"Veneer"

The choreographer found the relationship between music and dance to be a significant and necessary area of study for the creation of her thesis dance entitled VENEER. Her appreciation of music was expanded by listening to various types of music in order to find an appropriate selection for the dance. Through this process the choreographer's interest in what experienced artists had to say about this unique relationship was awakened. How a choreographer chooses to combine music and dance for the final product varies according to personal preference. There are three common ways to obtain music for a dance; (1) have music created for a completed dance (2) have both music and dance created simultaneously (3) have the dance set to a musical selection already composed. In the case of this choreographer's dance the third alternative was chosen. The music did at times serve as inspiration for the movement but the choreographer chose the three selections for very specific reasons. The three sections varied widely in mood, character and costuming. The passages of the first musical selection had an airy, surrealistic character which was reflected in the choreography; the second in contrast incorporated humor; the third combined selected movements from Sections I and II with large locomotor patterns