Music appriciation assignment Assignment: Rhythm and the Body Select one of thes
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Music appriciation assignment
Assignment: Rhythm and the Body
Select one of these two videos:
Video 1: Yo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck
1. Describe the dance movements and their relationship to the music
2. Evaluate the value of both dancer and cellist
3. Comment on the symbiotic connection between the cellist and the dancer.
[The music is "The Swan," from Carnival of the Animals by the French 19th century composer Camille Saint-Saens].
Video 2: Lil Buck at TEDxTeen 2014
1. Describe the dance movements and their relationship to the music
2. Evaluate the dancer and his accuracy in embodying the music
3. Comment on the symbiotic connection between the music and the dancer.
Explanation / Answer
I have started understanding dance very recently due to the dance shows that I watch.
Video 2: Lil Buck at TEDxTeen 2014
Ans 1) The dancer is able to pick up the beats, his body is moving according to the piano theme. As well as he is doing actions as per the lyrics for e.g.: express, understood, the best. It is no very hip or normal beat kind of dancing but has very sway but graceful movements. His body is moving as per the music.
Ans 2) This style of dancing is known as contemporary dancing. His initial action of football and playing with it were going as per the music. Later on even if viewer forgets about the dance and lyrics but the viewer is stuck to the style of dancing since it is very unusual and is in trend these days. Hence later on the music is the same and steps are also repetitive .
Ans 3) I like the symbiotic connection which he has given to the steps, as I have mentioned above such as express, playing with football, in some cases even when the music is just fast then he makes some fast steps and is also taking jumps as per the music which is mostly in sync, since his body is flexible the step if guitar suits him.
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