MODERN DANCE 2 / FALL 2024

   I   Warm Up   II   Stretching   III   TODAY'S CONTENT Question 1  Why are the Elgin Marbles important for dance studies?    ---------------   IV   ACTIVITY 1 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 2   Group Work Create 8 movements based on these photos.  Organize them in a phrase. Create transitions between movements. Post your phrase on Discussion Board.  ----------------------- Question 2 Why would Duncan choose the Ancient Greek statues for her dance vocabulary? Question 3 Write a reflection about your experience with your dance work.          

       I   Warm Up   II   Stretching   III   TODAY'S CONTENT   1 Waltz  https://youtu.be/rz4BJBF4bag?si=UlFUNMBzo09-Ue9e   https://youtu.be/rz4BJBF4bag?si=UlFUNMBzo09-Ue9e   Question 1 After watching the video about, answer: In which way is the waltz important in developing partnering skills?   2 Polka https://youtu.be/sVnfVUWiBTU?si=WAs27lJb1EKVLWTP   https://youtu.be/sVnfVUWiBTU?si=WAs27lJb1EKVLWTP    Question 2 After watching the video on Polka dance: How does the dance aspect of the polka differ from that of the waltz? 3 Tango https://youtu.be/PSTPuzGhhQM?si=7BPdrPs4qjdqfdts   https://youtu.be/PSTPuzGhhQM?si=7BPdrPs4qjdqfdts   Question 3 Tango was first popular in Argentina and the rest of Latin America, then it traveled to Hollywood and finally went to Europe. Why do you think tango was so popular?   4 Salsa https://youtu.be/C4MAFLeWY7c?si=vuQdzyLmxDrnPGvW   https://youtu.be/C4...

   REVIEW Watch the following video. Analysis Students discuss among themselves Mary Wigman's ideas about dance. Using the questions below as prompts, they write about them and post their reflections on Discussion Board.   Mary Wigman Question 1 Write your response to Wigman's dance performance in this video. IV   Harald Kreutzberg Question 2 What qualities of Wigman's movement groups are shown in Harald Kreutzberg's dance?  Choose from Wigman's  technique, which is structured in five main groups: 1 - Striding and sliding 2 - Springs, vibrations and bouncing 3 - Momentum and oscillations 4 - Falling and dropping (floor technique) 5 - Tensions: relaxed, sustained and motor tensions V Movement, Sound, Word Question 3 Why is the use movement, sound and word important aspects of expressionist dance? VI   Interview with Kurt Jooss Question 4 What does Jooss mean when he says that The Green Table is a ceremony of death? VII Ceremony: the ritual observanc...

        I   Unit: Relationship Theme: Partnering   II Introduction  Today we will review Wigman's concept of technique which differ from Laban's ideas about the organization of movement in space. Thus, her new dance sought to gain freedom of movement, which is why the dancers focused on expressing their emotions more than on the artistic technique. Today, we will address "partner dances", which are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners , as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner. We will try to turn partner dance into expressionist.       III Learning Objectives Understand the application of the idea of " dance discovering its own terms of expression " (1) Explain how "liberation from traditional, predetermined steps" helps the dancer to develop body expression ...

  Review I Concepts Developed by Rudolff Laban   Choreutics: Laban defined choreutics as “the practical study of harmonized movement.” Latter day colleagues of Laban’s, such as Valerie Preston-Dunlop and Vera Maletic, have delineated Choreutics respectively as the “spatial organization for dance” and “the theory and practice of ordering movement in space.”   Kinesphere :  “the sphere around the body whose periphery can be reached by easily extended limbs without stepping away from that place which is the point of support when standing on one foot” (1966, p.10). This spherical space around our body shifts as soon as we shift our weight. It is also the first area of movement exploration before going into “space in general”. It follows anatomical limitations, being actually more elliptic than spherical as constitutionally, the average body has a wider area of reach forward than backward. Visibly speaking the kinesphere stays invisible until the moment we mo...

  Review  Rudolff Laban Choreutics  The Cube  Trace Forms Diagonal Movement Scales  Kinesphere Art Nouveau  Elements of Dance: Space (levels, directions, focus, pathways, size)   Breath patterning assists the coordination of the internal body that is vital in human movement. Functionally, every inhalation and exhalation is a complex event Patterns of Body Connectivity 4 Components of Human Movement 8 Efforts Mary Wigman Expressionist Feelings     1. What is expressionism? expression allowed to break from tradition and explain avante-garde art. It also allowed it to override impressionism. 2. What aspect of Schonberg's music could have influenced Wigman's ideas about dance? Schonberg’s music could have influenced Wigman’s ideas about dance because it gave moments of pause for breath and allowed to create movement that allows to explore choreography that can tell a story. Every sound seemed to have reflect a time of emotion which wou...