DNCE 007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Postmodern Dance, Commodification, Detroit Techno
Document Summary
Rudolph laban-intervened system of movement notation to document choreography. Came up with system to analyze movement qualities: space- direct/indirect, time- quick/sustained, weight- strong/heavy/light, flow- bound/free. Kinesthetic-learning by which students carry out physical activates rather than learning through lecture. Dance can be kinesthetic as we learn through doing and not through lecture. Dance by races; other races make up variations on races. Offers insights to marginalized histories of groups, gender and sexuality. Movement styles are unique or distinct to different groups. Dance allows us to identify socially constructed and historically specific attitudes towards the body. Traveled from buenos aires, parisian salons, and back to argentina with upper class circles. The upper class modified the dance to be less sexual. Hip hop movement in 1980s as artists altered. Iconic brazilian culture image and helped popularize the samba. Image shows many different meanings o social and historical contexts. Soviet ballet may have imported to china to promote soviet ideals.
