A&C Dance and Theatre

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

DANCE

00:30

Almost everyone likes to dance sometimes. For example, at a party, at school, at a concert or festival.
Maybe you even take dance classes. When and where do you dance?
I dance .... And how do you feel
about dancing? I think dancing is ...

02:11

Have you ever been to a dance performance?

YES

NO

04:32

Small children usually start moving when they hear music, but at a certain age people stop doing that. Can you explain that change?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj11GuedXDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeiYtTFM3UY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByc0K1wHes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk00gbDwGqM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vcjn1iSnA

classical ballet

urban dance

modern dance

world dance

Jazz/show/musical

Space

Time

Strength

Gravity

Repetition

To lift

Beat

Arrangement

Energy

High/middle/low

To slow down

Dimension:  Entertainment or engagement?

Often dance is a form of entertainment. You go to a performance to be entertained. Or you dance for your own pleasure.

Sometimes choreographers want to raise an important social issue, which we call engagement.

Dance can be narrative, but can also be just about movements and shape, without the need to tell a story or share a message with the audience. Sometimes it is a combinationof these.

Dance can also have a supporting function, for example in musical, opera or dance in a video clip for a song.

01:42

So you think you can dance, a competition for talented young dancers was first broadcast in the US in 2005. In 2008 the first Dutch version of this competition was broadcast by RTL5.
Some people feel that 'dance' in TV programs can only be entertainment.
Others say that dance programmes on TV can really show dance as an art form or can even show engagement. What do you think?

Dance in tv shows can only be entertainment

Dance in tv shows can show dance as en art form

0

What gestures,
inspired by everyday life
did you see in this dance?

Theatre

Have you ever been to a theatre?
What kind of performance did you watch?

What kind of theatre do you like the most?
Think of plays, cabaret, musical, opera etc.

01:19

Is this entertainment, engagement or both?

Which characteristics of theater do you recognize in this clip? Explain

FACT AND FICTION

1. The Fact and Fiction dimension is a way of looking at art. Think of a theatre or dance show you have been to, that has made an impression on you. Was it completely fictional, based on facts, or somewhere in between?

Has this influenced your opinion ?

2. A lot of artists use their imagination to makeyou reflect on reality. Satirical acts, on thecontrary, show contempt for reality and put you on the wrong track. Some artists go evenfurther: they lie to expose the truth.

3. Cabaret artists also play with the truth. Often

the truth is enlarged to make it funny.

Remember that sometimes facts are funnier than fiction.