Assignment #7 Pasadena Dance Festival

What if you got to fly to California, spend an entire day dancing many different dance styles from professional experts, and then watch a high quality showcase of LA's dance companies? Well, lets pretend that is exactly what you are going to do!


This assignment is intended for you to select your own mock schedule for a day of dancing at the Pasadena Dance Festival in Pasadena, CA.

Remember, dancing from 9 am to 6 pm requires stamina and proper planning.

This assignment requires you to:

1) Click on the Pasadena Dance Festival link at the bottom of this page.
2) Click on Pasadena Dance Festival
3) Click on schedule and registration.
4) Plan your day of dance.
5) Post your schedule under comments.
6) Explain your decisions. Why yoga and not pilates? Why contemporary jazz and not tap? Why a lecture in between your salsa and hip hop? I want you to think about your choices. Don't just post the schedule, tell me why!

7) Have fun :)

Assignment #6 Review of live dance performance or movie

You may or may not have had a chance to view a live dance performance thus far. If you have not, you have the opportunity to review a movie with a dance theme throughout.

Ex. Tap, Fame, White Nights, Step up, Singin in the Rain, Footloose, Strictly Ballroom, Billy Elliot, Mad Hot Ballroom, Rize etc....


Use the survey of live dance performance link at the bottom of the page to review your movie.

OR

Use the survey of live dance performance link to review your live performance.

OR

Review a second dance genre and post comment here.

Assignment #5 Choreography Experience

This assignment will allow you to discuss the process of collaborating on choreography with a partner or group. There are advantages and disadvantages when it comes to group-work. Use this time to share your thoughts.

The next step in this assignment is to use "The Dancer's Vocabulary" within this blog to explain what types of elements you are trying to incorporate in your 1 minute piece.

If you had a costume, what would it look like?

If you could do it over, would you choose the same song?

Share more than two words please :)))

Assignment # 4 Dance Genre Favorite

Well gals, we have been dancing together for 10 weeks now, and we have 4 weeks to go. Time has really flown. I am curious which style of dance you have enjoyed the most so far.

This assignment is a piece of cake.

I want you to pick the dance style that you like best and do a little research about it.

In a comment to this post, please answer these 5 questions in a 250 word minimum essay.

1) What is the dance genre/style you are researching?
2) What type of movement characterizes this style?
3) How did it evolve?
4) Who is famous for dancing it?
5) What did you learn about this dance genre that you did not know before?

Please cite your resources.