5 Rhythms: Review and Finale

Activities for Today 


 

I. Alignment (2:00 min)

Close your eyes

Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite

Elongate of your neck

relax your shoulders

Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from the bottom of your feet downward

Inhale and on the exhale press your abdomen against your spine

Flatten your back

Tuck in your rib cage

Rotate your shoulder so that the align with your hips

Bring your tailbone slightly forward

Soften your knees

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II.  Improvisation Warm Up (7:34)

Walk and Run 

Random Poses and Stillness

Feeling Weight

Body Connections

 Balancing: finding grounding and opposite pools

Release neck and head

Floor

Slow movements; find connections

Body planes and body halves

Question 1:

Today is the fourth day you try this warm up.
a) Did you notice any improvement in terms of mechanics and expressiveness?
b) Have you memorized the warm up?

c) Explain

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III). Review Your Phrases

• Theme from your drawing
• Your phrase on shapes
• Your staccato rhythm phrase
• Your chaos rhythm phrase
• Your lyrical rhythm phrase
• Your stillness rhythm phrase 

Question 2

Are you able to remember your phrases?
What has been your process to remember?

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IV). 5 RHYTHMS 

Review

5Rhythms Lucia Horan & Douglas Drummond

Question 3

How useful is it to see other people dancing the 5 rhythms in trying to acquire the necessary vocabulary to dance freely? Explain

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Watch Video below and follow the instructions as you mix all the rhythms. (9:16 min)

Combine all 5 Rhythms

Gabrielle Roth - Power Wave Dance

Question 4

Has the concept of the 5 Rhythms helped you improvise? Explain

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V) Combine all your phrases from beginning to end

Mix all the phrases you have explored so far and move freely from one to the other.

• Theme from your drawing
• Your phrase on shapes
• Your staccato rhythm phrase
• Your chaos rhythm phrase
• Your lyrical rhythm phrase
• Your stillness rhythm phrase 

Question 5

Write a short reflection on the process ( what was difficult or easy and why; what did you feel)

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VI). Record your dance and post it on Discussion Board

In honor of the corona virus pandemic; you can wear masks and gloves when dancing.

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Students' Work


Robert

Wen

Jenny 

Rong 

Manyun 

Teresa 

Alice 

Ma 

Jianan 

Zhenyu 

yunqi 

5 Rhythms: Stillness

 

I. Alignment (2:00 min)

Close your eyes

Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite

Elongate of your neck

relax your shoulders

Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from the bottom of your feet downward

Inhale and on the exhale press your abdomen against your spine

Flatten your back

Tuck in your rib cage

Rotate your shoulder so that the align with your hips

Bring your tailbone slightly forward

Soften your knees

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 II). Warm Up

II.  Improvisation Warm Up (7:34)

Walk and Run 

Random Poses and Stillness

Feeling Weight

Body Connections

 Balancing: finding grounding and opposite pools

Release neck and head

Floor

Slow movements; find connections

Body planes and body halves

Question:
Today is the third day you try this warm up.
Did you notice any improvement in terms of mechanics and expressiveness?
 Explain

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III). Review Your Phrases

• Theme from your drawing
• Your phrase on shapes
• Your staccato rhythm phrase
• Your chaos rhythm phrase
• Your lyrical rhythm phrase

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IV). 5 RHYTHM: LYRICAL

3). Observe video on Stillness Rhythm

 

 

 

 

 

Stillness
 

 

4). Create 8 moves phrase.

Lyrical Soundtrack

 5). Add new phrase to previous phrases.

6). Record phrase and post

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Students' Work


Ma

5 Rhythms: Lyrical

I. Alignment (2:00 min)

Close your eyes

Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite

Elongate of your neck

relax your shoulders

Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from the bottom of your feet downward

Inhale and on the exhale press your abdomen against your spine

Flatten your back

Tuck in your rib cage

Rotate your shoulder so that the align with your hips

Bring your tailbone slightly forward

Soften your knees

Question:
Has the alignment of your body improve since the beginning of class? Explain.

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II.  Improvisation Warm Up (7:34)

Walk and Run 

Random Poses and Stillness

Feeling Weight

Body Connections

 Balancing: finding grounding and opposite pools

Release neck and head

Floor

Slow movements; find connections

Body planes and body halves

Question:
Today is the second day you try this warm up.
Did you notice any improvement in terms of mechanics and expressiveness?
 Explain
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III . Lyrical Rhythm

Soundtrack Lyrical

  
Lyrical - Five Rhythms Wave

Question:

After dancing to the Lyrical Soundtrack above, following the demonstration in the video, what do you feel in your body. Use details such as breath, range of motion, mobility, rhythm, energy, etc.

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IV. LINK

Text: Maps to Ecstasy

Page 33

Question:
Please, click on the link above, and click on page 33 to summarize the  meaning of Lyrical Rhythm in dance improvisation according to Gabrielle Roth.


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V. Five Scientific Steps

This is to honor the science minded students in our class.
The link below, explains how to become a better dancer just based on five basic ideas.

5 Scientific Steps That Will Make a Better Dancer

Question:
Please, explain how the steps mentioned above may relate to the way you move in space as you improvise dance.

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VI. Movement Phrase

3). Observe Video on Lyrical Rhythm

4). Create a new 8 moves phrase.

5). Add new phrase to previous phrases

6). Record phrase and post

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Students' Work 

Manyun 


Youjia

3/26 Lyrical

Q1: Has the alignment of your body improve since the beginning of class? Explain.

Yes, the alignment of my body improve a lot.

Q2: Today is the second day you try this warm up.

Did you notice any improvement in terms of mechanics and expressiveness?

I am more flexible and I can do more movement that I can’t before.

Q3: After dancing to the Lyrical Soundtrack above, following the demonstration in the video, what do you feel in your body. Use details such as breath, range of motion, mobility, rhythm, energy, etc.

I feel relax. My breathe becomes quick and the range of motion becomes larger. I feel to energetic.

Q4:Please, explain how the steps mentioned above may relate to the way you move in space as you improvise dance.

The first step is tap into my core. Finding my core helps me stand in a more balanced way and it will helps me look more elegant.

The second step is warm up. Every time before we dance, we always warm up. Not only because to avoid injure but also let you be in the dance mode, which helps me feel free to dance with any parts of my body.

The third step is shift your weight. It’s like you are a butterfly, when you shift your weight upward. When you shift you weight downward, you can feel the connection between your feet and the ground.

The fourth step is connected with other dancers. It’s attractive to make eye contact and toughing.

The fifth step is authentic. Everyone has different preference. You need to find what exactly you want to express through your dance.