Assignment: The Performing Arts and Inspiration
Complete one of the following options for your assignment:
Option A
Description of Dance Styles
Select two styles of dance--such as ballet, modern dance, folk dance, and jazz dance--as described in your text.
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
• A four- to seven-minute podcast or video
Option B
Playlist Mixtape
Create a playlist 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
Submit your playlist with its organizing theme, as well as your summary, in one document using the Assignment Files tab.