Dance Performance Analysis: Barrier By Noblemotion Dance

The piece “Barrier” performed by NobleMotion Dance is a somewhat simple yet intriguing piece. Both of the dancers in this piece are wearing pretty normal clothes with the girl wearing a nightgown type dress and the boy wearing a button down shirt and black pants. The dance takes place on a stage in front of a white screen in which the dancers work with throughout the piece as a part of the message they are trying to convey. From my point of view, the dancers and choreographer are trying to convey a conflict or conversation between a couple and this conflict is emphasized by the way the dancers use their bodies to react to the syncopated quick music. In this piece the choreographer choreographed many different levels using the white wall as a prop to help convey the tension in the piece. Many times throughout the dance, the dancers push or kick off of the wall. These movements are in my opinion the most memorable parts of the dance since the
The space in this piece really pulled your attention to the white wall, which was a very poignant part of the story of which the dancers were conveying. The timing of the piece was excellent because of the choreographer’s decision to use the repetitive kick-over movements to the different slow and quick parts of the music, and the energy really encompassed the other two elements and was therefore successful because of how the time and space was successful. In this piece, each element was directly affected and successfully impacted by the other. In my opinion, the choreographer did an excellent job in conveying an overall message of excitement, tension, or conflict and really used the wall and movements show this. The dancers also did a great job in using the space, time, and energy to convey a common mood that the dancers and choreographer all wanted to make the audience