Overview of the analysis of space in Rudolf Laban's dance practice

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ASSIGNMENT SHEET BA (Hons) DANCE THEATRE

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010/2011

This sheet must be attached as the front cover of the assignment, together with the Submission Checklist and Academic Malpractice Disclaimer Form.

Name Camille Desmarest

MODULE CODE AND TITLE: Practice in Context (B1005) COMPONENT: Dance History ASSESSMENT TASK NUMBER: 1 FIRST EXAMINER: Anne Daye LENGTH REQUIREMENT: DATE OF SUBMISSION:

1500-2000 words plus bibliography Friday, February 25 2011 at 15.30

Assessment task Choose one of the following questions and in response write an essay of 1500-2000 words with bibliography. 1.

‘While my dancing owes inspiration to the Greeks…it is not Greek really but modern – my own idea’ (Duncan, cited in Kurth 2001, p. 230). Discuss Isadora Duncan’s sources of inspiration in relation to her new dance form. What were the modernist features of her art of dance?

2.

Why was Loie Fuller a success in Paris and how did her approach to dance relate to American early modern dance?

3.

What was the significance of Ruth St.Denis and Denishawn for theatre dance in America?

4.

Why did Ted Shawn feel the need to form a company of men dancers, and how did he seek to make male professional dancing acceptable to American audiences?

5.

Through discussion of selected aspects of Symbolism, analyse the themes and choreography of one of the following works: Les Sylphides, Le Spectre de la Rose, Petrushka, L’Apres Midi d’un Faune.

6.

To what extent did avant-garde art movements in art (Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada) inform the choreography, design and music of one of the following works: Rite of Spring, Les Noces, Parade, Le Pas d’Acier?

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