DANCE 205 - Choreography and Dance Performance: Assignment

Eccles, Andrew. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Akua Noni Parker, Sarah Daley and Jacqueline Green. 20 Feb. 2015. The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2015, www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/downers-grove/community/chi-ugc-article-alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-returns-to-2015-02-20-story.html. Accessed 7 February 2019.

Oral Presentation

100 Points

Assignment: 

Pick a choreographer from the list below.  Present a Power Point presentation about this choreographer that includes the following information:

Present 1 – 3 minute video clip of this choreographer’s work.  Point out elements in this clip that underscore recurring themes and autobiographic elements.

Use a minimum of four research sources.  Only two may be internet sources.  Your video clip is considered a fifth source.  Document your sources on a works cited page using MLA format.

• Name of choreographer
• Genre of dance this artist created work
• Birth date, Date of death (if applicable)
• Place of birth
• Location of childhood
• Location where most of work was created
• Major influences on choreography (race, ethnicity, religion, politics, lived experience, etc.)
• Recurring themes in choreography
• Why is this choreographer a prominent figure in dance history?
• What autobiographic elements show up in his/her choreography?