Modern Dance I / Spring 2023

    Modern Dance I Spring Recital 2023   I SOLOS   1 The Inseparable Music: Never Find by John Cure Dancer and Choreographer: Mickey   2  Finding the Love Above A Capella Dancer and Choreographer: Grace Altidor The story behind my solo is a girl who looks for love and affirmation in everyone and yet still gets pushed away. She first reacts with anger coming back mean and hard. But ,when the mask is peeled back you see her as she is.   3 Disputation Music: All Dreams by Gabriel Albuquerque Dancer and Choreographer: Audrey Greer  My solo piece is about being unstoppable. Ive had to deal with being knocked down a lot this semester so in this piece I always rise from falling and keep thriving.   4 Purge Music: Dance for Me Wallis by Abel Korzeniowsvki Dancer and Choreographer: Ben Afferton My solo is about the purging of negative energy while embracing the positive energy that surrounds you. There is knowledge that sometimes you cannot get ...

  I Unit: Final Performance Theme: Solos   Introduction  As part of a larger event, The Wail of the Whale, students agreed on performing their final solos collectively. Thus, their solos became part of a performance ritual around a sculpture situated next of the Osceola Lake on campus. The event was part of Earth Day. II Learning Objectives    Understand the dynamics of public performance Explain feelings regarding dancing for an audience Gain an awareness of the importance of dance as an agent in developing awareness about the environment  Experience what is like to perform in public   III Main Lesson   Students come dressed in white  Students gather and walk together to the site Students rehearse Students perform Students sign IV A Note to Remember  Performing is a privilege one never takes for granted. The audience deserves the out-most respect. A ritual performance always has an intent and a purpose. V Case Study Question 3   Ac...

    I Unit: Rehearsing Theme: Solos and Ensembles   Introduction Solo and ensemble work have different characteristics. Solo work allows the dancer to tell his/her own story. Ensemble work demands the dancers to compromise their own personal take on the dance piece to tell the story of the group.   II Learning Objectives Understand the importance of solo and ensemble work Explain the advantages of solos and ensembles Gain an awareness of how solos and ensembles facilitate expression Experience both solo and ensemble body work     III Main Lesson It is important for students of DAN 111 to see dance and appreciate the creative aspect of Modern Dance. The videos below show the work of college age students who use their bodies to express their stories. More than the technical aspect of dance, what is underlined in these videos is the expressive aspect Modern Dance pioneers brought to dance art. 1 2 Question 1 Compare and contrast the two solos shown above. ...

  I Unit: Rehearsing Theme: Boosting Rehearsal Efficiency   Introduction  Whether you are a dancer or a choreographer you will always have to do some sort of warm up to settle your body into the space. A great way to preserve creative brain energy is to repeat the same warm up, stretches and cool down weekly. This frees up a lot of thinking space that could be used for choreographing something new. Also, repetition of movement and exercise will make you or your dancers stronger at the movements that are packed into the warm up. If you really find that you have a preference for a new warm up, change it a bit less often, maybe once a month.   II Learning Objectives Understand the importance of rehearsing Explain the advantages of rehearsing in an efficient way Gain an awareness of how rehearsal influences the outcome of your dance performance Experience a boosting rehearsal     III Main Lesson   1. Determine Your Goals Focus on a particular goal...

I Unit: Rehearsing Theme: How to Prepare for a Dance Performance   Introduction   Warming up thoroughly before one starts dancing is the key to not getting injured and begin to focus. This is important in preparing the body for dancing as the warm up helps to endure the performance. Cooling down after a dance session is also important. Drinking plenty of water before, during and after dancing keeps the body hydrated.   II Learning Objectives   Understand the meaning of "dancing full out" Explain which parts of the preparation for dancing is most challenging  Gain an awareness of the tips you have already accomplished Experience a dancing full out rehearsal     III Warm Up   IV Main Lesson   1  Question Describe in your words what dancing full-out means? What is dancing full-out important for your dance performance? ------------------------------------------ 2   HOW TO PREPARE  Sorting Out the Practical Details Keep a timeli...

  I   Warm Up   II   IMPORTANT GUIDING QUESTIONS What is the story you are telling? How to create a good story title?     III   Drawing inspiration from the story Draw inspiration from a key theme of the story Name the title after an important setting Choose a title inspired by a pivotal event in the story.   Base the title on your dance's main character.   Name the title after a memorable movement phrase in the story IV Drawing inspiration from elsewhere Research Check previous dances Use allusion   Source: https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Good-Story-Title --------------------- V   1 The Music  LINK Music as Dance's Muse      2     Choose Music Watch the video and use the same principles described by Arthur Moore to put music to his cinematographic images to choose the music for your solo piece.  Question 1 Did it work? Explain your answer. --------------------    VI ...

   I   Unit: Dance Form Theme: Canon   Introduction    Canon is a choreographic form that reflects the musical or dance forms of the same name, in which individuals and groups perform the same movement/phrase beginning at different times.     II Learning Objectives   Understand the meaning of the form canon Explain the difference between theme & variation and canon  Gain an awareness about how canon enrich the choreography of a dance piece Experience the use a canon in the ensemble work   III Main Lesson      1 Video     Question 1 Write a reflection about canon as danced in the video.   2   CONCEPT Canon is a choreographic device or structure in which movements introduced by one dancer are repeated exactly by subsequent dancers in turn. ... choreographic device: a specific way of manipulating movement to develop dance choreography (for example, repetition, inversion, accumulation). Que...