read-and-watch-videos-to-answer-questions

DIRECTIONS: READ/ SKIM THROUGH THE EXCERPTS AND WATCH VIDEOS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER THE QUESTION USING QUOTES AND USING SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION TO BACK UP YOUR STATEMENT. EACH QUESTION HAS TO BE 150 WORDS MIN.

I have attached all the files that you will need to answer these questions and I have named the files to the question its for.

1) (a) After viewing Martha Graham’s “Lamentation,” read Lisa C. Arkin’s short essay “Dancing the Body.” By using the tube costume in Graham’s piece, how has she helped “destroy assumptions and social constraints imposed on how we value our bodies and how we use them to create and communicate” (Arkin, first paragraph). Reflect on how women’s bodies “serve mainly as an icon of beauty” in Western traditional dance and how Graham has instead used the body as a “creative source of energy.”

^^^ Martha Graham video for question 1a & use file #1 named “FOR QUESTION #1a (Dancing the Body)”

1) (b) After viewing Martha Graham’s works, discuss how the female dancers in the clips use their pelvis as the “core of their movement” as discussed on pages 30-33 of the Henrietta Bannerman essay “Female Empowerment.” Use quotes from the essay as well as observations from the clip.

^^^^^ Martha Graham’s Appalachian video for question 1b & use file 2 named “FOR QUESTION #1b (Female Empowerment)”

2) From the interview with Martha Clarke, briefly outline some highlights of her career.

^^^^^ Women in theatre; Martha Clarke video for question 2

3) After watching the documentary on Katherine Dunham, reflect on Dunham’s “deeper meaning” of dance. What does Dunham believe dance’s purpose is? How did her trip to Haiti and Jamaica change her focus in dance? How can dance help people discover their roots? How can dance make a difference in people’s lives?

^^^^^ KETC video for question 3

4) Urban Bush Women explore the identity of black women in today’s society through dance. Their dance “celebrates our common humanity.” Discuss how UBW use emotion and real life to inform and create their dances. Use both the short documentary video and the Gonzales reading (Urban Bush Women) in your answer. Think about notions of communal unity and shared history through trauma as discussed in Gonzales’ essay.

^^^^^ VCU Dance video for question 4 & use file 3 named “FOR QUESTION #4 (Urban Bush Women)”

5) Discuss how Pina Bausch’s works revolve around human relationships. Use Martha Bremser’s article (10 50 Contemp Choreo). Think about how she “test[s] the expressive possibilities of dance” (Bremser 27) in her work.

^^^ use file 4 named “FOR QUESTION #5 (10 50 Contemp Choreo)”

 

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