Content Writing

PARTICIPATION REPORT PART ONE: CONTENT 1. RESEARCH and WRITING EXERCISE Research on Rudolf Laban (1879-1958): a) Laban observed and analysed movement (acknowledging that his analysis was based on principles that have always existed). He tabulated them and presented them as a cohesive schema. Answer the following questions: • What were Laban’s Basic Movement Principles? • What were the 4 Drives that he categorised? • What were the 8 Basic Effort Actions? b) Explore audio visual material online to see what examples of Laban's work you can find. You might want to try some of the Laban exercises that you come across... • Provide a bibliography of 3 written sources (not Wikipedia) and 3 audio visual sources as evidence of your research. 2. MOVEMENT TASK/REFLECTION Working with Images in the Body. Reflect on the Activity: Body Weather - Min Tanaka try it if you first • Imagine and move as if you have: - hands climbing a waterfall Give yourself 3 minutes of moving in this way... • Then, imagine and move as if you have: - fish swimming in your stomach Give yourself 3 minutes of moving in this way... • Then, imagine and move as if you have: - your face becomes someone you knows face smiling Give yourself 3 minutes of moving in this way... • Then, imagine and move as if you have: - your legs become cow's legs Give yourself 3 minutes of moving in this way... • Then, move between the different images using different body parts in different combinations... • Write a reflection on what it felt like moving in this unfamiliar way, how you felt connecting the visual image in your imagination to your physical improvisation… (approx. 150-200 words) 3. Choose ONE of the following readings and write a Reading Reflection: Either: Reading Quizz on Dance and Gender: Burt, Ramsay, (2010). “Nijinsky: modernism and heterodox representations of masculinity”. The Routledge Dance Studies Reader, Second Edition, (220-228). London & New York: Routledge. WATCH: [login to view URL] 1/ Who was Vaslav Nijinsky? 2/ What was the name of the Company he worked with for a substantial period of his career? 3/What was Nijinsky famous for? 4/ Name a ballet that Nijinsky performed in where his androgynous qualities transgressed an explicit expression of male sexuality. 5/ Watch the video: Anatomy of An Afternoon, imspired by Nijinsky’s L’Apres-Midi d’un Faune: Write a short paragraph about the physicality of Paul White (the dancer) referencing the combination of sensuality and sensitivity (conventionally feminine) and extraordinary strength and dynamism (conventionally masculine) that Nijinsky was known for. LINK: [login to view URL]