We do not have class on Thursday , November 28th – Thanksgiving Day

Your papers are due on Wednesday, November 27th.

A friendly reminder:   I don’t accept late papers so please make sure you have them in no later than Wednesday night, midnight.  

Have a great Thanksgiving!!

Both Blog A and B will review Jerome Bel and Theater Hora “Disabled Theater” performance.

Please include in your discussion, if you feel Jerome Bel has any responsibility to the actors of Theater Hora beyond the performances, once the performances are over.  If he doesn’t have a responsibility beyond the performances,  is he exploiting their disability for the sake of creating a controversial work?  Post by Sunday, November 17 – midnight.

John Jasperse will give as many second views of your work that he can fit in next Thursday.  Be prepared.

Remember that your paper is due on WEDNESDAY, November 27th, the day BEFORE Thanksgiving.

The first draft of your Final Presentations is due next week.  A reminder:  As I mentioned in class on October 31, your homework is very light to give you plenty of time to work on your final presentations.  Do not take these presentations lightly.

The first draft of your final presentation should be well-thought out and REHEARSED. Remember, you want to make your presentation as interesting as possible.  This assignment is not something you can throw together in one or two days.  You need to spend time working on the your presentation, rehearse it, edit it, rehearse again and edit. I have not given you any blog assignments or readings so that you have time to work on your presentations.    I highly recommend you have a colleague take a look at it before you come to class on Thursday to give you comments, feedback and critiques.  Then continue to work on the presentation.  I recommend taking this first draft seriously.

And for those who have not seen your Judson Church performance please make your plans to attend one of the performances.  There are only a couple left.

• Choose one of the Monday’s at Judson Church Performance to attend if you haven’t already (There are only three performances left)  http://www.movementresearch.org/performancesevents/judsonchurch/

We will be discussing choreographer Jerome Bel

Before you watch Veronique Doisneau you must watch the pas de deux from Swan Lake to place the piece in context:

• View Jerome Bel Veronique Doisneau 1-4
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIuWY5PInFs; 
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjPcRRH_4CM;
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10LlVPE-kg; 
• The fourth video doesn’t allow me to link so please look up Veronique Doisneau 4 on Youtube to watch the last part

Prepare Second Panel Discussion

Prepare for Quiz – Art Movements and Dance Topics Covered in class

Begin to prepare your final presentation

Blog and Assignment for October 24

• Blog B – Review Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Post by Sunday 10/20, 12 midnight.
• Blog A – Comment on colleague’s critique and include your own review.  Post by Tuesday 10/22 12 pm.
• Read Steve Dixon’s Digital Performance:  A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art and Installation (Chapter 1 pgs. 36-52)
• Read Steve Dixon’s Digital Performance:  A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art and Installation (Chapter 6-pgs 115-134. It will be divided into two separate readings) Concentrate on discussion of media with the unmediated figure in performance, Peggy Phelan versus Phillip Auslander. ER
• • Watch:  https://vimeo.com/25837676 (about Two Boys production)
  • Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iyNUilC7M (interviews with Nico Muhly
  • Watch (starting around 28:30) http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/newyorknow/2013/may/14/ (Nico Muhly at Le Poisson Rouge

Assignment for October 17:

October 11 – Take Photograph for Macaulay Honors College Snapshot Day (Review readings

Post Photo on class website – Write about what interested you in taking the photo and what elements did you keep in mind while taking the photograph?

• Prepare Caretaker Studies- A study in stillness and space to be presented on October 17^th at Cabaret Space at Macaulay Honors College
• If you haven’t already, make sure you plan on going to see one of the Judson Church free monday performances-http://www.movementresearch.org/performancesevents/judsonchurch/
• Blog A- Pascal Rambert critique-post by Sunday 12 pm
• Blog B- comment on colleague’s critique and include your critique – post by Tuesday 12 pm

Assignment for upcoming week

• Both Blog A & B-Write a dance analysis or essay of John Jasperse’s rehearsal (you may want to review Deborah Oliver’s Dance Essay reading)  Post by Sunday Oct 6 12pm
• Past Panel Discussions, please send me your five quiz questions by Monday Oct 7 12 pm
• Remaining Panel Discussion to be presented in class on October 10
• Read Rule of Thirds http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html
• Read the Golden Ratio or the Golden Means http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html
• http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography-rule-of-thirds.html
• Read positioning  http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography_rules_of_composition.html
• Prepare for quiz on Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, John Cage
• Prepare for quiz on Modern Art Movements

Remember to e-mail individual artists on Monday, September 30.  cc Donna on all correspondences.

Assignment for October 3:

Read:  Sally Banes-Terpsichore in Sneakers– Read Banes Chapter 1 first (pges1-19) and continue with Banes-Introduction second  (pgs xiii-xxxvii,)

On Thursday, September 26, we viewed choreographer Steve Paxton, the founder of “contact improvisation” demonstrating aspects of the practice and two small excerpts from choreographer Trisha Brown.  1) “Glacial Decoy” (with sets and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg) and 2) “solo olos”-(one dancer calling out directions to the other three dancers).  The video we viewed is not available on YouTube.  If you need a refresher, there are some contact improvisation videos on YouTube, though they are not with Steve Paxton and not as strong.  One is a video of KJ Holmes teaching a contact class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2u_BtJYdO4&feature=related

There is a version of Glacial Decoy on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYkuyTAkT8

Unfortunately there is not a video of solo olos on YouTube.

• Blog B -From the Sally Banes reading last week, describe in your own words what is “Analytic Post-Modern dance” and either Steve Paxton or Trisha Brown’s relationship to that movement.  Post under the Blog A/B tab by Sunday 12 pm (9/30).
• Blog A- While adding your description of Analytic Post-Modern dance, discuss how the other choreographer that Blog B did not mention, can be considered an Analytic Post-Modern artist.  For example, if you are commenting on Blog B who talks about Steve Paxton in relationship to Analytic Post-Modern, you will discuss Trisha Brown.  Post under the Blog A/B tab by Tuesday, 12 am (10/2)
• Review Wendy Oliver’s readings from last week.  You will be writing about John Jasperse’s rehearsal.
• Paper 1 – Due Thursday, October 3

October 3- Hard copy of Paper 1 is due at the beginning of class.  (late papers will not be accepted)

We will visit John Jasperse’s dance rehearsal and you will write a dance analysis-please review Wendy Oliver’s readings.

Assignment for September 26:

• Post your Self-Portrait video by Friday 9/20 5pm
• Comment on colleagues Self-Portrait in relationship to yours by Sunday, 9/22 12 pm.
• Read:  Sally Banes-Terpsichore in Sneakers– Read Banes Chapter 1 first (pges1-19) and continue with Banes-Introduction second  (pgs xiii-xxxvii,) ER
• Read Wendy Oliver, Writing about Dance, Chapter 4 “Dance Critiques” pgs. 67-99 (these were shared via my travel drive so you should have them on your computer-if not, contact a colleague) ER
• Read a dance review on-line in either The New York Times,  The Village Voice or Time Out
• Post review on blog and comment on the review in relation to what you learned from Wendy Oliver’s reading by Tue 12/24 12 pm.
• Go to the Guggenheim Museum and see James Turrell’s exhibition if you haven’t done so.  September 25 is last day of exhibition.  Do not wait till the last day.
• Refine panel discussion on your particular Modern Art Movement (keep presentation to a maximum of 10 minutes)-know your subject well
• Bring in at least the first paragraph of your paper (to hand in)