DAN 720 - Embodied Movement Practices / Fall 2025

  Please, answer the following questions in your own words, using: common sense, previous knowledge, class experience and the content of our blog posts.   QUESTIONS    1. We studied the different Afro-moves from the creolized Yoruba pantheon. What did this movement- system add to your repertoire of expressions? 2. In our class the study of shapes facilitated a new set of movement possibilities. Explain. 3. How do relationships (body parts, body to body, body to space) enhance the overall expressive capacities of the body? 4. Balance and off-balance body explorations were used to develop what? Why is it important? 5. A theme and a variation of the theme provide the dancer/performer with an important tool for developing new vocabulary. How did this resource help you with the creation of your own work? 6. How do concepts such as constructure, structure and substructure  relate to each other in the context of performance oriented creative movement? 7. Every story ...

 

   GRADUATE RECITAL / FALL 2025 DAN 720 N Embodied Movement Practices in the Performing Arts Wellness Center / Studio D  Frost School of Music  11/18/2025     ENSEMBLES    1   The Peanut Crockers  Performers: Cristina, Nathan, Rey, Miguel Our final group ensemble followed an ABACADAE form. Each section that was not A was a unique representation of each of the four members personalities. Performed by Nathaniel, Miguel, Christina, and Rey.  IMG_6594.mov  (379.439 MB)    2   Boy Band 2.0 Performers: Braden Rymer,  Music: I Want it That Way  This piece explores the unified movement of all male members of the band. Togethe...

     GRADUATE RECITAL / FALL 2025 DAN 720 N Embodied Movement Practices in the Performing Arts Wellness Center / Studio D  Frost School of Music  11/18/2025     SOLOS   1 A New World Performer:  Braden Rymer Music: String Quartet M. 35, II Assez vif- Très Rhythmé by Maurice Ravel My piece explores my move to the East Coast and the challenges both I and my voice have faced, as well as the journey toward discovering my voice and, ultimately, more of myself. * I loved performing my solo! There were a couple words I forgot to share but I still feel like my message came across. I was surprised how the choreography really started to stick!  Link to video- https://youtu.be/Xp-ohGVBrfQ?si=8oKqHBNxSjLk_av4   2 Em Performer: Rey Sunglao  My solo work will explore my relationsh...

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  I   Unit: Dramaturgy Theme:  System of Wants &  Hero's Journey   Introduction   Stanislavski's system is a systematic approach to training actors that the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski developed in the first half of the XX century. His system cultivates what he calls the "art of experiencing" (with which he contrasts the "art of representation."  When the actor asks him/herself "What do I want ?" when saying a line, he/she gives his line a sense of truth.        II    Learning Objectives     Understand the main conflict in your story/piece Explain why the system of wants is important for the actor  Gain an awareness of the importance of giving the spoken words a sense of truth Experience the system of wants.     III   Main Lesson   1    Warm Up     2   Rehearsal of Movement, Voice and text       3   Conflict...

  Unit : Types Theme : Finding the Archetype   I Introduction The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis. An archetype is a primitive generalized plan of structure deduced from the characters of a natural group of plants or animals and assumed to be the characteristic of the ancestor from which they are all descended. In the psychology of C. G. Jung,  it is an inherited idea or mode of thought that is derived from the experience of, in this case the animal,  and is present in the unconscious of the individual.   II   Learning Objectives Understand  the meaning of the term archetype Explain the use of the concept of archetype in structuring movement Gain an awareness of the role that the archetypal movement phrase plays in the overall understanding of your solo dance Experience the integra...

          I  Unit : Voice Theme : Scoring the Voice and Movement    Introduction   In theatre, the voice is imperative for both speaking and singing . Performers use their voices to communicate the dramatic truths of the characters through the dialogue of a play or the songs of a musical or opera. Breathing, phonation, resonance, and articulation are the fundamentals of vocal production and technique.   II Learning Objectives Understand the difference between blocking, structuring and scoring  Explain the integration between text, structure, voice & movement score through areito inspired dance Gain an awareness of your voice potential to express feelings and ideas via Varley's voice method. Experience the integration of movement and voice as it is arranged using score-making for your ensemble and solo.     III Main Lesson 1 The Score  vs. The Blocking      The term "dance score," or movement scor...