Companion Questionnaire

For What? Interactive

Ten Years of a Dance

Assignment: Look through the DVD or Website Version of "What? Interactive." View at least four of the dance performances. Pick two of those performances to use for completion of this questionnaire. Look at the still images and make sure to watch the original performance May 10th, 1984, but do not use that dance for your comparison.

1. Pick two of the dances for your comparison. Which two dances did you choose?

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B:______________________________________________________

2. Who were the dancers?

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B:______________________________________________________

3. Check the performance venues used for the dances in your comparison?

A B

Proscenium ___________ _____________

Platform Stage ___________ _____________

Studio ___________ _____________

Outdoors ___________ _____________

4. How did the size of the stages affect the dances? How did the dancers have to adjust because of the stage size?

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5. What were the differences in costuming between the two dances?

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6. What was the difference in make-up between the two dances?

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7. What angle was used by the videographer to shoot the dance?

A B

Center ___________ __________

Stage Right ___________ __________

Stage Left ___________ __________

8. What range was used throughout most of the recording?

A B

Long Shot ___________ __________

Medium Shot ___________ __________

Close-Up ___________ __________

Mixed ___________ __________

9. Compare differences in choreography between the dances.

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10. Do you think the differences were dancer error or actual changes in the choreography over time?

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11. How did individual dancers unique movement style effect the performance of the dance?

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12. Music has the ability to heighten our feelings. There are three unique sections of music in this dance, describe the feelings you experienced while listening to each section.

1._________________________________________________

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2._________________________________________________

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3._________________________________________________

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13. Describe the feeling of the original version of "What?" Use the May 10th 1984 Salt Lake City Arts Center Performance. What do you think this dance is about?

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14. Even though "What?" doesn't have traditional dance steps in the choreography, do you think the dancers needed to have a strong technical base to execute this dance? Explain why or why not?

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15. Name three still images that you like and describe what you like about them.

1. Name:________________________________________

Description:____________________________________

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2. Name:________________________________________

Description:____________________________________

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3. Name:________________________________________

Description:____________________________________

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