Alvin Ailey became interested in dance at age 12‚ he moved with his mother to Los Angeles‚ where he was introduced to dance by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. His formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend‚ Carmen de Lavallade. Horton‚ the founder of the first racially integrated dance company in the United States‚ became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s
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Kurt Jooss’ “The Green Table” and Alvin Ailey’s “The Revelations” are both over half a century old and still remains to this day one of the most timeless masterpieces of dance in history. Their elaborate combinational display of music‚ dance‚ and rhythm was able to tell us a story without the use of any words. This collaborative combination was able to create a powerful and insightful perspective on what they were trying to articulate. The revelations captured the pain‚ determination‚ and valour
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ALVIN TOFFLER Alvin Toffler literally invented the role of the futurist with the publication of his seminal work‚ Future Shock‚ creating an all new discipline around the study of change and its impact on business and culture. Throughout his long career‚ Alvin Toffler has remained one of the world’s most prescient‚ insightful and influential voices in business and intellectual life. He has continued to produce creative ideas that define how we think about our world. Time magazine wrote that he has
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He also acted and danced in various productions. He created the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1958 where he combined ballet‚ jazz‚ modern‚ and African dance techniques. He choreographed Revelations in 1960. It is considered his signature work and is the most popular critically acclaimed work. Ailey wrote Revelations as a representation of the faith of African Americans in the 1960’s‚ set to spirituals and blues music (Dunning‚ 1996)
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Question 1: Give an account of the socio-historic context of the work Cry In the early 17th Century‚ European settlers in North America turned to African slaves as a cheaper‚ more plentiful labour source than indentured servants. After 1619‚ when a Dutch ship brought 20 African ashore at the British colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ slavery spread throughout the American colonies. Though it is impossible to give accurate figures‚ some historians have estimated that 6 to 7 million slaves were imported
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Cry Alvin Ailey ‘Cry’ is a dance choreographed by a very talented and well-recognised choreographer named Alvin Ailey. This was created in 1971. Ailey has created many incredible works but I must say that ‘Cry’ was one of his most outstanding works of art. The dance’s intent is to portray the struggle & strength of the African American women who were in the slave trade; how women so enslaved & trapped can still manage to be so free. Everything in this piece was thought of in specific detail
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ASSESSMENT TASK CRY – ALVIN AILEY Select TWO contrasting movement phrases. For each phrase: Describe the main motif identified Discuss the purpose of the motif within the context of the work Describe how the motif is manipulated and varied to create the phrase with respect to the elements of composition (space‚ time and dynamics) Analyse how the phrase contributes to the context of the work and why the choreographer selected this phrase to portray the intent of the work. Alvin Ailey’s renowned
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Alvin Ailey’s Revelations was premiered in 1960 and is based on Alvin Ailey’s childhood memories of worshipping at his Baptist church in Texas. The music within Revelations is a compilation of African American spirituals which helps to develop the idea of the music that was played and sung in the small black churches near to where Alvin lived with his mother during his childhood. Throughout Revelations you see and feel a mixture of emotions as the story starts to unfold and you can see clearly the
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Revelations Lighting – in ‘I been buked’ the stage is dark and there is only a yellow spot light on all the dancers who are in centre stage. This Symbolises the pain and the mood of the dancers. The lighting in Pilgrim Of Sorrow is much darker than In Move‚ Members‚ Move. This could be because there is a lot more hope in the third section. At the beginning of the dance there is little hope and pain is shown. In the second section the lighting is a blue wash across the stage and it is brighter than
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Question: Explain how the elements of dance are used in Alvin Ailey’s Cry to engage the audience. For example space/time/dynamics‚ relationship In 1971‚ Alvin Ailey created one of his best-known ballets ‘Cry’ as a birthday present for his mother Lula Ailey. Ailey dedicated it to ‘all black women everywhere‚ especially our mothers.’ The three-part ballet was to popular and gospel music by Alice Coltrane‚ Laura Nyro and Chuck Griffin. The Ballet is interpreted to display the hardship and servitude
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