08 Aug What did you learn about Martha Graham and her technique?
1. Read these two SHORT articles. Share 2 things you learned from each article 5pts per article.
a. What the Heck is Modern dance, Huffington Post
b. Modern VS. Contemporary, Dance Magazine Comment on specific interviewee’s statements.
https://www.dancemagazine.com/modern_vs_contemporary-2306900829.html
2. Read the Article about Bartineiff Fundamentals (pdf is below)
a. What are the SIX patterns of Total Body Connectivity?
b. What is one component of Bartineiff that you can relate to or apply to your own life?
3. Martha Graham:
As this is not a dance history course, I am not starting with the first founders of Modern Dance, but with one that I feel made a deep impact on me personally and on the form that we now know as modern dance. Over the course of the quarter I will jump around to different choreographers both historical and current that have shaped this form different ways.
a. History: (read all three sections)
https://marthagraham.org/history/ (Links to an external site.)
b. Lamentation:
b. Steps in the Street:
c. Technique class:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/grahambeginning/401716872 (Links to an external site.)
Questions:
Write a response to the four links above. Consider: What did you learn about Martha Graham and her technique? What was the historical context-especially for Steps in the Street (read the caption!)? What is the movement vocabulary like?
