Excuse the subtitles, but this is the only copy I could find on Youtube where the music and the movement were in synch. Kinda important for us,
Unit 4 & Unit 2
The criteria that is BOTH Unit 4 and Unit 2 is in red.
Criteria that is only Unit 4 is black.
Criteria that is only Unit 2 is blue
Unit 4
You need to be analysing the dance design, spatial organisation and group structures (and groupings)used; and the cultural influences on, this work.
Unit 2
You are analysing the 1930's influence on the movement vocabulary and form of West Side Story. You must be able to see how other choreographers have influenced the style of the movement. How has Jerome Robbins used the elements of movement to express the intention of the work in 1961.
Dance Design
Expressive Intention (of West Side and Cool)
Form
Movement Vocabulary
Elements of Movement
Time
Space
Energy
Spatial Organisation
Direction
Level
Focus
Dimension
Group Structures
Canon
Unison
Contrast
Groupings
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Cultural Influences on Dance Design and Production Elements
Tagging Social, Historical, Artistic, Political, Environmental, Religious, Economic influences to ALL of your findings.
Expressive Intention
Romeo and Juliet story
Youth gang culture in the 1950's in America
Immigration of Puerto Rican's into New York, what impact did that have on the American people at the time?
Form
ABC narrative form for 'Cool', with 3 sections, Begining/Dev/Res. It is also a dance number that exists within the whole narrative musical form.
Beginning: from car lights turning on.
Development: begins after A-Rab's big "POW!" and the link is his movement that leads to the trio of girls.
Resolution: link is as they all come together in a small circle around Action.
Movement Vocabulary
Jerome Robbins
ONCE asked about the impetus for “Fancy Free” (1944), the first ballet he choreographed, Jerome Robbins said he felt compelled to create something different. “I thought, ‘Why can’t we dance about American subjects?’ ” he said. “Why can’t we talk about the way we dance today, and how we are?”
Research the influences on Jerome Robbin's training, who were his teachers, mentors, directors, choreographers? What motivated him to dance? He changed the face of dance in contemporary musical choreography as we know it. What made him create?
The place to start researching for both Yr 11's and 12's is to research both Jerome Robbins and George Ballanchine.
"Cool" from West Side Story
choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Excuse the subtitles, but this is the only copy I could find on Youtube where the music and the movement were in synch. Kinda important for us,
Unit 4 & Unit 2
The criteria that is BOTH Unit 4 and Unit 2 is in red.
Criteria that is only Unit 4 is black.
Criteria that is only Unit 2 is blue
Unit 4
You need to be analysing the dance design, spatial organisation and group structures (and groupings)used; and the cultural influences on, this work.
Unit 2
You are analysing the 1930's influence on the movement vocabulary and form of West Side Story. You must be able to see how other choreographers have influenced the style of the movement. How has Jerome Robbins used the elements of movement to express the intention of the work in 1961.Dance Design
Expressive Intention (of West Side and Cool)
Form
Movement Vocabulary
Elements of Movement
Time
Space
Energy
Spatial Organisation
Direction
Level
Focus
Dimension
Group Structures
Canon
Unison
Contrast
Groupings
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Cultural Influences on Dance Design and Production Elements
Tagging Social, Historical, Artistic, Political, Environmental, Religious, Economic influences to ALL of your findings.
Expressive Intention
Romeo and Juliet story
Youth gang culture in the 1950's in America
Immigration of Puerto Rican's into New York, what impact did that have on the American people at the time?
Form
ABC narrative form for 'Cool', with 3 sections, Begining/Dev/Res. It is also a dance number that exists within the whole narrative musical form.
Beginning: from car lights turning on.
Development: begins after A-Rab's big "POW!" and the link is his movement that leads to the trio of girls.
Resolution: link is as they all come together in a small circle around Action.
Movement Vocabulary
Jerome Robbins
ONCE asked about the impetus for “Fancy Free” (1944), the first ballet he choreographed, Jerome Robbins said he felt compelled to create something different. “I thought, ‘Why can’t we dance about American subjects?’ ” he said. “Why can’t we talk about the way we dance today, and how we are?”
Research the influences on Jerome Robbin's training, who were his teachers, mentors, directors, choreographers? What motivated him to dance? He changed the face of dance in contemporary musical choreography as we know it. What made him create?
The place to start researching for both Yr 11's and 12's is to research both Jerome Robbins and George Ballanchine.
Here are some useful links
http://jeromerobbins.org/about
http://www.nycballet.com/company/history/robbins.html
http://www.nycballet.com/visitors/robbinstimeline.html This one is good as it has a timeline.
George Ballanchine
http://www.balanchine.org/balanchine/01/bio.html