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NCC DAN 126 MODERN DANCE PROF. SPELETIC SPRING 2022 Tue, Thurs 8:30 Virtual Performance Review Paper/ Presentation and Video List – Due on February 17th
Classical or Early Modern Dance Works
Choreographer / Company Dance Title and Link
Alvin Ailey Revelations 32 mins
( explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul,
using African-American spirituals and song-sermons…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=RrPJ4kt3a64&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=16
Cry 16 minutes
Donna Wood performing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk4vS33aGE part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39cc1D5yD2A
Pilobolus Symbiosis 13:05
(abstract dance focusing on shape, form, design
not necessarily story or human emotion but the physicality suggests
a relationship just through the movements themselves)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=uFO0hzI75L8&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=17
Paul Taylor Esplanade (30 minutes) in 4 or 5 short sections https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=qyGWsGl7Ezo&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=9
Limon Dance Company The Emperor Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21KOcSsPjDo
Based on Eugene O’Neill’s play “The Emperor Jones” (1920)
The Emperor Jones: Daniel Fetecua Soto The White Man: Durell Comedy
This work is loosely based on the play of the same name by Eugene ONeil . In summary, a fugitive slave from a work gang, manages to put himself forth as emperor of a small domain. As his treatment of his subjects becomes more tyrannical they eventually respond.
Martha Graham Night Journey 15 mins
(based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=y9fHayWO9bo&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=4
Diversion of Angels – 15 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqvWQZNKpY
Late Modern / Post-Modern / Contemporary Dance Works watch 3 of these Choreographer / Company Dance Title and Link
Jiri Kylian Petite Morte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INrlkIkZ4sw
Falling Angels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2fE-k-gX0
PIna Bausch Rite of Spring (La Sacre du Printemps)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfj3vGo4n4
OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=z1hFwsXaTVY&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=3
Orpheus – based on the mythological story (You may also watch this piece if you wish; I am just becoming familiar with this work myself)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Istl2NSMs54
Ohad Naharin Deca-dance
(whole video is 1:13 for our assignment first 27 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jmN-A0D4c
(You can take a look at Echad mi Yodeah a short excerpt of this longer work just to get an idea of what this work is like however you MAY NOT write about only the short excerpt) https://www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=7v6tY_uMls&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=2
Nacho Duato Por Vos Muero
https://www.youtube.comwatchv=IkyZ6oi77EU&list
=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=14
Crystal Pite The Statement
Take a look at this excerpt, if you would like to watch this, I will make The
Statement available (via We Transfer) for you to watch the whole piece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bUJeIaRNZk
The Seasons Cannon I cannot find the whole piece of this right now
but these are some wonderful parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fuJ9LQ80lE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FWZeb88_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7uORb9H8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwsTumNl8f4
Mats Ek The Apartment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CjbgKtCYxhQ&list=PLJbRy1OL9266dPiAcy7m5kac4PU58bMZC&index=10
Performance (Video) Analysis Project – Essay or Video Presentation
You are required to watch 6 of the videos listed above
3 in the classical / early modern list.
AND
3 of the videos listed in the late modern/post-modern / contemporary dance list. I particularly enjoy the ones highlighted in red but they are all great works.
Then
Select 1 dance from each group to write/talk about so 2 dance works to analyze. Choose one dance from the first group and one dance from the second group. If you want to work on a dance that is not in this list, you must receive permission from the professor first. If your request is approved, then you may work on a video/dance that is not on this list.
A – Written or B – Spoken Analysis
There are 4 parts. You must complete all 4 parts.
1 Essential Information: State which dances you will be writing about.
Who is the choreographer? Which company is performing the work? What is the title of the dance? What year was that dance made?
2 Analysis of Physical Movement: How would you describe the dynamic quality of the dancers movements? Did you notice any similarities between the movements in the dance and some movements we have practiced in class? Did you notice any similarities or differences in the physicality of the movement in the two different pieces of dance that you watche?
3 How did the elements of the dance come together to express the dances story / mood/ or image? Which elements contributed most strongly to communicating the dances theme? (ie: costumes, music, lighting, use of space, dynamic qualities . . .)
4 What else would you like to say about the dances you observed? For example, what was most memorable, what would you like to see more of, which parts would you like to learn
A – Written Answers should be typed, single spaced. Submitted as a word .doc file or a pdf file or a Libre office file. Write about each piece separately answer question 2 about each dance, answer question 3 about each dance, answer question 4 about each dance.
OR You can answer all questions about one dance and then all 4 questions about the other dance. Total essay should be not more than 2 single spaced pages. (Approximately 3 paragraphs per page)
B – Spoken Analysis should be dreafted to answer the same questions given above but instead of typing it up as an essay, record yourself answering the questions as if it were for an interview, or as if you were telling someone else about the performance you just saw. Be sure to address each of the four parts as you would in the written assignment. You do not have to memorize your answers. You may use notes and refer to them.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
You should use your own words to write about the dances.
You are not required to refer to any outside sources.
HOWEVER – If you do use any other sources or take any sentences or phrases from another source about the dance ANY OTHER SOURCE you MUST give a citation telling the source of that sentence or phrase that you are quoting. You must tell where you read this.
If you copy ideas or information from other sources and do not cite your sources, and tell exactly where you found this idea or information, you might be guilty of committing plagiarism. This has serious academic consequences and can result in failure of the assignment or of the entire course.