Dance 101 1st Edition Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture I. Post Modern DanceII. Merce CunninghamIII. John CageOutline of Current Lecture II.Post Modern DanceIII. Judith JamisonIV. Bill JonesCurrent LecturePost Modern Dance- John Cageo Collaborations with visual artists and composerso Computer Technology and Danceo Musician and composer, composing almost all of merce Cunninghams music for his danced- Alwin Nikolais (1912-1993)o Motion not Emotion- Murray Louis (b. 1926)o Nikolais-Louis Dance Labo Nikolais-Louis Dance Company- Paul Taylor (b. 1930)o Forerunner of the post-modern movemento Paul Taylor Dance Company o “Aureole”, “Cloven Kingdom”, “Esplanade” classical movement, barefoot, “Piazzolla Caldera”Post Modern – Second Generation – The Next Wave- 1950s-1970s- Dance for mild topics to things that are very controversial (like aids epidemic)- Dances can be beautiful or very horrific/ ugly- Basically can dance about anything- Pedestrian style clothing- everyday wear- Judith Jamison (b. 1944)o Alvin Ailey American Dance TheatreThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Divining- best known for this piece of workBased on her trip to Africao Performed in Sophisticated Ladies – Broadway Alvin Ailey asked her to come dance for him (Ailey Company)o 6-foot tall dancer, African American- discrimination on her.o Became one of leading female dancers with Alvin Ailey and took over his company when he passed away- Bill T. Jones (b. 1952)o Work is controversial and has a strong narrativeo Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Arnie Zane was a college friend Company known for different dancers, from all over the world, all different sizes and backgrounds; real people. Very eclectic company Arnie Zane got AIDS and passed awayo D-Man in the Waters, Still HereAbout AIDS epidemic and dying awayBill T. Jones’s first work on his own without Arnie Zaneo Spring Awakening, Fela – Broadway Spring Awakening was a serious show that Bill choreographed Fela- Jones wrote, choreographed, and directed this piece- About an African American- Garth Fagan (b. 1940) Don’t need to know him***o The Lion King- Pina Bausch (1940-2009)o German choreographer that studied with Kirt Euse who studied with Rudolph Bahnlavano Studied with Jose Lamone and Paul Tayloro Went to Gulliard- leading performer and died in 2009o Movement, sound and STAGE SETSo Main theme in works is relationshipso Digs up emotions from dancers and uses a lot of their collaboration Improv and memory from dancers are used in her worko She covers the stage in things ex: rose petals, glitter, and dirt exc.o Wuppertaler Tanztheatre “Dance theatre” in German Elaborate collaborationso Judson Dance Theatre: Meredith Monk (b. 1943); Yvonne Rainer (b. 1934); Trisha Brown (b. 1940) Don’t need to know this**- Mark Morris (b. 1956)o Today one of the foremost working choreographerso Themes can be wildly comic to very dark and dramatico Musicality is very important today- he never works with recorded music and always performswith live musico From Seattleo Know for his creative approach and sense of humor and his musical varietyo Worked with Machel Bridgenicoff “White Oak Projects’ worked with Raquelo Diloh Enneneous and modern version of nutcracker “the Hard Nut’o Worked with YoYo Mao Received many awards from different musical schools- David Dorfman (b. 1956) Don’t need to know him**- David Parsons (b. 1959) Don’t need to know him**o Dance