The Art and Fundamentals of Choreography - Course Outline - 2012

The Art and Fundamentals of Choreography - Course Outline - 2012

Level III Semester 2
Course title: The Art and Fundamentals of ChoreographyCourse Code: DAC
No of Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Pre-requisite: Dance Composition I & II

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will focus on dance as theatre. The students will be expected to create pieces of work as well as evaluate the work of their peers and other professional Choreographers. Choreographic workshops will be conducted and in-house presentations of students work will be assessed. Presentations will be evaluated not only on stage patterns, but costume, lighting and general theatrical effects.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Students will be able to
• Describe and discuss the work of major Caribbean choreographers in key creative areas such as structure, themes, phisicality and their use of time and space.
• Apply principles from discussions to their own choreographies.
• Evaluate dances by master Choreographers to aid in developing a critical eye
• Demonstrate an understanding of the various Choreography moments

COURSE CONTENT:

• Multi-media in dance composition
• Holistic look at the process of construction, putting the elements together
• Design and meaning
• Student organization/presentation of seminars, workshops
• Dance Critiquing

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

• Practical and theoretical work in lighting design
• Lectures on costuming, (color, appropriate style)
• Enforcing the use of compositional structures (ABA,ABACADA, RONDO, etc)
• Observing through live and film presentations choreographic works by professional choreographers

ASSESSMENT:

Quiz
Written review assignment
Research paper on one selected choreographer
Presentation of a dance at least five minutes long

COURSE CALENDARWeek 1 (January 26)
Introduction remarks
Peter Minshall
Reviewing compositional structures
Week 2 (February 2)
Review Peter Minshall’s work
Review Compositional Structures
Exercise: Choreographic plan floor and ideas about fairy tale.
Garth Fagan and the Lion King (Video)
Indentifying the different elements involved in the production

Week 3 (Feb. 9)
Review of Minshall’s main ideas
Fairy Tale (choreography of actions)
Review of Lion King main points
Fagan’s contribution
Discussion on selection of theme for final presentation

Week 4 (Feb. 16)
Discussion on selection of theme for final presentation
Opera/Musical
Discussion on appropriate musical accompaniment
David Rousseau video director, Pitbull and others
Video-choreography
Contemplating putting final work on video

Week 5 (Feb. 23)
Review of three different mediums Carnival, Musical and Video
Finding parallels between the three
Summarizing presentation plans
Quiz

Week 6 (Mar. 1)

Lighting or Costume (TBA)

Week 7 (Mar. 8)

Lighting or Costume )TBA)

Week 8 (Mar. 15) Turning in Written review assignment

Lighting or Costume (TBA)

Week 9 (Mar 22)

Lightning or Costume (TBA)

Week 10 (Mar. 29)

Lighting or Costume (TBA)

Week 11 Apr. 5) (Paper on choreographer/compare and contrast)

Lighting of Costume (TBA)

Week 12 (Apr. 12)

Rehearsal (Turning in Written Project Proposal)

Week 13 (Apr. 19)

Evaluation (Performance)

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