The use of movement is imperative to communicate meaning to an audience and Christopher Bruce achieves this allusion in his work Rooster extremely successfully. He began his career as a remarkable dancer yet when he moved on to choreography his work was nothing less than passionate and humane. Bruce has the talent to make people feel something when they come to the theatres.
Rooster was first performed on 8 December 1994 and is a fascinating multi-layered choreographic work. There is a certain sense of elegance and graciousness that pervades much of Rooster which is drawn from the characteristics of the dance styles of European courts of the late 1500s to the early 1700s.
The Rolling Stones were a rebellious rock band of the 60's when Bruce grew up and he has selected eight of their songs which provide the backbone upon which Rooster was created. He uses the words mimetically in the movement to communicate intention and meaning.
The first section of Rooster is performed to the song Little Red Rooster. It is the introduction to Bruce's work and we can easily see here the metaphor of the Rooster which is to demonstrate the male dominance, especially over women. The definition of rooster is not only an adult male bird but also a cocky or vain man. Men in the sixties had to defend their position in society against the women who rapidly gaining hegemony through developments such as mini skirts and the wide availability of the birth control pill. In much the same way as a rooster will strut around the farmyard shielding his rights as superior, a man too will dictate over women.
To communicate this to the audience, Bruce has opened section one with one male entering across the front of the stage from opposite prompt side, imitating a rooster. Immediately this movement not only creates a comical atmosphere but also shows the man on his own in the space and hence highlighting his status.
Rooster Dekton half-helot who's nickname was Rooster, because of a thank-offering cock to king Leonidas strangled by his own fist. ... Rooster had nothing nice to say about the Spartans. ... Rooster wife Harmonia bore two children the youngest an infant boy. Rooster was the nephew of the lady Arete. ... Rooster too is a very strong abrasive at times character. ...
Where the rooster crows there is a village. --Schambala proverb This metaphor shows that roosters which are domesticated in most cases must be around people are a community of people. Therefore if one hears a rooster crowing there must be civilization nearby. 3. ...
Gilbert continues on to announce that he had every right to kill the dog, for the dog had been attacking the "yellow and black elderly rooster" which was like part of his family. ... He has given the old rooster a name, giving the rooster more of a family member status instead of just some rooster. So when he came home and saw a dog on top of his rooster he justified that he was killing it to protect his extended family. ...
Also, the brand name and the rooster logo were used consistently across geographic markets and product lines which bring great brand awareness. ... The price-insensitiveness of Italian consumers can be used as an opportunity and by promoting the brand and the rooster logo as a premium product even more than before can bring additional market shares to Gallo. ... The high-end characteristics of the product and its rooster logo are the same in all countries whereas other marketing mix elements such as promotion and distribution (place) vary according to the different infrastructural conditions ...
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