The Art and Fundamentals of Choreography - Study Guide - 2012

The Art and Fundamentals of Choreography - Study Guide - 2012

5:00 – 8:00 DANC3013 – Art & Fundamentals of Choreography
Lecturer: Dr. J.l. MOREJON
BLACK BOX

Study Guide
Lecture 1
1. Based on the brainstorming session we had during Lecture 1, what is choreography? Give at least three examples.
2. In the context of a larger production, what is choreography?
3. Which are the basic elements and tools we must implement when choreographing? For each element explain at least 3 tools.
4. Why is Carnival a good case study for the study of the fundamentals of choreography as an art?
5. Why is Peter Minshall an important choreographer? Mention some of the pieces (at least two) that he has choreographed.
6. Who is the Spanish poet quoted by Minshall? Explain the essence of his quote.
7. What important ballet choreographer’s words are used by Minshall as his choreographic motto? What is the motto?
8. According the Minshall, why is mask, the movement of it and the actor/dancer important?
9. What is Minshall’s main contribution to carnival’s choreography?
10. Based on the interviewed on video, what did Minshell mean when he said, “color can be ugly as it can be pretty?
11. How does he explain his choreographic work within the context of a mass band?
12. What chorographic idea Minshall uses to choreograph his mass bands? What example did he share with his interviewer?
13. What is the essential aspect of playing masquerade?
14. To what does anthropologist Meryl James-Bryan attribute Carnival’s moving away from indigenous folk culture?
15. According to Jack Alexis, Minshall’s masquerader, what has been Minshell’s main success?

Lecture 2
16. Why is Minshell’s methodology important?
17. How did you use his methodology to create your own project during class?
18. Briefly explain your project.
19. What choreographic elements are you taking into account when producing your project?
20. What argument (s) will you exposed to a hypothetical grant committee to get the necessary money for your project?
21. How will your project progress once you are commissioned to do it?

Lecture 3
22. What story did Joanna use for her exercise on choreographing a fairy tale?
23. Which was the methodology used?
24. What is the advantage of using this methodology?
25. What fairy tale did you choreographed on paper?
26. What was important about this exercise?
27. Who is Garth Fagan?
28. Why was he chosen as an example for to study of Art and Fundamentals of choreography?
29. What elements of the Lion King were important for the discussion of choreography?
30. What dance elements of Fagan’s choreography were important for the development of the dance?
31. What elements of Minshell’s choreographic work were also present in the Lion King?
32. What is the hierarchical difference between Fagan’s and Taymor’s work?
33. Why is the character of Sangoma particularly important for the whole musical?
34. How was the role of the dancers maximized in this production?

Lecture 4
35. What is a story?
36. What is a myth?
37. What is a fairy tale?
38. What is a fable?
39. What is a parable?
40. What is a legend?
41. What is a story line?
42. What is a plot?
43. What is a subplot?
44. What is a storyboard?
45. What is a floor plan?
46. Describe Post Modernism
47. How does Postmodernism differ from a formalist choreographic approach?
48. Mention at least three techniques derived from postmodernism
49. Using the Postmodern mind frame, how would you evaluate these techniques?
50. What is Dada?

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