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Medea Dance Analysis

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Abstract Our group consists of 5 members which are Ang Hui Yan, Lee Thong Ling, Chin Pui San, Wong Ke Rong and Tan Toh Hao. Our report is discussing about the 5 elements for Medea dance theatre. Each of the members will in charge for one of the elements. Ang Hui Yan is responsible for the elements of acting. Lee Thong Ling is in charge of sound design and multimedia and Chin Pui San is doing the part of makeup and costume. Then, Wong Ke Rong and Tan Toh Hao are responsible for set and prop and lighting respectively. Introduction Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she want to revenge her unfaithful husband, Jason who has …show more content…

Her acting in this performance mainly is disappointing, angry, sadness, frustration and determined to revenge. The first climax for this performance was the moment Medea was preparing the gift for the bride. She was using magic power poisoned the golden robes (gift to the bride) to murder Princess Glauce. The situation when she used magic power was dramatically in panic and nervous atmosphere. The second climax was the moment she wanted to kill her children. She was hesitated to kill her sons but she did it at the last. Before she killed her sons, she was playing her sons of hide and seek. She struggled with her motherly instincts, but in the end her revenge was more important. In the end of the play, as she had gained her end, she backed to the sky as she was granddaughter of the sun god …show more content…

The face makeup for the dancer that acts as Medea is shinny. This is to enable the audiences to see the expressions of Medea clearly during the whole dance drama even though the lighting in the theatre was dark. When the lightning was focused on the actor, we can see her expressions more clearly with the shiny makeup. A red makeup was put below the eyes of the actor. This is to show that the dancer was in depressed or anger. When the dancer was depressed, the red makeup makes her look more depressed and sad, like she was with red tears. When the actor was angry, the red makeup makes her looks angrier, especially when she killed her sons, the red makeup was even longer and bigger to show the strong feelings of hers during that

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