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ASSIGNMENT1.docxAssignment 1 Total GradeTotal Grade: 100 (of possible 100 points)
Please review all the links in the "Dance History Resources" module. These resources will be used throughout the quarter for assignments, extra credit, etc.
Please read all of Module 1 . Quiz 1 will cover material from Module 1.
Please read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in your textbook.
Please complete the following 3 part assignment.
Thank you for submitting Assignment 1!
Part 1 of 3 Online Research ScoreScore: 25 (of possible 25 points)
Question 1 of 3 Score: 25 (of possible 25 points)
ONLINE RESEARCH
Research the Paris Opera. Find 5 interesting facts that are not included in the textbook reading. Please submit your facts here and share them in the STUDENT LOUNGE. Please include the reasons why you find these facts interesting.
Answer
1. The paris opera started on 28 June 1669 by Pierre Perrin. Perrin's original concept of Paris Opera was of an academy devoted to discussions of French opera. However, king tended to make the opera to be a hybrid of of royal academy and public theatre. Perrin had the right to decide business partners and tickets price.
2. During Lully's tenure, the only works performed were his own.
3.After Lully died, the number of new works per year almost doubled, since his successors had difficulty sustaining the interest of the public.
4.When Lully took over the Opéra in 1672, Louis XIV and Beauchamp made theatrical ballet an important part of the company's productions. The ballet of that time was merely an extension of the opera, having yet to evolve into an independent form of theatrical art.
5. Regardless of all the changes in its "official" name, the company and its theatres were commonly referred to as the Opéra.
I found theses facts are interesting because no matter how managing directors changed, they are always linked to privilege. That's how culture always closely to history.
Part 2 of 3 Short Essay Questions ScoreScore: 25 (of possible 25 points)
Question 2 of 3 Score: 25 (of possible 25 points)
When and where did baroque dance begin?
Who participated in early court dances?
Who published the first completed notation system to record dance steps? What was its title?
What role did Louis XIV have in the development of dance?
How did early dance begin to spread from its roots of origin?
Answer
1. Baroque dance began in the 17th century's France.
2. Dancers were noble amateurs, often led by the king or queen.
3. It was Feuillet who published "Choregraphie"; The Art of Dancing.
4. Louis became the human embodiment of the brilliance and splendour of France.
5.There were many professional dancers to contribute to developing the French court dance.
Part 3 of 3 Movie Critique ScoreScore: 50 (of possible 50 points)
Question 3 of 3 Score: 50 (of possible 50 points)
Watch a movie which has dancing in it. Go the Dance Resources Module and click on Dance in Film. There you will find a list of movie selections that have dance themes. Rent one or any other dance movie of your choice that may not be on the list. Write a critique using the format found in the Dance Resourcs Module, How to Write a Dance Film Critique. 50 pts.
Answer
White Nights is directed by Taylor Hackford and choreographed by Twyla Tharp in 1985. There many famous stars like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini. I just watched this movie today because of the famous music “Say You, Say Me”. I knew this song before but just knew this is the song in Whint Nights.
Nikolai Rodchenko who is a ballet dancer defected from Soviet 8 years ago encountered a plan crash and landed in Soviet Union. The Soviet officials forced him to perform in Soviet Union. Those officials thought that he would bring a large political significance. They arranged Raymond Greenwood who defected from the USA to practice dance performance with Rodchenko. During the practice, Greenwood’s desire to dance freedom was awake, especially when he found his wife was pregnant. At last, he decides to escape with Rodchenko together.
This movie was shot in Finland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and Austria.
White Nights, which refers to the area of Soviet Union in the Artic Circle. In this area during the whole summer, the sun will never fall, even in the midnight. This is an obvious metaphor that no matter how long the white nights are, it will still over. I think the strength of this movie is the comparison between the officials and the dancers. Those officials take advantages of dance as a political performance. However, during this performance, the dancers were pursuing the freedom. The background of this movie is cold war. Though it may not based of fact, but it’s a very realistic story about politics and human nature. For example, in this movie the officials always smiled but the gave people an impression of corrupt. They always threat, monitor, track and look forward the reward from higher. In the other hand, the dancers’ desire of freedom awaked, and they fight against the imprisonment. I think the actors did a very good job. Which impressed me most is when the ballet dancer in the large stage alone, he kept jumping but falling down, at last he could just cry. The climax of this story is when they started to escape from Soviet. The encountered a lot of difficulties. At last they overcame them and succeed escaping from Soviet. This is an old movie in the Clod War. Those systems may disappeared in Russia; however, there stiil exists some people who fight for freedom. I will recommend this movie to my friends. Actually the plot is very old, but how this movie perform is amazing and the theme of this movie is moving, too.
