I Unit: Baroque & Rococo Theme: Minuet & Contradanza Introduction The Baroque is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding. In dance, the spirit of Rococo is present in its depiction of the curving lines of the hoop-supported skirts, the delicate lace and flower. II Learning Objectives Understand the main characteristics of the Baroque Explain relationship between the Baroque, Rococo and the Renaissance Gain an awareness of the pre-clasic aspect of these dances Experience dancing the contradanza III Main Lesson 1 The Baroque General Notes The Baroque is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, and other arts that flourished in Eu
I Unit: Assessment Theme: Mid-Term Quiz Introduction Every semester I assess your understanding of the content covered so far. Just right before the progress report's dead line, you test your own abilities to retain some of the themes we have learned and experienced together. Today's quiz evaluates how efficient I have been in communicating ideas about World History of the Dance based on your responses to the questions below. II Objectives Understand the nature of self-assessment Make sense of the various concepts explored in class Gather an awareness of assessment that is conducive to further learning Experience what is like to put into practice the content learned in class III Main Lesson 1 The Age System Natufian Culture / Neolithic Period The Natufian culture is a Late Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the Levant, dating to around 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. The culture was unusual in that it supported a sedentary or semi-sedentary popula
I Unit: Homonins Theme: The Oldest Human Rituals Introduction Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately seven million years. II Learning Objectives Understand the influence homonins had on human's abilities to dance Explain the importance of bipedality for dance development in the paleolithic Gain an awareness of the significance the construction of early shelters, burials and art objects had for human evolution Experience finger dexterity through choreography of hand gestures III Main Lesson 1 First Ancestors 2 N O T E S First Ancestors Our first ancestors lived 7 million years ago Bipedal, upright walking Ability to walk emerged long before humankind developed big brains. Even though they walked they were still tree climbers. No hominin
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