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Essay Instructions: In theatre the actors are responsible for creating the action and on screen the camera is also used to create the action. How should choreography be approached when filming a dance sequence within the movie musical that includes a lot of movement by the actors?

Essay Instructions: In this Unit, we discussed innovators whose mission was to break down racial and gender barriers to create great art. Here you get to contribute, discussing the artists you admire for working against bias and prejudice.


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First Step: Writing (about 300 words)

Assignment Criteria: Write a short response to the following prompts...
Which dance artists, choreographers or entertainers from this week's content, do you respect for their commitment to equality? Why do you respect them? How have they contributed?
Include images and/or video links of your "innovators."
Which innovator from this week's unit most impacted you? Why?

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Second Step: Comment on 3 posts of your peers. Are there other students out there who share your respect for a particular artist? Compare and contrast with their writings.

(100 words each (i will soon let you know about other's post)





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Viewing Assignment #2: From Before

60 points

*Note: This assignment is one document, at least two paragraphs. Create your document as you go along, and submit as one document through the eCollege Dropbox.


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Due by Sunday 4/7 by 11:59pm.

This assignment will allow you to view the dance work From Before, choreographed by Garth Fagan, who is the renowned choreographer of the Broadway smash hit The Lion King. You will utilize your skills of viewing, describing, interpreting, contextualizing and analyzing a work of dance. You will also demonstrate use of dance terminology and command of the elements of dance including body, space, time, energy and relationship in addition to compositional terms such as motif, development, repetition, form, climax and phrasing.

View the dance work From Before:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32mOnYzOkk


Assignment Criteria:

1. First viewing: Watch the dance and respond to the following questions in paragraph format.
What is the overall quality or tone of the work?
Describe five movements or actions. How do you interpret their meaning?
What is the sound score? What sounds and instruments can you identify?
Provide an interpretation of the work. What is it about? Who are the dancers? What do you think the choreographer wants us to know?




2. Second viewing: Watch the work with the introduction with Garth Fagan speaking about his work and process and then watch the dance again:

How do you feel that Garth Fagan’s cultural background shapes his artistic process? How is Fagan exploring the ideas of culture, context, tradition, value and innovation?
Identify a movement motif and describe how the motif is developed in the choreography ??" how does Fagan use the motif to express his intentions?
Provide an example of where a motif is repeated (utilization of repetition). Provide time codes of when the motif first happens and then the repetition.
Did the information from the prologue change how you now interpret the work? If so, how?
Put yourself in the role of one of the dancers. What are you feeling, and/or thinking as you perform this dance?




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Essay Instructions: 1 to 1.5 page essay
Using the material provided I need help with a reflection paper on ideas and areas of interest found within this chapter. I have included the back ground on this known artistic choreographer but I am suppose to delve into ideas and thoughts on this information. There is no formal writing requirement to this other than it is suppose to be about ideas and thoughts taken away after reading this material. Below are areas I found to be of interest. If yu can somehow put this all together into a reflective essay on this chapter sharing discoveries, questions , thoughts , and related feelings i would greatly appreciate a good solid start.

page 17- movement is transformation of change

his notation system was a way of capturing the shifts off vertical, the sweeping or coned tracks of movement in ever changing spacial configuration. " capture the eternal in time and space"

his work dominated the world of choreography but not without criticism. Dancers were often resistant about the changes he brought to ballet. "For Laban...his goal was freedom, light and anew reasoning based on experience and interacting dynamically. He was far more interested in the process of opening up and expanding ones personal expressive range than he was in his own personal power or any sociopolitical outcome"(29). His work went against the values of the Nazis. Which to me says a lot about his personal satisfaction that he knew in order to develoo his theories he had to make adjustments to achieve something better. Life is similar to this thought. We often have to conform to the ideals of others in order to be able to create our own ideals. and values.
here is the essence of what I related to
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" Rudolf Laban rode along all of the pathways of his times attentively, and with an abiding faith in the nature of the universe to support mankind, Because he did not plan out his life, or even design his career, he was able to respond to the issue at hand, in the moment, and yet he was able to avoid taking responsibility for those issues" (36).
I found this very meaningful to my life today. everything seems so planned out for us, we are instructed to chose a major, work hard to achieve a goal of becoming something, and in the end is what we have become really what we thought? For most people I would say the answer is no. Laban lived his life creating work and no one was judging him along the way.

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Essay Instructions: A) Fantasia 1940 1.5 James Algar and Samuel Armstrong, Fantasia (1940), Walt Disney Pictures, 120 min.--ALSO AVAILABLE IN PIECES ON YOUTUBE.

1. A list of vocabulary, including musical concepts and musical instruments. This musical dictionary site is a good place to start. Please define, document your source, and make a connection to the current lesson:
? symphony
? melody
? harmony
? dissonance
? fanfare
? canon
? finale
? absolute music
? tone poem
? the four parts of the orchestra--groupings of the instruments

2. A summary of the life and the most important accomplishments of:
? Ludwig von Beethoven
? Leonard Bernstein
? Leopold Stokowski
You may not use Wikipedia, and you must cite your sources. Each summary should be at least 100 words long. Please do not cut and paste from your source--reword in your own words. Do not plagiarize!

3. A list of each piece in Disney's Fantasia and your listening notes. Please describe the composer, the mood of each piece, the major instruments used. Please rank each piece on a scale of one to ten, one the piece you can't stand, ten your all-time favorite.

A paragraph summary of what you have learned from this lesson. At least six sentences long, please.

B) Strictly Ballroom 1992 Baz Lurhman, Strictly Ballroom (1992) 94 minutes: M & A films

Please use these terms in the essays below, underlining them and defining them in parentheses as you use AT LEAST TEN of them. Don't forget to cite your source.
Please do not define and submit a list of all these terms--use them in your essays below.
? Pointe
? pirouette
? jet?
? pas de deux
? choreography
? corps de ballet
? prima ballerina
? tour de force
? tutu
? virtuoso
? paso dobl?
? rumba
? flamenco
? samba
? tango
? cha cha
? waltz
? foxtrot
? pow wow
? Kirov Ballet
? schemitzun
? 2. Written Assignment: Compare/contrast Disney's animated version of the "Dance of the Hours" ballet with the original versions. Things to consider:
? The audience
? The story line
? The purpose
? The dance techniques involved
? Costuming

? If you need help writing a compare/contrast essay, refer to the sites in the earlier lesson on "How to Learn in this Course."

3. Written Assignment: Describe at least three of the dance types you have experienced in this lesson. Types of dance from which to choose:
? Ballet
? Native America
? Ballroom
? Indian/Manipuri
? Any other form where you have special knowledge
? Issues to consider:
? The audience for the dance form
? The musical accompaniment you observed
? The kind of rhythms, especially with drum accompaniment
? Costuming requirements
? Stage requirements
? Parts of the stage used:
o Floor? Do the dancers do more than stand on the floor?
o Middle plane? Do the dancers bend and perform at heights below full standing heights?
o Upright? If so, how much is upright [an estimate]
o Jumping?
? The kind of dancing: performance, social, couples, competitive, other?
? The purpose of the dancing
Of course, by now you know to summarize or paraphrase in your own words to avoid plagiarizing, and to cite your sources.

4. A summary of the life and the most important accomplishments of Mikhail Baryshnikov.?You must cite your sources. The summary should be about 200 words long. Please do not cut and paste from your source--reword in your own words.

A paragraph summary of what you have learned from this lesson. At least six sentences long, please.