Written Response History of Broadway
Write 300-500 words minimum to answer the following prompts. Be sure to include detailed evidence and examples from the course content and from the NY Post Article to support your ideas and conclusions.
Grammar and Spelling will not be graded.
Prompts - (Please do not include these questions in your response :)
1. In the content from Weeks 7 & 8, we studied two significant people in Broadway dance history: Jack Cole and Agnes de Mille. Who do you feel contributed the most to the legacy of Broadway dance? Why?
2. Compare the temperaments of Cole, de Mille and Robbins. Use lecture content and evidence from the NY Post article to describe and connect your deep conclusions and original ideas. Use examples!
3. Consider what you learned about Jerome Robbins:
1. How do you feel artistic genius correlates to "temperamental" behavior? Is it necessary or permissible if the end result of "questionable" social behavior is a rare work of art? Connect your ideas to experiences and to our course content. Give at least 2 detailed examples from the course and 1 from the NY Post article to support your conclusions.
2. Would you be willing to work with a "genius" if it meant you would be treated "badly"? Why?
3. Which story about Robbins' behavior to his cast--in the article--impacted you the most?