Description
If writing about a video dancing( time should be at least 10 minutes), links to the performance should be included.
Guidelines to writing about dance for performance papers:
Evaluate and critique what you see based on specific, relatively objective criteria. Ask yourself what the choreographer is attempting to accomplish/communicate. How is the choreographer using dance to do this? Does the work accomplish/communicate what it set out to do?
- Use examples to support your observations. Look at the choreography, the quality of the movement (how it is accomplished), the use of groups/solos, the use of space, the relationship between the music and the dance, the lighting design, the idea and feelings it portrayed.
Use both metaphor and concrete descriptions. Assume that the reader has not seen the dance. Make the reader see what you saw.
- In writing your papers specifically for Jazz:
Be specific about how the performance may or may not relate to elements that are discussed in our course. Questions to be answered may include:
- How was musicality and rhythm incorporated in the performance?
Did the movement include seamless transitions?
- Were the performers dynamic? Did they relate to each other and or the audience?
How were elements such as lighting, costumes, and set pieces used to support the themes/messages of the piece
- Did the performance exhibit movement specific to the jazz technique? If so, give examples.