This video is a piece about slavery that the Northeast Ballet has created for their 'Stories that Dance' program. Stories that Dance was an educational program organized by Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady NY which sent members of the non-profit Northeast Ballet Company and resident company at Proctor's to elementary schools. Each class involved wrote a story, and dancers worked with the students to make those stories come to life on stage. This is a really good example of movement and I think we can incorporate some of the steps and ideas in our slavery piece. I also like the way they have used a silhouetted lighting which makes you focus more on what is actually going on rather than the characters. It makes the whole piece non personal, and should detach the audience from the people and get the message across, a bit like Brechterian style pieces.
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