2/5 Frameworks: What is Dance? Why Dance?
Frameworks:
What is Dance? Why Dance?
In today's class, we examine the frames through which we view dance.
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Warmup
Gentle movement in a small space
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What is Dance?
How do we view, think about, engage in, or talk about dance?
Elements of Dance (KQED)
Question: What are the five elements of dance as discussed here?
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Why do people dance?
Planet Dance - Body Talk Part 1
Planet Dance - Body Talk Part 2
Planet Dance - Body Talk Part 3
Question: What is the main concept (one sentence) of Body Talk videos #1, #2, and #3?
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What are ways of seeing Dance?
Steven Butler (TEDx)
Additional frames to think about:
- Mode
- Location
- Form
- Image
- Arc
- Theory(s)
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Poetic Introductions
(PART A)
Using the four prompt questions linked above, write your own 'poetic' introduction. This will be spoken aloud, if that changes how you write it, and we will add to this next class. Rough drafts are fine - we will continue working with these!
Turn in under Assignments.
Continue & share next class
Guidelines: Poetic Introductions
Complete each section of the prompts - don’t overthink, these are rough drafts we’ll continue shaping.
1. Prosaic: Your name, school attended, major, year there, etc.
Ex. “My name is Christina Leyva, and I am an adjunct professor of dance at Miami Dade College and the University of Miami.”
2. Poetic: Where your name comes from, its significance, its story.
Ex.
“{clap} .//./—.. I was named for a rhythm, my parents musicians and
physicians, weaving sound and body as a path for a dancer.”
3. Where you come from: Geography, hometown, community, family, culture.
Ex.
“Born on Cahokia by the Mississippi River, I am a blend of the Scotch
and the Rum - my mother’s family descends from Scotland with a surname
that means hard-headed, my dad’s family from the three strand braid of
Cuba, and other places in between. I’ve lived in the mountains of
Colorado, the redwoods of California, and now on the shores of Miami.”
4. What you love: Family, activities, causes, etc.
Ex. “I am passionate about learning, am hungry for travel, and love my family.”
5. What you bring to the world: Vocation, job, character traits.
Ex. “My work is to pass on the flame of knowledge, creativity, and inquiry; to bring what my teachers taught me to my students.”
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Reading
What is Dance and Why Dance? (Sansom 2011)
Close reading of article - paragraphs as assigned from heading Defining Dance (pg 27) and / or Why Dance? (pg 34). Summarize your findings for the rest of the class.
Discussion next class
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Closing
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