DANCE ANALYSIS – DANCE RESPONSE WORKSHEET:
Please complete your answers to the following six (6) questions in your journal.
Observe a dance (Planet Bboy, video) and answer the following questions:
(Use this sheet to take notes only.)
1. Name the dance genre and why you see it as a form of dance.
2. In a paragraph, describe the dance (talk about elements). You may use the chart below to make point form notes:
Design Elements: Music ___________________________________________________
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Lighting & Set Design needed: ________________________________
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Costumes ________________________________________________
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Choreographic Elements
Space patterns
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Technical Body Movements
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Form & Sequence (overall structure)
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Roles of the dancers.
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Story telling: ______________________________________________
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Power moves:______________________________________________
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Creativity:_________________________________________________
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3. In another paragraph, explain what this genre of dance says about the b-boys (and girls) who dance it. What characteristics and qualities, as people, did the movie show these dancers need to have?
Give examples from the movie:
4. Explain your understanding of the origins of this kind of dance (breakdancing).
Use examples from the movie and your own research.
5. What meaning and feelings do you get out of a particular dance or dance crew that you watched in the film Planet B-Boy (pick one you watched)?
Dance groups are from: Las Vegas, U.S.A.
……………………………………Osaka, Japan
Paris, France
………………………………….Seoul, South Korea
B-boy: beat boy, girls and boys who perform an urban dance, commonly know as breakdancing.
For more information on the movie go to: http://planetbboy.com/
6. The genre of this film is DOCUMENTARY.
a) How effective was Korean-American director Benson Lee, telling of the story of Planet B-Boy?
b) Is the title Planet B-Boy a good title for the film? Why or why not?
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