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Choreography Assignment The purpose of this assignments is to grow as a choreographer by analyzing a famous choreographer’s and 2 pieces they have created. Here are your options for choreographers: (You may NOT choose a choreographer that you did last semester) 1. Travis Wall 9. Twyla Tharp 2. Twitch 10. Gene Kelly 3. Mandy Moore 11. Fred Astaire 4. Merce Cunningham 12. Mia Michaels 5. Bob Fosse 13. Doris Humphrey 6. Alvin Ailey 14. Brain Friedman 7. Agnes de Mille 15. Onna White 8. Jerome Robbins 16. George Faison You are going to be creating a presentation via a program like “powerpoint” or “Prezi” or “google slides” and digitally giving it to Mrs. South. ([email protected]) Here’s the information to be included: 1. Name/picture of choreographer 2. Background (at least 3 sentences) on their early life 3. Description of what type of dance they are famous for. (i.e. if they choreograph for musicals, you need to describe what musicals are. If they choreograph hip-hop, you need to give a brief background on what hip-hop is.) 4. What awards and/or honors have they received and for what? 5. Find a clip of their work (at least 60 seconds) from youtube and include it in a slide. Have separate slides that describe: 1. Where the dance is from 2. What genre of dance it is 3. Name/Describe a motif you saw in this dance 4. The theme of the dance 5. Choreographic elements did you saw in their choreography (name at least two) 1. Must include the time in the dance PLUS a description (i.e. there’s an overlapping cannon at 2:32 in the piece where each person pulls their arm away from themselves before rolling to the floor.) 6. What you liked about the dance that you could take away and apply to your own work in class? 6. Repeat step 6 with another one of their pieces. 7. Take away: 1. What about this choreographer’s work is unique? 2. What do you think it is about this choreographer’s work makes them famous? 8. Work cited page (MLA format): 1. You must find 2 sources that are NOT the youtube videos you find. In all, you will end up with at least 4 sources (including your youtube videos). Please make sure to include some sort of visual on each slide (each visual must be different). Point Breakdown Points 1. Name picture of choreographer ____/2 2. Background ____/3 3. Description of dance they’re famous for ____/4 4. Awards/Honors they have received ____/2 5. Video of dance (1) ____/2 1. Where dance is from ____/1 2. What genre of dance it is ____/1 3. Description of motif ____/3 4. Theme ____/3 5. Choreographic element (1) ____/4 6. Choreographic element (2) ____/4 7. Opinion about the dance ____/4 6. Video of dance (2) ____/2 1. Where dance is from ____/1 2. What genre of dance it is ____/1 3. Description of motif ____/3 4. Theme ____/3 5. Choreographic element (1) ____/4 6. Choreographic element (2) ____/4 7. Opinion about the dance ____/4 7. Take away. ____/5 8. Work Cited ____/8 9. Visuals on each slide ____/7 TOTAL _____/75.

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