Directions:
Part A
Each of you have been assigned a famous modern dancer(The dancer you are analyzing and writing about is
Mark Morris).
1) You will upload a YouTube video representing your assigned modern dancer by clicking reply and uploading the
video(be sure to include the link of the youtube video you choose).
You will write a short overview of the video you found explaining who the dancer/choreographer is and why you chose this particular representation of the
assigned modern dancer. This short overview needs to be 150 words which includes the name of the dancer/choreographer, biographical/historical information about the dancer, the title of the dance we are viewing and why you chose this
video.
Part B
You will be required to write a response to one other video in the discussion comparing your dancer to one other
dancer that has been uploaded by your fellow students. Please be sure to use the proper names of the dancers that you are discussing.
In your 100 word minimum response please tell us what is different about the two dancers, what is the same? Do you have a preference and why?
This is the fellow student i chose to compare Mark Morris with (who you will respond to anc compare):
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/tNqaixKbrjs
Alvin Ailey is a famous choreographer and director known for his expertise in modern dance and the African American cultural dance experience. He was first introduced to dance by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and eventually began his dance training at the hands of Lester Horton’s dance classes. Shortly after Horton’s death, Ailey began his career as a director of the Lester Horton Dance Theater where he was able to create and choreograph his works. In 1958, he founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater where he dedicated his company to enriching the American modern dance heritage while also preserving and carrying on the teachings of the African-American cultural experience. One of Ailey’s most famous and well-adored dances is called “Revelations” which uses African-American spirituals, and gospel songs, and explores the emotions of grief and joy. It expresses his style of dance by using expressive hand movements, jumps, turns, and having the dance moves match the music and the story being told. Revelations explore the emotional spectrum of the human condition by diving into the deepest of grief and the holiest joy in a 36-minute long story that can be split into three different parts. The video I chose contains clips from each of the dances so that you can experience the story without having to watch the entire dance.
