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When and Where did Hip Hop begin? (Decade and Location?) |
* Began in The Bronx (ghetto) * 1970's |
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Who is Afrika Bammbaattaa? |
* grandfather of hip hop * 1st hip hop activist * traveled to West Africa to get in touch w/roots *wanted to bring back core of his heritage to Bronx and allow traditions to voice social, economic, political realities (ZULU nation crew) *freedom of expression in response to the poverty, gangs, violence. |
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Societal Influences that contributed to the rise of Hip Hop? |
* The 70's (Racial equality, war, peace seeking, post civil rights) *Black power movement (Malcom X, MLK Jr.) * Violence/Gang life *Survival against death or disease *wasteland |
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The 4 elements of Hip Hop culture |
1. Visual artist: graffiti artist (tagging) 2. Poet: MC/ Rapper (vocal percussion, beat box) 3. Musician-DJ (Kool Dj Herc was 1st Dj) 4. Dancer/ B-Boy |
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Four Main Aesthetics of Hip Hop? |
1. Territroial/assertiveness 2. physicality/strength 3. Individuality 4. Connected to Beat |
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******What changes in our culture have brought about changes in dance in the past decades? |
LOOK UP ANSWER |
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What Mental and Physical qualities are essential for the professional dancer to maintain a successful career? |
*consistency of training *practice *healthy life styles *critique and feedback * strength and flexibility *so on.... |
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What are some health issues that affect dancers? |
*anorexia *bulimia *Femal athlete triad (low energy availiblity/disordered eating, bone loss, menstrual disturbances) |
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What are the demands on time, energy, and expertise faced by professional choreographers? |
*marketing new choreography * funding, booking space, publicizing concert *posses management skills *creativity
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What are the advantages of Umbrella organizations for small dance companies? |
*produce concerts featuring several choreographers to share the costs |
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What are the considerations for a dance teacher when choosing between private studio, public schools and college teaching? |
Public schools: *growth of movement in school, educate young kids about dance, non competitive Public Studio: highly competitive, parent pressure, lots of costs College Teaching: part of PE |
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What are some of the applications of dance therapy in our society? |
*clinical work (mental health clinics, rehab hospitals) *people suffering from AIDS and other diseases *Hatha yoga and t'ai chi *yoga *somatic practices (alexander technique, body mind centering) *American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) |
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Describe the ritual observances found in performances of Japanese bugaku? |
* only men perform *perform in different directions *wear long elaborate costumes *maintains old age traditions *sense of serenity *slow, lots of pauses, erect posture, clarity, control |
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Describe the stylistic similarities and differences b/w ballet and bugaku? |
Similarities: erect posture, graceful, clarity, control Differences: only performed by men, and everything else |
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When and where did Ballet begin? ( est. years and countries) |
*15th century Italy and 16th century France for lavish performance in court |
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What did Court Ballets look like? |
*rituals *performed by people of court (not professionals) *earth bound movement *mostly male dancers *5 or more hours performing *held in chambers w/audience above |
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What were the motives and themes for the Court Ballets? |
Motive: Glorify the state, political motives (king @ center), social function for noble class, pleasure
Themes: grotesque, political stories, humorous, romance, hero's, mythological |
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Who was King Louis XIV? What were his contributions to Ballet? |
*King of France *central part of court performances (performed as central character in his ballets) *influenced future establishment of the Royal Academy of Dance in France (1661) |
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Trend changes in romantic ballet? |
* Female as star (lightness, fluidty, grace of ballerina was born) *New costumes (tutu, pointe shoes) *technology advances (gas lighting/illusion of moonlight) |
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2 reasons dance has been linked to nobility? |
1. dance, like all arts, seeks patrons 2. ruling class sought ways to describe their power |
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Identify a main Romantic ballet, choreographer and year premiered? |
1. Giselle 2. By Jules Perrot 3. 1841 |
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5 classical aesthetics in Ballet? |
1. Ballon "bounce" 2. Elevation "height" 3. Epaulment "shouldering" 4. Extension/ligne "line and length" 5. Turn out "5 positions"
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2 classical Ballets |
1. Swan Lake (1895) by Petipa and Ivanov 2. The Sleeping Beauty (1890) Marius Petipa |
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Describe genius of Serge Diaghilev |
*formed Ballet Russes *major force in bring ballet back to Paris *experimenting in theatre *created reforms (ballet should reveal emotions, theatrical, movement should reveal drama) |
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What was the Ballet Russes known for? |
*pushed boundries of classical form *breaking traditional dance (expressive movement) *drama related and not show off physical powerness |
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Identify 3 of Diaghilve choreographers and describe their contribution to ballet |
1. Vaslov Nijinsky (sexual attitudes and non ballet moves 2. Michael Fokine (broke traditional dance, more expressive movement) 3. George Balanchine (more structure, modern spacing, just movement, plot-less) |
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Why is the Rite of Spring considered revolutionary? (Chreographer, year) |
1. Nijinsky (1913 or 20th century) *no ballet technique *darker, less classical theme *scandalous |
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Who was George Balanchine? What was he known for? |
*neoclassical style *structures, modern spacing *less rigid vocab *music/movment marriage *no plots or stories *just movement |
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The status of court or state patronage of ballet in Western Europe today? |
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Define Modernism. What were the shifts of artistic paradigm? |
1. used movement to reveal dancers personal vision (revolt against ballet)
2. A) Renissance (order, rationality) 14-17 cent. ballet birth B) Enlightment (state reform) 18th cent C) 19th century (realism/romanticism) D) Modernism (unreason, irrational, individualism) 1880-1920 E) 20th century (rebellion) |
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Which women are considered the revolutionary army for modern dance? Why? |
1) Isadora Duncan (mother of modern dance, inner inpulse to move) 2) Martha Graham (passion and emotion, breath as pulse) |
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Who was Isadora Duncan? What was she inspired by? What was she known for? |
* mother of modern dance *nature as inspiration (innuer impulse to move) *radiating movement from solar plexus *broke away from constraints of ballet and flashy vaudeville |
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What did Duncan specifically reject from Ballet? |
*turnout position (parallel) *shoes (barefoot performance) *set vocab (said hop, jump, skip) *female as object (no tutus, corsets, leotards) |
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Who was Ruth St. Denis? What was she known for? |
*potpourri of styles/cultures (especially Asian themes) *theatrical/ballet background *more theatrical w/elaborate costumes |
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What was Ted Shawn known for? |
*dance could be a form of religious expression and integral part of human life *formed all male company married st. dennis |
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Why was St. Dennis and Shawn essential in growth of modern dance? |
*formed Denishwan School *emotion excercises *ballet/folk/free flowing excercises taught *mind/body utopia |
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Who was Martha Graham and what was she known for? *include her technique style |
*known for technique *breath as pulse *contractions/expansions of spirit **cuped hands *angular hard look *floorwork( falling, sitting, lying, kneeling) |
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Name 2 famous pieces by Martha Graham? |
1. Panorama (1935) *socio-political theme
2. Justice for Some *dance as social change to promote equality *using dance to distribute social pieces |
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Who was Doris Humphrey? What was she known for? Where did she draw inspiration for movement/dance? |
* wove movement and emotion *fall/recovery technique *from inside out inspiration |
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Humphrey choreography? |
The art of Making Dances (1958) *group dynamics *music visualization/silence |
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What did the "2nd Generation" modern dancers reject and explore? |
* mix between ballet and modern *chance dance (semi improv) * performed in silence at times *human experience |
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Who was Kurt Joos? Why was The Green Table known as a timeless masterpiece? when was it choreographed? |
*express tragedy of war * depicting inhumanities/corruption of war *innovative-depth humanistic, perspective 1967 joffery ballet |
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What trends are likely to continue changing dance in 21st century? |
*multimedia *interactive media *thinking outside the box *artistic expression of body |
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What is considered Post Modern Dance? How is it different? |
Post Modern: rejection of modern views, more avant garde, experimenting w/form and chance, dance doesn't have to tell a story
basically very different |
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Who was Merce Cunningham? How did he approach choreography different than previous modern dance artists? |
*innovative choreographers *anything can follow anything **stillness as a choice *multi-foci and points in space *no logical progression
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What are some of his clear signifiers of this manifesto/artistic paradigm? whats 2 of his works? |
*random arbitruary movements *strength and flexibility of body/mind *spine articulations w/support
*Beach Birds (1991), Points in Space (1986) |
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Who was Paul Taylor? Define his style |
* back to basics *pedestrian movement in dance (walking, skipping, hopping, running) |
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What was Judson Church? |
*Judson Memorial Church in NYC 1962-1964 *redical approach to choreography and reconceive the medium of dance * body as subject (nudity, eating onstage, used untrained dancers) |
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Describe innovations in technology that ay be combined with choreography in the future. Other directions for choreographers? |
* athleticism/ body props *technology will be incorporated *closeness between performers and audience |
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Contemporary artist research 1. Artist company name 2. Working location 3. intrests 4. aesthetics 5. work tittles |
is named Jorge Villarini 1. Dance Theatre of Harlem 2. Harlem but from Puerto Rico 3. dancing 4. ballet, masterworks by Balanchine, Martha Graham and so on 5. Awarded Columbus Dance Choreographic Fellowship |
