Lecture 11 Flashcards
what was MainStage dance about
Contemporary, Jazz and Dance Theatre works
what does metaphoric pm dance include
expressive, theatrical elements (costume, lighting, character, mood)
what does metaphoric pm dance create
representational images, metaphors, and meanings
why is metaphoric dance considered pm and not modern
it employs pm choreographic techniques
- pedestrian movement
- performances outside the theatre
- use of repetition and retrograde
- decentralized stage
- empty narrative
meredith monk
works in theatrical, metaphoric pm way
- one of the first pm interdisciplinary performance artists
- dancer, choreographer, musician, compose, singer, and film director
what did meredith monk consider herself
primarily a composer, of movement and images
what did meredith monk extend
vocal technique
t or f: meredith monk liked abstract movement
false, she wasn’t interested in it
“dance is about motion not emotion”
what did meredith monks works start from
images and music themes, rather than movement ideas
what do meredith monks works include
all the expressive theatrical elements rejected by analytic pm choreographers
meredith monk legacy
wow a lot of awards for her work and continues to produce music concerts, multimedia performance pieces, and films
who pioneered contact improvisation
steve paxton
steve paxton
dancer for cunningham
t or f: contact improvisation involves metaphoric and analytic components
false
contact improvisation uses what
physical contact
- supporting the weight, lifting, helping balance each other
t or f: contact improvisation was fully participatory
true
how was contact improvisation non hierarchical and democratic
it involved pedestrian movement, untrained dancers, relied on just 2 dancers
what does contact improvisation form part of training in today
training in contemporary dance
the rebirth of content phase
too much extreme abstract but not going back to modern dance
- interest in resurgence of 1970s analytic dance now called concept dance
how did the pm choreographers of the 1980s reinstall meaning
including all the elements that the earlier pm choreographers had taken out
- narrative
- character
- mood
- emotion
- expression
- set, costume, and lighting design
- music
- virtuosity
- multi media
- special effects
what questions did choreographers ask in the early days of pm dance
- what is dance
- who should dance
- where should it be performed
what questions have choreographers since the 1980s been more concerned with
what does it mean
