Dance

Critical Analysis Prompt- Roundtable 2

For those who were absent on 10/16/2020, please use the following questions/prompts to craft a 500-750 word Critical Analysis essay.  You must cite your source material in APA in-text and reference citation format. Use the sources provided in the Roundtable 2 content area of Blackboard as your source material. You do not need a title page or an abstract. You DO need a reference page. 

• Give me some brief background information on the four clips.
• Who were the choreographers?
• Compare/Contrast “The Rose Adagio” from Sleeping Beauty and The Queen of Hearts Variation from Alice in Wonderland.
  • In what ways were they similar?
  • How did the choreographer show that the The Queen of Hearts Variation was a comedy?
  • How did the costumes and the set inform the characters and the story?
• Compare/Contrast “Snowflakes” from Balanchine’s Nutcracker and The Hard Nut.
  • In what ways were they similar or different?
  • Who was dancing in the Hard Nut and how did that differ from Balanchine’s version?
  • How did the costumes and setting inform the characters?
  • Compare the qualities of movement between the two versions.
  • Which one did you prefer and why?