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