Humanities Homework Help

1.Choose one of the following dance concert works as listed on the “Concert Option Page.”

2.Consider the significance of your chosen artist/dance in relation to theories and issues discussed in class, to help better give a full picture of the work. 

3. Begin with the “Dance Artist in Context” model, to better understand the work and artist. Begin by researching all of the following you can find about the artist, company, and genre/time period that this work was created in: 

• Personal History of the Dance Artist 
• Socio-Cultural and Political Context of the Dance Artist (philosophies, and what was/is happening when the work was created) 
• Movement Characteristics and Artistic Process of the Dance Artist (Describing the movement, aesthetic, etc.) 
• Contemporaries/Collaborators (Seeing who else was/is making work during this time can help understand the greater context)

4. Utilize this information to develop your thesis/focus for writing about the concert you watch (from the provided list). For example, if you choose to write about Merce Cunningham, your focus (thesis) could be looking at the idea of protest, and as an example of how post modern rejected the values of narrative modern works. This analysis would then go on to provide examples of how the dance work did this by giving movement descriptions and production descriptions, and provide other sources that discuss the history and context of Merce’s work. 

Use movement description and specific examples of the work to support your observations and review the work.