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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Eastern Influences in Movement
 
Yoga
 
 
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READ THE LINK
 
 2. Which are the movements described in the General Stretch Set?


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 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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 Chamber Dance Company: Selection from Ted Shawn's "Olympiad'

ACTIVITY 2

From the video above, choose 8 moves and create an 8 moves phrase for your ensemble.

1. run

2. jump, X, landing

3. vertical jump, right arm up

4. Wide step to the left, right arm circles around

5. Tombe- Pas de Bourree

6. plie, develope, jump, tombe, jump, arabesque

7. lift and throw 

 

Make up Students 

RECORD AND POST YOUR MOVEMENT PHRASE ON DISCUSSION BOARD.


 

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