Introduction Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958. It was a hugely popular‚ multi-racial modern dance ensemble that popularized modern dance around the world thanks to extensive world tours. His most famous dance is Revelations‚ a celebratory study of religious spirit. Ailey received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988. Ailey’s philosophy to art is clear in his work - he desired his performers to follow his meticulous choreography‚ but have
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According to dictionary.com‚ art is defined as skilled workmanship‚ execution‚ or agency as distinguished from nature.”(www.dictionary.com) Thefreedictionary.com defines art as “human effort to imitate‚ supplement‚ alter or counteract the work of nature.” (www.thefreedictionary.com). I translate this into man taking what is naturally created and either replicates‚ builds upon‚ changes in some form or completely opposes it with works of their own. Painting http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh
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pervades my work” Alvin Ailey. “She rises again to wear the cloth as a shawl‚ then steps on its ends as if bound by it to the ground…” “The final posture mirrors the opening posture of the dance‚ suggesting a cyclical inevitable progression of frustration and despair…” Ailey has abstracted this narrative to portray the woman’s despair. BEEN ON A TRAIN The use of the percussive piano accents in relation to movement. For example‚ the dynamic emphasis of the gestures Ailey uses. “The
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There are a few students who have factors which have influenced their decision on whether or not they would like to go to college. I’ve interviewed a friend of mine named‚ Meagan King. She goes to Fordham University and is also a part of the Alvin Ailey Program. I asked her several questions such as‚ "Do you think college is needed in order to have a good career and why?‚ did your financial status affect whether u went to college?‚ how is the audition process?‚ Advice on college processes?‚ and how
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She left the Ailey company in 1980 to star in the Broadway musical hit Sophisticated Ladies. • She also began to choreograph dances‚ and the AAADT premiered her first work 1984. Her other works include Just Call Me Dance (1984)‚ Into the Life (1987)‚ Hymn (1993)‚ Sweet Release (1996) and Double Exposure (2000). • Jamison began choreographing her own works and started the Jamison Project in 1988. A year later‚ shortly after Ailey’s death‚ Jamison became artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance
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Music/dance 101 Alvin Ailey American Dance Company Performed by Donna Wood Dance “Cry” Dance Critique. Ballet “Cry” simply showed to us real life of all African women. Every single American people know what kind of life they went through. Therefore it touched their heard. Alvin Ailey’s “Cry” presented wonderfully combined movements‚ technique and emotion. Ms. Donna Wood uses tragic face‚ a mask of sorrow. It is a face born to cry
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accompaniment. Besides music there is found sounds like the traffic a busy Monday morning‚ the sound of a bouncing ball or silence‚ the traffic here would become the choreographers chosen accompaniment to communicate the dance intention. Revelations by Alvin Ailey‚ 1960‚ shows Ailey’s memories from his childhood with the church and mother figures as the main inspirations and the things that filled his childhood the most. The accompaniment is almost hymn-like with humming sounds and slow soft vocals. The title
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Cunningham or Alvin Ailey was just breaking into the scene. You guys have it lucky. I learned a lot of Isadora Duncan and Martha. But even then just in today modern dance as taken on a new approach.” She kept talking and everything she said was just
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President of Statistical Patient Input (SPI)‚ a non-profit research foundation. Physical therapist for Earl Mosely’s Institute of the Arts summer program in Kent‚ CT 2010 to present where she treated dancers from NY City Ballet‚ Philadelphia Ballet‚ Alvin Ailey School‚ Mont Clair‚ among
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Discuss the ways that choreographers use the aural setting to help them to communicate the choreographic intention. Use a range of examples from at least three professional works. The aural setting can be used in many ways to communicate the choreographic intention‚ for example‚ it can help tell the story and it can enhance character‚ mood and atmosphere. The aural setting can also help to set the scene and tell you where a dance is set‚ for example‚ place or era. Nutcracker! (2002) by Matthew
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