Modern Dance 2 - Q; QONL and R / SPRING 2021

QUIZ 1. Which ideas created by Rudolph Laban are important for dance? 2. Which cultural movement influenced Laban's movement ideas? 3. What was the main difference between Mary Wigman's approach to dance and Laban's approach? 4. Why was Wigman's dance expressionist? 5. What culture influenced Isadora Duncan's dance style? Explain. 6. How have these dance/movement styles influenced your own dance abilities? 

  Who was Isadora Duncan? Episode 2 - Isadora's Loves     Who was Isadora Duncan? Isadora's Political Dances WATCH THE VIDEOS     Question 1 Based on the video above, summarize the main aspects of Isadora Duncan's life.    Question 2 2. Which aspect of Duncan's artistic journey resonated with you? Explain. -------------- READ THE ARTICLE LINK Can Isadora Duncan Solos be Danced by a Man?     Question 3 After reading the quote below:    how do you think we should approach the learning aspect of modern dance?   In her autobiography, ''My Life,'' Isadora Duncan cautioned her followers. '' Don't imitate me,'' she wrote, and said that it was necessary for them to go back to the beginning to find something in themselves first. ''Unless your dancing springs from an inner emotion and expresses an idea, it will be meaningless.''   ---------------------------- Activity 1 Of these two pieces below, choose the piece that you wo...

  Question 1 After listening to Duncan's quotation, what would you say was her goal for women's dance?  Question 2 How does the ideal person in Ancient Greece fit Duncan's model of a dancer? Question 3 How did transcendentalism influence her dance? Question 4 What does focus mean in Duncan technique? Question 5 How do focus and flow relate to the solar plexus or center of the chest?  Question 6 What does Duncan virtuosity mean? ------------------------------------ Activity Working with light fabric individually. Throwing fabric and grabbing it before it falls Couples, exchange fabrics as they are thrown Let go of the fabric, and now use your arms as if your are throwing fabric. Activity Walking across the space. Directions Emphasis on the meta-tarsus Using arms with random movement through the space.   Activity   Moving across the space running low impact on meta-tarsus running throwing fabric with right hand running throwing fabric with left hand running with b...

Question 1 How is the metronome helpful when doing the waltz? Question 2 Is Brahms waltz a good choice to practice Duncan's moves listed below? Why?     Question 3 How does the interpretation of the waltz in the video above differs from the previous one? ---------------------- Steps to be Explored in Class   1. Walk with focus 2. Walk with focus in different directions 3. Say mantra "I am a king"   4. Use of metatarsus   5. Perform the Waltz step   6. Find a partner and dance facing each other 7. Partners exchange places   8. The pair finds two other partners and experience the ensemble work      Question 4 After watching the three videos above, how do the three complement each other when waltzing?   --------------- Beauty Prayer (inner focus)   1. arms moving towards the above (invoking the supreme) 2. arms moving toward the beneath (invoking the earth) 3. hands touching the solar plexus (honoring yourself) 4. Arms moving...

-------------------------------------------   TODAY'S CONTENT Question 1  Why are the Elgin Marbles important for dance studies?  --------------- ACTIVITY Observe the following pictures of the Elgin Marbles used by Isadora Duncan to create her dance vocabulary.   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Activity Create 8 movements based on these photos.  Organize them in a phrase. Create transitions between movements. Post your phrase on Discussion Board.  ----------------------- Question 2 Whey would Duncan choose the Ancient Greek statues for her dance vocabulary? Question 3 Write a reflection about your experience with your dance work.        

 Watch the following videos:   Mary Wigman Question 1 Write your response to Wigman's dance performance in this video.   Harald Kreutzberg Question 2 What qualities of Wigman's movement groups are shown in Harald Kreutzberg's dance. Movement, Sound, Word Question 3 Why is the use movement, sound and word important aspects of expressionist dance?   Interview with Kurt Jooss Question 4 What does Jooss mean when he says that The Green Table is a ceremony of death? The Green Table Question 5 After seeing the video clip of The Green Table , write your response to the piece.  ---------------   Optional Readings for Ambitious Modern Dance Students LINKS Laban and Jooss The Founding Father of Tanztheater   ------------------------------ ACTIVITY IN-PERSON STUDENTS  Think about the " why " of your the dance. Add to your group's piece the concept of ceremony through an 8 movement phrase. So far you have 2 phrases: the emotion 's phrase and Wigman 's movem...

 INFLUENCES   Die Brücke  and  Der Blaue Reiter Question 1 Based on this video, what is expressionism?   Arnold Schönberg Question 2  After watching Bernstein's presentation on Schönberg's music, what aspect of Schonberg's music could have influenced Wigman's ideas about dance? ------------------------------------------------ LINKS Expressivity Schools Check the link and scroll down to page 110. Question 3 After reading the article on "Schools of Bodily Expressivity: Mary Wigman, " what was the main difference between Laban and Wigman in terms of dance? LINK Mary Wigman's Technique Question 4 Based on the article published by Contemporary Art Org ., what was Wigman searching for in dance? ------------------------- Wigman’s Technique     Her technique is structured in five main groups: 1 - Striding and sliding 2 - Springs, vibrations and bouncing 3 - Momentums and oscillations 4 - Falling and dropping (floor technique) 5 - Tensions: rela...