Part one:(REMEBER TO USE AT LEAST 4 REFRENCES FROM VIDEOS AND READINGS)
watch the videos that I will upload and read the articles then. Write 300 words reflecting on the
contributions of the “Mid Century Moderns” (José Limón, Merce Cunningham, and Paul Taylor) to the field
of Modern Dance. What new ideas, concepts and aesthetic choices did they introduce and make possible.
How are their dances different from the early Moderns (Graham, Humphrey, Duncan), and in what ways are
they the same. (Content
Answered these questions:
1. What new ideas, concepts and aesthetic choices did they introduce and make possible?
2. How are their dances different from the early Moderns (Graham, Humphrey, Duncan), and in what ways
are they the same.)
To ensure your familiarity with this week’s content, for full credit you must reference at least four dances
from this week’s viewings (with description) and use background information from the documentaries and
essays.
Author:
Title:
Date published:
Subject (Say what the text is about in a very few words):
Thesis (What is the author’s point, argument or proposal – in one to three sentences?):
What questions does the text raise for you?
Part 3:
Watch the videos that I will upload and read the files. Then do the following:
Write a 150-200 word response to the creative work of the people who came out of the Judson Dance
Theater and to Yvonne Rainer’s “No Manifesto.” Please reference at least three dances from this week’s
viewings
