ICDSIB Flashcards
What does ICDSIB mean
Independant Contemporary Dance Scene In Britain
Which named practitioners do we study for this and their dances
Akram Khan = Dust and Zero Degrees
Matthew Bourne = Swanlake and Carman
What does EPIC CINEMA stand for
Ecclectisism
Pedestrain Gestures
Idiocyncratic movement
Challenging themes
Collaboration
Improvisation
New forms of staging
Embracing cultural differences
Multidisiniplinary approaches
Alternative approaches to aural accompaniment
Name 3 pioneers of ICDSIB
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St Denis
Where did Conemporary dance come from
America with people such as Martha Graham
What were the 2 leading schools in ‘66-67
Ballet Makers LMT
London Contemporary Dance School/Theatre
What are 3 key points to make on ICDSIB
Founding LCDS/T was revolutionary
Choreographic Experimentation was new and big
All styles were appreciated among dancers in the same schools.
What are 2 words to describe the ICDSIB
Revolution
Experimentation
What policy did Ballet Makers have for anyone who wanted to dance and what did it mean
Open doors policy = anyone who wants to learn and create are welcome at any time on any day without commitment or consistency to do any style they like/ want to experiment with on their bodies
What does Arts Council, Dance Umbrella and Sadless Wells have in common in simple form
Dancers, Choreographers given equal status and finding as artists working in forms
What did Modern dance consist of
Themes
Titles
Narrative
Why was Post-modern contrasting to Modern dance
It held a lacking structure
varying movement
Rebellion (like rolling a dice to choose the next movement type)
What was Tanz Theatre
German company made by Pina Bausch
held expressionist style, conveys feelings, narratives and ecclectic mix of dance(s)
What was Russian Ballet in simple terms
Virtuosic
Technique for the sake of technique
strict
When did Grahem come over to London
1954
Robin Howard was the business man who funded her tour
