Dance 101 1st Edition Lecture 14Outline of Last Lecture I. Post Modern DanceII. Judith JamisonIII. Bill JonesIV. Test #3Outline of Current Lecture II.The Vaudeville EraIII. The Golden Age of Movie MusicalsIV. Busby BerkeleyCurrent LectureThe Vaudeville Erao Americas Early Variety Shows; live; 1890s-1930; variety acts: singers, dancers, actors, comedians,Broadway- Minstrel Shows *DON’T NEED TO KNOW THIS- The Harlem Renaissanceo New York- uptown island of Manhattano 1920’S rebirth interest in black culture; known as ‘The Roaring 20s’ Dresses were shortened; hair wasn’t long anymore- often in a bob; women take care of home and family; industrial revolution; early motion pictures began (no sound yet) and were called ‘The Flickers’ Hollywood took the best Vaudeville actors and o Black acts, tap dancers, singers, people on vaudeville tourso The Cotton Club The ‘in’ club Primarily black people but all the audience were white (blacks couldn’t watch)- “The Black Crook”The Golden Age of Movie Musicalso Starts that couldn’t sing or dance were ‘made’ to sing and danceo 1930s-1950so Choreography was much more polished and good looking girls were now being filmed- Busby Berkeley These 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 Cinematic genius; innovated camera shotso Trademark Style and Camera Work What he’s known for; great with camera; would film from above Trademark was overhead shots and kaleidoscopic (colorful) movement/ motion/ arrangement Instead of choreographing the dancers, they would arrange them in patters and be filmed from above o Choreographer, director, and camera man on Broadwayo “402nd St” This street was a haven in the 20’s for people who wanted to ‘make it big’ in Broadway Also a film on Broadway which Busby Berkeley helped make big because of his filming skills; filmed as many dancers as he could Backstage musical- Fred Astaire (1899-1987)o Wanted dance to be filmed full-bodied with no cuts or weird camera angles- wanted it to be filmed in a way where it feels like you’re in the audienceo Dressed very spiffy; very fashionable and elegant style; not athletic or boyisho Performer, choreographer, and director; o Performed in musical theatre and was a tap dancer; their style- ballroom and tap dancingo He and Ginger Roger were stars in movie musicals; ‘Class Act’o When MGM paired Ginger Roger and Fred, America flocked to see their motion picture movies- Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) Fred & Ginger: “Royal Wedding”, “The Barclays of Broadway”, “The Gay Divorcee”, “Flying Down to Rio”, “Top Hat”. “Swing Time”, “Holiday Inn”- Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878-1949)o Elegant; African American; inspiration to several generations- control and balance was legendaryo Tap dancer in 1930s and early 40’s when America was segregated- their dancing together became hope and promise to America that we can one day be desegregatedo Went from Vaudeville to Broadway to motion pictureo Paired with Shirley Temple, a 6 year old, when he was 56 years old The performed in family musicals- Shirley Templeo Left acting in adult years; a child star; later because ambassador of US Nationso Paired with Bill Robinsono “The Little Colonel”, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”- Movie Musicals, Stage Musicals, Broadway, The West End, Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadway- Book Musicals, Concept Musicals, Musical Reviews- Florenz Ziegfeld (1867-1932)o “The Ziegfeld Follies”- George Balanchine (1904-1983)o “On Your Toes”, “Babes in Arms”, “The Boys from Syracuse”, “I Married An Angel”- Katherine Dunham (1909-2006)o “Cabin in the Sky”, “Stormy Weather”- Gene Kelly (1912-1996)o “Singing In the Rain”, “An American in Paris”, “On The Town”, “Brigadoon”o Performer, choreographer, directorCATEGORIES:- Entertainers/ Performers:- Choreographers:- Directors:- Choreographer and directs: Busby Berkeley- Performer, choreographer, AND director: Gene Kelly- Crossovers (people that were in other eras we’ve studied)-o From Ballet world: George Balanchineo From contemporary
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