How can concert dance express social order? A focus on the court roots of ballet; introduction to the Bennington school; and a consideration of Doris Humphrey's "With My Red Fires."
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as an Expression of social order and power -4 sessions How can concert dance express social order? A focus on the court roots of ballet; introduction to the Bennington school; and a consideration of Doris Humphrey's "With My Red Fires." |
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| read: "Dance of the Realm" in Dancing pp 70-107 | |
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| read: "Isadora Duncan’s Vision of America Dancing” by Isadora Duncan in America Dancing pp 196-199, "Declaration" by Doris Humphrey in America Dancing, and "Platform for the American Dance” by Martha Graham in America Dancing p 203 | |
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| read:"An Introduction to Choreography" from The Art of Making Dances by Doris Humphrey, Grove Press, New York, pp. 15-41 | |
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| Unit Assignments - View | ||||||||
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view: Dancing "Dance of the Realm - Part 1" | |||||||
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view: Dancing "Dance of the Realm - Part 2" | |||||||
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view: Martha Graham Steps in the Street (1936) | |||||||
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view: Doris Humphrey New Dance (1935) | |||||||
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view: Vaslav Nijinsky Rite of Spring | |||||||