Question:
Requirements/ Instructions
Please use Twyla Tharp’s “In the Upper Room” and either George Balanchine’s “The Four Temperaments” or Bill T Jone’s “Fondly do we hope, Fervently do we pray”.
Your final essay will include 1) A critical response to this performance, 2) Historical/biographical research on the company/choreographer/performance, 3) Comparison/contrast writing on this performance and another performance/choreographer that we talked about in class, and 4) An argument about your understanding of this performance and its historical context in relation to the trajectory of dance history discussed in this course. (3-5 scholarly sources must be cited + performance citation)
GET ME AN A you wonderful human you!
Also please use the essay “Simply the Doing of It, Like Two Arms Going Round and Round” by Susan Leigh Foster If you decide to do the Bill T Jones dance
Basically any essay from the book “Moving History/dancing cultures” and I also need 3 scholarly sources cited. No direct quotes necessary thank you!
Outline/Format of Essay
Here is a brief outline, obviously it should be adjusted to fulfill the requirements of the essay. Please skip the part one of the essay which is the critical assessment of the dance performance, I probably know a lot more about dance than you do. Which is now made blatantly apparent. I hope you’re not a high schooler as my friend who just received her bought essay was very disappointed with it. Thank you.
I. Intro/Overview
II. Historical Context
A. early modern dance
B. 2nd wave modern dance
1. Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, Pearl Primus – how African dance and modern dance began to fuse – seen in groundedness and polyrhythm
C. postmodern dance
1. techniques of Merce Cunningham and Alvin Ailey – focus on WHERE these are seen in the performance viewed for class and in class
III. Choreographic Style/technique
A. general style
1. is stillness, partnering, or unison used frequently? What does this say about their style?
B. specific examples – vivid descriptions of the movement
IV. Political/Social Significance (this is the SO WHAT)
A. Race – Bill T Jones and Alvin Ailey both black men
1. history of black concert dance – minstrelsy (black face)
2. whites always trying to culturally appropriate black dance for their own use – how does this make black choreographers significant?
B. Sexuality – Bill T. Jones is gay! And choreographs with his partner!
V. Conclusion
A. Include the main QUESTION and ANSWER of the essay
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