ABSTRACT
A floor pattern is the design made by a dancer or several dancers traveling across and/or around the stage area. In a dance score indication of such traveling-direction, distance, degree of circling, etc.-is part of the movement instruction. At the same time floor plans illustrating starting and finishing locations as well as paths are usually given adjacent to the movement staff to provide a visual aid. (For details of floor plans see Chapter 22.)
THE STAGE AREA" The room or stage in which the performer moves is represented by an open rectangle, the open side being the front of the room, the audience. Rooms and stages vary considerably in size and shape; Fig. 252 Left represents the more usual proportions, i.e. greater width than depth. For individual needs indication of the area can be scaled to an appropriate, relative size and shape.
