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University of California Riverside Contemporary Dance Questions

 

There are four-part to this assignment

part 1

Hi everyone,

This assignment is part one of two and worth 50 points.

Draw a quick sketch/map that shows your pathways in your house. See mine attached as an example.

I chose the pathways of my morning routine (getting coffee is the first thing I do!).

Take a picture of the map and turn that in for 50 points.

Keep the map to use in the second part of this assignment.

map.jpg

part 2

Hi everyone,

Take a look at the video of (local choreographer and RCC dance faculty) Kirsten Johansen’s work.

What are you curious about?

Pose a question for Kirsten Johansen about this dance in your assignment.

part 3

Q1

To get this week started, what do you know about modern dance? This dance style is now called contemporary dance.

Respond with your thoughts in this discussion. You might say, I’ve never heard of that but maybe it is…

I cannot wait to read your thoughts!

Q2.

Watch the video and choose one contemporary choreographer from the video. Choose a person whose movement choices stood out to you.

Put that name in the discussion response and tell us why you chose that choreographer. In other words what stood out to you about the movement? or the environment or both?

Part 4

Read the following to include in the second writing practice.

1. Describe: Details, details, details. What do you see? hear? notice? What is happening in the movement?

2. Analyze: Compare one part of this dance to another part OR compare this dance to something you have seen before.

3. Interpret: What is this dance about or what is the choreographer’s intent? What in the dance backs that up? Use your details for evidence here.

Write a 1-3 paragraph response to this dance. Include details with analysis or interpretation.

Choreography by Lindsay Rapport, RCC Dance Faculty