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The American Ballet Theater is the United States’ premiere ballet company. Visit their website here: https://www.abt.org/the-company/about/#history (select and open as a new tab). Below you will find ABT’s 2015 video about their Production of Swan Lake (the ballet featured in our text). Watch the video and pay close attention to the interviews with the dancers and the clips of rehearsals and performances of the ballet. To develop a greater understanding of this topic, here are some websites that you can explore: Online Ballet Dictionary, provided by the American Ballet Theater American Ballet Theaters home page PBS Great Performances: Dance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Then, respond to the following prompts. Remember to number your responses accordingly (1, 2, 3, …): 1). After viewing the video, make observations about how the choreographer designed the corps de ballet to function within the overall ballet. They are not the principal dancers. Why is the corps de ballet considered to be the “backbone” of the ballet company? 2) From the interviews with the dancers, list three specific responsibilities a dancer could have as part of a dance company. 3) What Technical points of dance did the dancers identify that they need to be aware of as they rehearse and perform? Read the material on page 256 of the text which covers the form (artistic form) of dance, and refer to your chapter notes. 4). After viewing the video, make observations about elements of the dance such as line, repetition, balance, counterpoint, and centrality of focus that you were able to observe.

The Humanities Through the Arts, Author: Lee A Jacobus & F. David Martin, Publisher: McGraw Hill. Edition: 11th Edition The Corps de Ballet – Swan Lake As we have learned through our study of Chapter 10, ballet has been with us as a formal dance form for hundreds of years. Beginning as interludes between acts […]

Books are divided by chapters. Plays are divided by acts. Symphonies are divided by “movements.” The symphony discussed in our text and online, Beethoven’s Eroica, is divided into four movements. Carefully read the description of Beethovens Eroica Symphony found on pages 234 – 240 in your text. To LISTEN to the video clips of the four movements in our online lecture, go to “Lecture 8 /Music Titles.” Scroll down to “Symphony” to listen to the four movements from Eroica: Part I – Movement 1: Allegro con brio (yearning) Part II – Movement 2: Marcia funebre: Adagio assai (sorrow) Part III – Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro vivace (joy) Part IV – Movement 4: Finale: Allegro molto (triumph) Listen/watch the video clips of the four movements of the symphony in the music lecture, keeping in mind the basic progression of moods or feelings revealed by the four movements: 1) yearning, 2) sorrow, 3) joy, and 4) triumph. You may listen to Eroica in our lecture as well as here: https://youtu.be/LXjJwxU5WbI Considering the discussion of the subject matter of music, found on pages 222 through 225 in your text, determine which one of the four movements evokes the strongest feelings in you as you listen. Choose one movement to discuss as you answer the following numbered questions below (1-4.) Number your discussion answers 1, 2, 3, and 4. Which one of the four movements did you choose? Why? What types of emotions were evoked as you listened? What are some of the unique characteristics of this movement that specifically revealed feelings/emotions? Keep in mind the elements of music from the chapter material and the discussion about contrasts. Did you experience a range of emotions or feelings while listening to this movement, or were your feelings consistent throughout? Describe your feelings and how this change, or lack of change, relates to the structure of the movement. Instructions Go

Read ALL of Music chapter nine and the online material & lecture for Music. As you read the online material, LISTEN to the video clips of each of the music selections. Both reading AND listening is important in this session. Books are divided by chapters. Plays are divided by acts. Symphonies are divided by “movements.” […]

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The Carters Apeshit https://youtu.be/kbMqWXnpXcA if link doesnt work, cut and paste into browser Read all of the instructions below thoroughly before you begin your project. Format for the Assignment (no title page), double spaced, 10 or 12 pt. type (Times or Arial only), 1? borders. Make sure you proofread your writing for adhering to the […]

Web Site Adventure: Frank Lloyd Wright PBS: This site is meant as a companion to the Ken Burns documentary that was excerpted in the lecture. The website contains biographical

Architecture Fine Art TEXTBOOK: The Humanities Through the Arts, Author: Lee A Jacobus & F. David Martin, Publisher: McGraw Hill, Edition: 11th Edition. Web Site Adventure Frank Lloyd Wright PBS: This site is meant as a companion to the Ken Burns documentary that was excerpted in the lecture. The website contains biographical information, drawings, photographs […]

Review “space and shapes” on page 73. How does pictorial space in paintings differ from the sensory interconnections in sculptural space? Discuss the power of the hu

TEXTBOOK: The Humanities Through the Arts, Author: Lee A Jacobus & F. David Martin, Publisher: McGraw Hill, Edition: 11th Edition. After reading Chapter 5 really well, number (1 – 5) each of your discussion answers to the following five discussion questions: Review “space and shapes” on page 73. How does pictorial space in paintings differ […]

Discuss how the use of staging/manipulation is used to reveal the content. How are you informed about the meaning of the photograph? 3. After study and close observation, what do you s

Fine Art TEXTBOOK: The Humanities Through the Arts, Author: Lee A Jacobus & F. David Martin, Publisher: McGraw Hill, Edition: 11th Edition Your task for this session is to discuss “Staged Photography,” as explained in the text. Read the Staged Photography? section on pages 295-298 of the text. Focus your study on the images by […]

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