) Select a scene or music video clip where there is lots of dancing that exem

) Select a scene or music video clip where there is lots of dancing that exemplifies the theme for this unit – race. This can be from one of the films we watched or from Youtube, Vimeo or social media as long as the url is accessible to your TA. The dancing may be of any genre or style.
2) Watch the video multiple times.
3) Go to the Movement Descriiption Forum on eClass and reply to your TA’s post.
4) Copy and paste the url.
5) Introduce the scene or video: include the name of the artist(s), dancers, song title or film title. Song titles should be in quotation marks (e.g.“Time of My Life”). Film titles should be in italics (e.g. Dirty Dancing). Both songs and film titles should include the release year the first time you mention them. For example, “Time of My Life” (1987) and Dirty Dancing (1987).
6) Describe the dancing in a way that would help someone imagine it. Use the Movement Vocabulary Worksheet to help you describe the movements you see. Consider using analogies or metaphors to capture the feeling of a movement. Try doing the movements yourself and see how they feel in your body.
7) Then, in complete sentences, answer the following question:
8) Using examples, discuss what is the dance or choreography in the scene doing? Is it….
A) Amplifying, minimizing or contrasting?
B) A narrative device?
C) Interpretive?
D) All three things at the same time?
– Race
– Class
– Sexuality
– Gender
– Power
– Is it telling a story?
– What story is it telling?
– How is it telling the story?
– How does the dancing influence the arc of the story?
– What is it interpreting?
– Lyrics?
– Rhythm?
– Instrumentation?
– Emotion and mood?
– Amplifying, minimizing or contrasting and
– Telling a story and
– Interpreting