Dance Modern Critique
Please answer the questions below for the YouTube link pasted below. You will need to answer the questions and upload here. You have till the end of this two week module, 2nd Friday , to turn in your answers. This will be 25 points towards this Module If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you and have a week.
Akram Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Gl3rVm7SQ
1. What can be said about the music in this work?
2. What can be said about the light? How is it being used?
3. Describe the relationship between the dancers? How does there relationship progress in the first four minutes?
4. The lighting is dark, but how would you describe the dancer’s costumes?
5. What do you think was the inspiration for this work? It can be a very simple concept, what can that be?
Ohad Naharin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v6tY_u-Mls (Links to an external site.)
Questions
1.) What can been said about the movement in this dance work? What genre of dance is this?
2.) What is the main prop in this dance? What do all the dancers use it for?
3.) What can be said about the costumes? What happens to them throughout the piece?
4.) Describe the music and how it is being used. What significant difference is heard in the dance?
5.) There is definitely a language barrier in the dance, as we may not know what they are saying, but what emotions do you feel are being portrayed?
PLEASE ANSWER 4-5 SENTENCES ON EACH QUESTION. For more information on Dance Modern Critique see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_criticism
