ARTS100 Week3 Music and Dance
The Performing Arts and Inspiration
ARTS100 Week3: Complete one of the following options for your Week 3 assignment:
Option A
Description of Dance Styles
Select two of the following videos that feature different styles of dance
- Ignite the Dark dance company “Off to the Races” (modern dance)
- The Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker “Waltz of the Snowflakes” (ballet)
- Ragamala Dance Company “Song of the Jasmine” (world dance)
- The Bradas Gold Medalists 2016 Adult Division Hip Hop International
- “Cool” from West Side Story (jazz dance) (the dance starts 48 seconds into the video)
Describe each style of dance, and include the following:
- History and development of the style
- Discussion of your understanding of the use of line, form, repetition, and rhythm in each piece
- Description of the inspiration for the work in terms of story, theme, and image
- Description of what the movements of both styles communicate to you in terms of mood
- Description of what influences each dancer, or the choreographer, in the performance of each style or creation of a new dance performance
Submit your assignment in one of the following formats:
- A 700- to 1,050-word paper following APA guidelines
- A four- to seven-minute podcast or video
ARTS100 Week3: Option B
Playlist Mixtape
Create a list of six to nine musical works.
Organize your selections under a theme such as “Music for Motivation” or “Cross-Country Playlist.” Be as creative as you like.
Include the following:
- Two to three works of popular music, such as rock, pop, country, dance, or hip-hop
- Two to three works of medieval or classical music; selections may include cantatas, oratorio, fugues, and so forth
- Two to three works from other musical forms such as opera, jazz, or folk music
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your playlist which discusses how the formal and technical qualities of music affect you; in other words, how does music create a certain type of mood, and is it successful in prompting a response from you, emotional or otherwise? Use at least five to seven vocabulary terms from the text in your discussion, which may include but not limited to the following:
- Form
- Composition
- Call and response
- Fusion
- Looping
- Sound
- Pitch
- Scale
- Dynamics
- Timbre
- Rhythm
- Beat
- Meter
- Tempo
- Melody
- Harmony
- Motif
- Harmony
- Consonance
- Dissonance
- Tonality
- Texture
This assignment contains a Microsoft Word document.
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