is that they could be depicting the internal of the figures portrayed on the screen above.

    A difference in the costumes used in infra and WHE is one that helps to show gender whereas the
    other shows more of the genre and style of dance itself. For example in WHE they both are wearing
    everyday clothes with the female wearing a blouse and a skirt and the male dancer wearing jeans
    and a khaki jumper – traditional clothing for both genders. Whereas in infra, the male and female
    dancers both are in very similar style costumes (with 2 being an exception), the use of pointe shoes
    and tight fitted clothing supports the contemporary ballet genre. The use of gendering the costumes
    in WHE allows the audience to understand the narrative whereas in Infra the monochrome colours
    allow a date, time and place to be suggested to the audience.

    A second difference is the mood the costumes reflect, the monochromatic colours give Infra a very
    neutral mood with the lighting communicating the moods in the different sections, whereas in WHE
    the use of a lighter more white colour scheme presenting the idea of fragility and helplessness in
    comparison to the darker more earthy colours giving the audience a sense of the fact that the male
    dancer is protecting. This contributes by

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