Ted Shawn: Fundamentals of Dance

 


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Ted Shawn 

Question 1

1. What is Ted Shawn's general view of dance?

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  II
 
READ THE LINK
 
 2. Which are the movements described in the General Stretch Set?


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III
 
 
 Kinetic Molpai (1935) by Ted Shawn
What do you think is the function of this dance?


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 Question 3

3. Based o the video and the link above, what was the main theme of Shawn's choreography?

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Emphasizing its status as productive work for men, the four sections of Labor Symphony display the Men Dancers’ strength, agility, and musculature prominently, exposing the piece as both means and end: it produces both the dance itself and bodies capable of performing it, much as agricultural and manual labor offer both product and a body disciplined to produce it.

Question 4

Which were the 3 main men's traits expressed in Labor Symphony?
 
 
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 Activity 1
 
Bound Flow
 
Students  explore movement using the sticks to develop a sense of bound flow. This exercise will inform the type of movement that Ted Shawn demanded from his men dancers.


Bound flow, a concept created by R. Laban, allows for movement in a more controlled way. Bound flow is described as more firm and with boundaries. It's about keeping emotions in and contained. It is the opposite of free flow.
 
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Ted Shawn's Choreographic Work


https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/ted-shawns-men-dancers/kinetic-molpai/

https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/ted-shawns-men-dancers/sixth-prelude-well-tempered-clavicord/

https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/ted-shawns-men-dancers/mechanized-labor-from-labor-symphony/

  https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/ted-shawn/nobody-knows-the-trouble-ive-seen/
 
 ESSAY
 
 
 https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/themes-essays/men-in-dance/ted-shawn-defense-male-dancer/
 
 
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ACTIVITY 2

From the videos above, choose 8 moves and create an 8 moves phrase for your solo.


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Make up Students 

RECORD AND POST YOUR MOVEMENT PHRASE ON DISCUSSION BOARD.


 

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