Task 7: Discussing descriptions and performances
In the previous task you have become aware of what is entailed and how it feels to perform some fundamental ballet movements and have thought about words to describe them. In the activities for this week you will be examining the concepts of musicality and rhythm.
Activity 7.1
In this activity you are going to reflect on the meaning of the concept of "musicality".
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Activity 7.2
Read Tully's text below and post your answers to these questions in the discussion thread "Musicality" in the module forum.
- Tully identifies music as "the prime mover in the dancer's volition", do you think this is always the case?
- Do you agree with the idea that all movement has a rhythm?
- Would you say that the dancer is like an instrument in the dance?
- Do these thoughts apply to all dance genres? Explain your responses.
"This [...] indicates the prime mover in the dancer's volition: the music. The time-space relation between movements has a rhythmical pattern suggesting music of its own. When this accords with the music, the two become one and the same. Then does the dancer experience 'being danced' the dance flows through him, the instrument, and his delight and the delight of the audience are one."
(Tully, 2011, p. 23)
Activity 7.3
In this activity you are going to watch a video in order to attend to the use of space, time and music.
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