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Pass the Parcel – Revelations Revision
Use the following questions as forfeits for a pass the parcel revision game.
What is Ailey’s typical dance-music relationship?
Name two dance techniques (created by other choreographers) which are fundamental in Ailey’s choreographic style.
What is the chief choreographic device used by Alvin Ailey in Revelations?
Hermit songs was created by Alvin Ailey after Revelations. It was a solo for Ailey based on 8th-13th century poems by Irish monks. What year was it created?
What dance was created in 1958 and was the debut programme of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Jazz and African American dance forms were a huge influence on Alvin Ailey. Talley Beatty, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers were four different choreographers in this genre. Name two others.
There are three main starting points for Revelations. African American traditional religious music, a desire to create opportunities for African American dancers to perform serious modern dance. What was the third?
Name four props which are used in Revelations
There are four main themes in Ailey’s Revelations. A) Oppression/freedom/survival/fortitude, B) Placing the African American experience as central in American culture, C) Celebrating African American music as historically significant. What is the fourth?
Key movements include wing-like arm designs, prone positions and deep plies. Name two more.
Which episode is being described here: ‘in unison, and in close wedge-shaped formation, the deep plié is repeated with variation of the gestures. The arms open sharply to second position and are held during the second plié. The lights darken as before and the group splinters, though not so far this time, seeming to be more entrapped within the pool of light. Small steps are taken in different directions, placing the palms of the hands randomly in levels as if invisible walls restricted them’.
Which section is being described below?
Use the following questions as forfeits for a pass the parcel revision game.
What is Ailey’s typical dance-music relationship?
Name two dance techniques (created by other choreographers) which are fundamental in Ailey’s choreographic style.
What is the chief choreographic device used by Alvin Ailey in Revelations?
Hermit songs was created by Alvin Ailey after Revelations. It was a solo for Ailey based on 8th-13th century poems by Irish monks. What year was it created?
What dance was created in 1958 and was the debut programme of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Jazz and African American dance forms were a huge influence on Alvin Ailey. Talley Beatty, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers were four different choreographers in this genre. Name two others.
There are three main starting points for Revelations. African American traditional religious music, a desire to create opportunities for African American dancers to perform serious modern dance. What was the third?
Name four props which are used in Revelations
There are four main themes in Ailey’s Revelations. A) Oppression/freedom/survival/fortitude, B) Placing the African American experience as central in American culture, C) Celebrating African American music as historically significant. What is the fourth?
Key movements include wing-like arm designs, prone positions and deep plies. Name two more.
Which episode is being described here: ‘in unison, and in close wedge-shaped formation, the deep plié is repeated with variation of the gestures. The arms open sharply to second position and are held during the second plié. The lights darken as before and the group splinters, though not so far this time, seeming to be more entrapped within the pool of light. Small steps are taken in different directions, placing the palms of the hands randomly in levels as if invisible walls restricted them’.
Which section is being described below?