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DNCE 345 - Test 2 > Lecture 7 > Flashcards

Lecture 7 Flashcards

1
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where was jose limon born

A

mexico

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2
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when did jose limon move to the US

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1928

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3
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what was jose limon

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a painter, then german expressionist inspired, moving/kinetic art form

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4
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who did jose limon study with

A

humphrey

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5
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jose limons career with humphrey

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became a principle dancer with the humphrey/weidman company for 10 years

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6
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jose limons company

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lemon dance company

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7
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t or f: many companies even ballet companies performs jose limons work

A

true

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8
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what was jose limons company to first to do

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tour europe as a modern dance company

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9
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who was jose limon strongly influenced by

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humphrey

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10
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humphrey and jose limons company

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she was the artistic director, but still encouraged him to create his own style

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11
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3 types of jose limons works

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narrative works
theme based works
pure movement works

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12
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ex of jose limons narrative work

A

emperor jones

- story based on euegenomil

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13
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what was jose limon the first choreographer to choreograph

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long dance works with plot and 3 dimensional characters

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14
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did jose limons works tell stories

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many of them did

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15
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exs of jose limons theme based works

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the moors pavane (based on othello, only 4 characters, emotional) and there is a time (based on verses from the bible)

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16
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jose limons theme based works

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shorter, based on themes from literature history and religion

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17
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jose limons pure movement works

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inspired by music, celebrations of movement and the human spirit
-more abstract, usually joy, movement creates joy

18
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ex of jose limons pure movement works

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choreographic offering , dedicated to Humphrey

19
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like humphrey, what did jose limon believe the greatest subject for choreography was

A

mankind and the human condition

20
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all of jose limons dances

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emotional, expressive, dramatic, passionate

21
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t or f: jose limon was highly respected

A

true

22
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what did jose limon pioneer

A

a modern dance technique based on the philosophy and technique of humphrey

23
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what came of jose limons dance technique

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it became one of three principle modern dance techniques to become codified and is still studied today (others are graham and cunningham techniques )

24
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jose limons dance technique

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curves, arcs, concepts of rebound, oppositional energy, successional movement

25
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anna sokolow

A

member of grahams early company , then studied with horst, then created her own work

26
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what was anna sokolow the youngest american choreographer to do

A

lead her own professional dance company (age 21)

27
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anna sokolows company

A

dance unit

28
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did anna sokolow reject or rebel against her mentor

A

no

29
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what did anna sokolow feel the role of dance and the artist is

A

to reflect and comment on contemporary social issues (social realism)

30
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where was anna sokolow for nada live her life

A

on the lower east side of manhattan in new york

31
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what did many of anna sokolows works reflect

A

the hardships and frustrations of the lower classes living in urban cities
- alienation, loneliest, repression, despair of the human condition

32
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anna sokolows subject matter was similar to what

A

that of the german expressionists

- was dark, angsty, internal struggle

33
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anna sokolows rooms

A

one of the first to use jazz music

-about loneliness and alienation

34
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anna sokolows dreams

A

about german concentration camp

35
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what was the most important element of anna sokolows works

A

the subject matter, the movement was secondary importance

36
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t or f: anna sokolows works were narrative

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false, they told stories but they were very dramatic, the characters were types of people rather than specific characters from literature or history

37
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did anna sokolows works have endings or solutions

A

no

  • just stopped and faded out because she didnt believe there is an end final solution to the problems
  • could just make people aware of them
38
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what was it like to watch anna sokolows work

A

unsettling and disturbing

- but she believed in confronting her audience and provoking them to reflect on problems in society

39
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anna sokolows approach to teaching

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similar to her works, believed students should disagree and argue with their teachers instead of conforming

40
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anna sokolow thoughts on modern dance

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thought it was becoming too bourgeois, too conformist, too respectable

41
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describing anna sokolow

A

social realist, uncompromising, non-conformist, rebel

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