Revelations Revision

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  • Created on: 19-05-14 12:25

1. There are three main staring points for Revelations. African American traditional music, a desire to create opportunities for African American dancers to perform serious modern dance. What was the third

  • Ailey's memories of his Texan childhood
  • birds
  • Judith Jamison
  • his school
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2. Which episode is being descrobed here: 'in unison, and in close wedge-shaped formation, the deep plie is repeated with variation of the gestures. The arms open sharply to second position and are held during the second plie.

  • Processional
  • I feel Pretty
  • I Been Buked
  • Sinner man

3. Which section? The continue in unison, for example: a step close action with train wheel, chugging arms; a plie in second with arms thrust forward to clap; a quick rotation of the hips with pumping arms; and the pointing gesture seen before.

  • Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
  • Wade in the Water
  • Didn't my lord deliver
  • I Been Buked

4. There are four main themes in Revelations. A) Oppression/freedom/survival/fortitude B) Placing the African American experience as central in American culture C) Celebrating African American music as historically significant. What is the fourth?

  • Childhood
  • The way he loved dancing more than anything
  • Religious conviction and the sense of shared community values
  • Water

5. Key movements include wing-like arm designs, prone positions and deep plies. Name two more.

  • High kicks, tilted balances, variations of falling, arching backwards, contractions of the spine and isolations of body parts
  • Balançoire
  • rise
  • High kicks, tilted balances, rise, balançoire, variations of falling

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