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Body: Identify and Interpret Elements of Performance (16 Points)

The document provides prompts for analyzing elements of performance in two dance pieces from different acts of a concert. Students must identify elements, describe them in detail, relate elements to course materials, and for one piece, assess the artistic impact by comparing and contrasting the two pieces.

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Body: Identify and Interpret Elements of Performance (16 Points)

The document provides prompts for analyzing elements of performance in two dance pieces from different acts of a concert. Students must identify elements, describe them in detail, relate elements to course materials, and for one piece, assess the artistic impact by comparing and contrasting the two pieces.

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Fall 2018

Body: Identify and Interpret Elements of Performance (16 points)

In essay format, address the following prompts for one piece from the first act and one piece from the second act.

1. [ALL RESPONSES] What elements can be IDENTIFIED in each of the pieces being discussed?
a. Be sure to consider genre or style of movement, choreographic elements, and/or technical elements (lights,
costumes, sound/music, and/or sets), etc.

2. [ALL RESPONSES] DESCRIBE the elements in prompt 1 in more detail and describe what in the piece made you able to
identify those elements for each piece.
a. Be sure to consider dance specific
b. or historical/cultural concepts.

3. [SECOND & THIRD RESPONSE ONLY] Using the identified and described elements from above, RELATE them to the
course material, including ideas of technique, choreography, and/or historical/cultural concepts.
a. Be sure to describe specific aspects of the performance to support your interpretations.
b. Also consider how technical elements (lights, costumes, sound/music, and/or sets) and theoretical concepts could be
applied.

4. [THIRD RESPONSE ONLY] Using all elements identified, described, and related, now ASSESS the artistic impact of the
pieces.
a. Consider your interpretation of the piece and how to support your personal ideas with the
objective identified/described/related discussions
b. Consider comparing the two pieces in your discussion by highlighting each piece’s similarities or contrasting the
two pieces through their differences.
c. Consider the use of genre specific technique aesthetics, the use of choreographic tools and ideas, and/or references
to cultural/historical perspectives in the assessment.

Each Response must be a formally written essay: 12 point font, double-spaced, 1 inch margin, third person objective, and a minimum
of 750 words (or 3 pages).
All responses must discuss at least two pieces from the concert in the body of this assignment, one from the first act and one from
the second act of the concert. In other words, one from before intermission and one from after intermission; if no intermission is given,
please discuss one piece/section from the beginning and one from the end of the concert. Each response must in the body also
discuss at least one technical element (lights, costumes, sound/music, and/or sets).

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