Quick Review & Looking Forward

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Questions:1. What did Dorothea Lange document in her photographs?2. What is another name for Frank Lloyd Wrights Kaufman House?

Dance, Theater, & CinemaModern Dance Martha GrahamMartha Graham (1893-1991) is the most influential figure in modern dance

She famously said, there are no general rules. Each work of art creates its own code.

Modern DanceModern dance moved into its own conventions, courtesy of Graham

Ballet movements were largely rounded and symmetrical, but modern dancers emphasized angularity and asymmetry

Ballet stressed leaps and based its line on toe-work, while modern dance hugged the floor and dancers went barefootModern DanceThe early works of Graham and others tended to be more fierce and earthy less graceful

Beneath it was the desire to stress emotion

Graham described her choreography as a graph of the heartModern DanceGrahams early works were notorious for their jerks and trembling she was basing her movements on the act of breathing

She translated contractions and releases of inhaling and exhaling into a series of whiplash movements that expressly revealed energy and effortMartha Graham Appalachian SpringMartha Graham danced as The Bride

Appalachian Spring, the ballet, is about a wedding on the American frontier

The movement expresses individual character and emotion, and has clarity, spaciousness, and definition that relate to the open frontierMartha Graham Appalachian SpringMartha Graham's Appalachian Spring Part 3/4 - YouTubeTheaterThe American MusicalThe American MusicalMusical theater combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and danceOpera did NOT include spoken dialogue, and, in some cases, did not include danceOpera was still in existence, and the musical grew out of it they competed with each other initially

Equal importance to the music and dialogueThe American MusicalMusicals are most commonly presented in large venues

They do often tour and are performed by amateur groups in communities or schoolsThe American MusicalMusical productions rely heavily on their set design, costumes, props, lighting, sound, etc. which may change from production to production

Length can range from a short one-act play to several acts and several hours in lengthMost range from 1-3 hoursThe American MusicalThey are usually presented in 2 acts with one brief intermissionThe first act is usually longerThe first act introduces all of the characters and most of the music and often ends in dramatic conflictThe second act may have a few new songs, but usually reprises numbers from the firstThe second act resolves the conflict

Spoken dialogue is interspersed between musical numbersThe American MusicalThe greatest dramatic moments are generally sungWhen the emotion becomes too strong for speech you sing; when it becomes too strong for song, you dance

Songs are ideally crafted to suit the characters involvedThe American MusicalMusical: where songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that evoke genuine emotions other than laughter

Three main components music, lyrics, and books (or stories)Famous Musicals Pre 1950Porgy and Bess (1935) - Summertime

Oklahoma (1943)

South Pacific (1947)

The King and I (1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1t-PhkFAQ

There are several post 1950 that you will probably recognize. They will be part of the project you start tomorrow...

Later Next Week well watch: West Side StoryBy Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen SondheimJazz-influenced music full orchestra

Based on Romeo and Juliet

Set in the Upper West Side of NYC in the early 1950s

It explores the rivalry between the Jets and Sharks (2 teenage street gangs of different ethnicities)

Tony, a Jet, falls in love with Maria, sister to Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks

West Side StoryIt opened on Broadway in 1957 and marked Sondheims Broadway debutSondheim is the mastermind behind Sweeney Todd (1980 movie 2007) he wrote the music and lyrics

It ran for 732 performances before going on tour

The movie was made in 1961 well start watching it late next week after the presentations.CinemaCinema the Rise of the StudioFilm-making spread rapidly throughout Europe after World War 1silent films acting and music, no dialogue yet

The 1920s were the heyday of Hollywood

Its films were silent, but its extravagance, its star system, and its legions of starlets dazzled the world

MGM, Paramount, Universal, Fox, and Warner Brothers all beganCinema the Rise of the StudioAlthough the soundtrack had been invented many years earlier, and short talking films had been released, The Jazz Singer (1927) heralded the age of talkiesYou aint heard nothin yet!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22NQuPrwbHA

Cinema the Rise of the StudioThe Jazz Singer (released in 1927) is an American musical film. It was the FIRST feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue

Its release signified the decline of the silent film era

Based on a play called The Day of Atonement

Cinema the Rise of the StudioThe Jazz Singer Is about a young man, Jakie Rabinowitz, who defies the traditions of his Jewish family by singing at a bar.

He runs away from home and becomes a famous jazz musician known as Jack Robin. The movie centers around the conflict of his professional ambitions vs. the demands of his home and family

Cinema New GenresThe early 30s produced films about crime and violenceRelated to the rise of mobs during prohibition

The gangster genre fell out of favor amid public cries that such glorified violence was harming American youthSound familiar??

The Production Code or censorship was strengthened and Hollywood was toned downCinema New GenreThe most popular star of the 30s was created by Walt Disney Mickey Mouse!

Part of the change away from violence

Steamboat Willie - 1928 YouTubeFirst appearance of Mickey Mouse!

Cinema New GenresIn 1939, John Fords classic, Stagecoach, made John Wayne the prototypical cowboy hero and brought the Western genre to life!

Pilgrim.. YouTube

1939 also brought the Wizard of OzCinema New GenresThe epic of the decade was David O. Selznicks Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind is a 3.75 hour movie with an improbable plot and stereotypical charactersThats a long movie even TODAY!

American classic in which a manipulative woman and a dishonest man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Social CommentaryIn the midst of World War II, film underwent radical change in form and content

In 1940, Darryl Zanuck produced and John Ford directed a film that stunned Hollywood: John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath (a visualization of Steinbecks portrayal of the Depression)Social CommentaryThe Grapes of Wrath illustrates the importance of screenwriting in modern cinema

In the novel, Steinbeck frequently gives praise to the Joad family and their toughness of spiritThey were thrown off their farm in the Great Depression and forced to find a new life in California where circumstances proved even more disastrous

In the movie, John Ford chose not to use the device of narration the characters spoke for themselves, but told the same storySocial CommentarySocial commentary appeared again in 1941 with Citizen Kane, a grim view of wealth and power in the US

This film, thought by some as the greatest movie ever produced, blazed a new trail in its cinematic techniquesFind any list of Best Movies of All Time and this is probably number 1 (if not, definitely in the top 3)Citizen Kane was voted #1 in the five Sight & Sound critics' polls from 1962 to 2002.[2] A separate Sight & Sound poll of established film directors, held for the first time in 1992, also placed Citizen Kane at the top in 1992 and 2002.[2] Citizen Kane was also selected as #1 in a Village Voice and in a Time Out critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film by the American Film Institute in both the first (1998) and second (2007) versions of its 100 Years... 100 Movies list.

It brilliantly combined deep-focus photography, unique lighting effects, and rapid cutting

Citizen Kane (1941) - YouTubeMusical ProjectThursday and FridayPresentations Monday and Tuesday