Category: Dance

Review the following case information and respond to the questions which follow. Your responses should thoroughly respond to the question(s) and you should utilize your course text and additional resources if necessary to support your responses. Please submit your responses in a word document 4 pages (of content) without references and cover page. Remember your submissions must include an APA formatted title page and should follow APA formatting for spacing, page numbering and references.Remember your submissions must include an APA formatted title page and should follow APA formatting for spacing, page numbering and references. This assignment addresses Module 11 Learning Objectives 11.1, 11.2 & 11.3.
CD is a 27 year old woman with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. She was referred through the Community Forensic Mental Health Team to a specialist Forensic Mental Health floating support service. Her offenses were a series of assaults, mostly attacks on her mother but some involving members of the public. All of these offenses were considered to be as a direct result of CD’s mental health problems. She had delusional beliefs, and periods of great excitability, anger and frustration, and also periods of deep depression. She was referred to our service whilst living in an accommodation based service, where she did not wish to stay. Prior to that she had been in hospital for 14 months. While her mental health was not stable and a risk of suicide was identified, CD agreed with her care team that the risk was not necessarily increased by her living in the community and in fact she anticipated that living alone would aid her recovery.
CD had lived on her own tenancy before, but it had not been successful. We developed support plans with CD, setting out how she would need to prepare for moving out, and what her priorities were thereafter. CD was very keen to find a home so very much led her own support, having great clarity about the steps she wished to take, the support she felt she needed at each stage and how quickly she hoped to achieve this.
Identify and discuss some critical issues facing CD as she prepares to live independently.
Discuss the supports you believe need to be in place to help facilitate CD’s successful transition to living independently?
What role do you believe social supports will play in CD’s success? What would you recommend to facilitate greater success?.

Please write a 300 – 500 word response to the content from this week, considering the following prompts:
Using the text from 9.2, what happened to opportunities for black performers? Why?
Which Bob Fosse show(s) discussed on page 9.3 do you feel had the largest impact on Fosse’s career and legacy? Why did it have that impact?
Do you agree or disagree with Raymond Knapp’s assessment of The Music Man? Why
Note: It should be evident from your writing that you read all content. You do not need to summarize content, but your thoughts should include detailed references to what you learned.

Journal Assignment 7:
Create 5 hashtags to describe your reaction to this video. #example #postmoderndance
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Journal Assignment 8:
1. Research a dance form that represents a particular country or region that is unfamiliar to you
2. Upload a video or photo demonstrating the dance
3. List 3 things that you found interesting about it. (Be specific… for example don’t just say you like the music or costumes but describe WHY you like those things).

Part 1 – View your video and take notes
A. Watch the dance you chose.
B. Write down notes of your first impressions. (These are just your notes and do not need to be included in your assignment submission.)
C. Use your growing list of dance influences as a resource. Watch the dance a second (3rd? 4th?) time to determine which people, dance genres, dance styles and steps influenced the dance in your video.
[Note: all of the above leads to notes for the written analysis, which begins below…]
Part 2 – Write your analysis of the dance, including the following:
A. Show Information – You may need to do some detective work to find all of the above show info. Here is a GREAT resource: ibdb.com
IF YOU ARE ANALYZING A REVIVAL, GIVE THE INFORMATION (YEAR, CAST, CHOREOGRAPHER) FOR THE REVIVAL. You do not need to give info about the original production.
Name of show (year it opened on Broadway) – Show names are always in italics
“Name of song(s)/dance number(s)” – Song/dance title(s) in quotation marks. IMPORTANT NOTE: If there is more than one dance number in the video, you must name and analyze both!
APA citation for video. See Writing & Citing Guidelines – APA in your Course Home. To get video info, click on the video, then click the YouTube icon on the bottom right to “View on YouTube.”
Choreographer(s)
Dancers – If there is a large company of dancers, list the lead(s) followed by “and Company”, e.g. Dancers: Chita Rivera and Company.
B. Comments about what makes this dance special – Write a paragraph about why you like the dance you chose. Include details. [“Energetic and upbeat” is great, but not specific enough. “The way the dancers kicked their legs, with such energy, like they were punting footballs…” is much better, more descriptive. Please avoid using “a lot”, which is slang for “many”, “quite a few”, “a large amount”, etc.] Be sure to write about the dancing and what you found interesting, compelling, innovative, etc. A good strategy is trying to “sell” this dance to a friend, with specific ideas to get your friend excited to see the dance.
C. Dance Influences – This is the major part of your assessment…
For this DVA, demonstrate you knowledge of Weeks 6 and 7 by connecting influences mostly from the most recent readings!
1. Write a list of at least 4 influences from our content that you see STRONGLY represented in your dance. All significant influences from our course content should be included.
Influences can include:
People: Are there choreographers, performers, etc. that we have studied who danced or choreographed dance step phrases or styles that you see in the dance? [Again, “energetic” is too general.]
Shows: Does your dance strongly remind you of any of the shows we have discussed so far in the course? Why?
Dance steps/styles: What style(s) or genres of dance do you see in your video? How do you know?
Concepts: Be careful with this one. Sometimes, a dance can really remind you of an influence in a conceptual way. For example, Master Juba is both an influence as a person and Juba could also be used as a conceptual/structural influence for a dance. [Check your notes!] Precision dance is also considered a concept.
Your dance may or may not have influences from all of these areas. List only those influences that are STRONGLY evidenced in your dance. A reader–including me–should be able to see, from your description and your example, a direct connection from the dance influence to your dance. Please do not write up a kitchen sink list.
2. Next to each influence:
a. Describe characteristic elements of that influence.
b. Connect elements from each dance influence directly to an example of where you notice them in the dance video. Describe the example and include a timestamp from the video.
Part 3 – Check your work
Check the rubric! Full points are given only for exceptional work. Remember that the depth of your understanding of all course content can be clearly seen in the depth/quality of your work. Go to the Broadway Dance Video Analysis rubric in your ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES & RUBRICS Module.
Part 4 – Submit your work:
a. Attach a Word doc.
b. Please include your full name as the first part of the file name.
Example: LASTNAME FIRSTNAME DVA1.docx
TO RECEIVE POINTS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR WORK CORRECTLY.
Reminder: Do not collaborate with another student on any assignment. Review course policies and penalties for plagiarism in the Academic Integrity Policies in your MUST READ Module at the top of the course.
Please consider the following when completing this week’s assignment.The Franchonetti Sisters’ dance and the Quadrille were just tools for us to connect ideas about society perspective in watching dances. Do not use them as an influence.
Make sure you are reading all content. If the assignment is in Week 4, you can be sure that many of the significant influences that are connected to the dance videos are from Week 4. Same goes for Week 5. You should be taking notes and adding to your list of influences each week. As the weeks accumulate, your list of influences should as well.
Videos from the course content are there to reinforce the readings. Just because you see a dance step in one video, does not mean that the dance in the video is an influence for one of the videos you are analyzing if you see the same step. Remember, you are connecting significant dance influencers, styles, shows, etc. If you see a similar dance step or style, who is the choreographer of the first dance? That is the influence!
Do not use videos from assignments as influences unless we studied them in the course content.
A good rule is, if you read about it in the course, it is probably important. However, you need to find the influences that most connect to the dance. For example: Ballet is not usually a significant influence in a tap dance, especially when we have studied and will continue to study the most important tap dance influencers in history.
Scholarly writingUse the full name or last name only (after 1st time a person is mentioned) when talking about a performer, choreographer, etc.
“A lot” is a general slang term. Instead, find the quantifier that matches what you’re talking about, e.g., “many”, “several”, “quite a few”, etc.
“In sync” is slang for “in synchrony” (e.g., “They danced in synchrony.”) or “synchronized” (e.g., “The dancers’ movements were synchronized.”)
Watch verb tense: Choose past tense and stick with it. Also, avoid “passive” verb tense (“When the dancer would kick, …”). Instead, make the stronger statement “When the dancer kicked, …)
Place a proper heading on your assignment and make sure you are naming your file: last name first name DVA2.
Video #1 – Newsies “Seize the Day”
Video #2 – Cats the Musical “The Jellicle Ball Dance”
Video #3 – Aladdin “Friend Like Me”

Question: Is there *diversity in Ballet today?
Find an article (upload or copy/paste link) that addresses the question: “Is there diversity in Ballet today?”
Answer this question using examples and/or theories for why or why not as described in your article.

For this Project notice and observe movement in the world around you. This can be actual Dance movement, general movement of people or crowds, or movement of objects, such as cars in traffic, or natural elements, such as wind blowing leaves. You will spend 3 days observing movement examples and making notes about your experience. You will write down a minimum of 5 movement examples on each of the three days for a total of 15 movement examples. You will then write a 300 minimum-word summary paper about the experience.
Project 1 Objectives:
Notice movement in the world around you.
Reflect on your experience observing movement by writing a reflection paper.
Utilize and demonstrate your understanding of the Elements of Dance vocabulary.
Project 1 Instructions:
Movement Observation Journal & Paper Instructions
– Notice and observe movement in the world around you. This can be actual dance movement, general movement of people or crowds, or movement of objects, such as cars in traffic, or natural elements, such as wind blowing leaves.
– Spend 3 days observing movement and journaling about your experience. Write down at least 5 movement observations on each of the 3 days. You will have 15 total movement examples.
– After you have completed this exercise, write a reflection paper about the experience. Papers must be a minimum of 300 words. Include your list of 15 movement examples at the end of your paper. (These examples are NOT part of the 300-word count). Use Times New Roman 12-point font, one-inch margins, page numbers in the bottom right-hand corner, and double space. Save your paper as a Microsoft Word document or PDF file.

Video Journal
Entry #1
Journal Assignment:
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RS56ZxwRy4
Find and attach a photo of a dancer* you feel represents truth (as described in King’s video).
Describe why you chose that particular image and how you believe it showcases an authentic portrait of movement.
*a dancer can be many things… in the traditional sense or not. You can determine how you interpret this.
Entry #2
Find and upload (or copy link) a choreographed dance video (it can be a staged work/formal performance of a dance or a dance recorded on film).
Describe how you think the choreographer used SPACE, TIME, and ENERGY to express their intention. Be specific about particular moments that stood out to you and use examples.