Your assignment this week is to watch a short documentary about Shelter, choreographed by Jawole, and write a review/response to GRACE. PLEASE do the readings, and take notes while you watch that dance IF you can, please try to watch these works undistracted.
Post your responses here to the readings and to the dance. You can do that together or separately. Do the best you can to incorporate description (what you look at) interpretation (what you see), analysis (what makes you see that), and judgment (what you think/feel).
While youre watching GRACE, in addition to the story, think about the following:
The first reading, from Fifty Contemporary Choreographers, is a nice introduction to the choreographer, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and her work. The second is a powerful speech she gave in 1990 that (sadly) could still be given today. Read this, and reflect (posted on Blackboard)
Listen: Our History is Shouting at Us, by JWJZ delivered at the DCA in 1990.
In 2019, the first black woman choreographer was nominated for a TONY award.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanychambers/2019/06/03/the-first-black-woman-choreographer-nominated-for-a-tony-in-over-two-decades-camille-brown/#263e00d76568
In 2018, it was the opposite: Lets Talk About How Camille Brown Wasnt Nominated For A Tony
https://www.dancemagazine.com/camille-a-brown-2573296944.html
Time – Rhythm – Speed – Phrasing (how different things are
grouped together)
Levels (high, low, middle) – Focus – Direction – Shapes – Energy
You can use this as a guide http://www.nelson.kyschools.us/userfiles/-4/my%20files/dance_elements.pdf?id=83
Or if you want to dive deeper, go here and click through each of the five elements
https://www.elementsofdance.org/
SHELTER
A recent article about the revival of Shelter at Ailey
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