Analysis Of Trapeze By James Finch And Alyssa Luna

Two people, sitting on a bar, high above the ground wearing decent clothing’s that you would normally see in a casual date. The piece was not fully a dance, but more to a circus act. The act was a two-person on a trapeze. Trapeze, to be precise, is a horizontal bar hanging with a height from the ground. It have been done staticcally high above the ground. The act was choregraphed and performed by James Finch and Alyssa Luna. It started out as both was already on the bar, sitting facing each other. Slowly transition to touching and cuddling in the space. It continues as Alyssa trying to get away from James by falling but were caught swiftly by him. The whole piece tells a story about a man that dreams a girl from an imaginary being, in this
a case a Mr. Sandman. The movement was acrobatic and also notable to the static trapeze lexicon. They rely on each other weight and strength to make the transition from one trick to another as smooth as possible. However, it did not go as ‘effortless’ as we think with them adding the expression of struggle both in their body and face. Music was a huge part of the piece. It set the pace of the piece as slow beginning to a grand climax and resolve to a resolution. Mr. Sandman by SYML is a slow indie music that moves along with the piece that makes it more powerful. It did not divide it but tells more about the story of the piece. Some of the lyrics of the piece match with the content of the tricks that been shown. Some notable ones were “Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream, Make her the cutest that I've ever seen” as the Alyssa fall into James arms on the bars, resembling the wishes that James hoped for and continues with “Give her two lips like roses and clover, And tell her that her lonely nights are over” as they interact like a genuine couple seeing for the first time. Without the music, it is going to be an act that most people would expect from a circus show, a pleaser to the eyes.