University of California Irvine Video Critique of Dance Plays Discussion
Question Description
Write a five-paragraph essay review/critique of the two video links below. Your critique should include an introduction paragraph, stating what two videos you saw and general information about them(many of these details are given to you below). Then three support paragraphs: one about your thoughts/opinions on the first video, one about your thoughts/opinions on the second video and one comparing/contrasting the two videos. Your last paragraph will be a conclusion paragraph that summarizes everything. Each paragraph should have a minimum of six sentences. Please feel free to do outside research about these works/pieces to help support your thoughts.
Refer to Full Video Critique Guidelines for more details.
Pavement (1995)
Choreography by Kyle Abraham
Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (Mixed Soundtrack from many other sources)
Abstract / Summary: Inspired by the 1991 film ‘Boyz n the Hood,’ the writings of American civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, and Kyle Abraham’s own childhood, Pavement takes seven dancers through a culture plagued by discrimination and genocide in Pittsburgh’s historically black neighbourhoods. The performance takes place on a basketball court and is set to an eclectic mix of Bach, Benjamin Britten, Sam Cooke and Donny Hathaway, as well as audio clips from the John Singleton film. Dancer and choreographer Abraham combines the spontaneity of urban dance, the precision of ballet, and the social-dance vernacular in his trademark interdisciplinary style, which he refers to as “post-modern gumbo”. Some would say that he brought hip-hop back to operas, others say he brought classical dance back to the streets. What is not debated, however, is the ability of Abraham to abolish the boundaries of art between bitumen and parquet.
*To access this video you will need to login to Alexander Street, through the school library database. You should be asked to sign in above with your school credentials. If it doesn’t work, please visit the IVC library databases, see link below. Select Alexander Street- Academic Videos Online then sign in, once signed in search for Kyle Abraham Pavement and then watch the video.
“MEGURI Teeming Sea,Tranquil Land” (2015)
Choreography by Ushio Amagatsu
Performance by Sankai Juku
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