6. 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
his school
Ailey's memories of his Texan childhood
Judith Jamison
birds
7. Which section is being described: The light brightens. The black cloth is suffused with a red colour. The three men wear only black trousers. This contrasts in colour to the trousers worn in the previsious dance. A connection to sin is obvious
Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
Past and Gone
Sinner Man
I Wanna Be Ready
8. What dance was created in 1958 and was the debute programme of Alvin Ailey A merican Dance Theatre
Biblical Gardens
Sinner Man
Blues Suite
Red Shoes
9. Name two dance techniques (created by other choreographers) which are fundemental in Ailey's choreographic Style
jerome robbins
george balanchine
graham and horton
judith jamison
10. Name four props which are used in revelations
fans, umberella, long strips of material, sand
Fans, stools, umberella, long strips of silk material
buckets and spades
buckets of water
11. Which section is being described: The group in two colums, travel, along the diagonal performing a repeated pattern of slow walking steps. These match the musical pulse and are embellished with Dunham-style, swivelling hips.
Preaching Spirital
I Been Buked
Processional
Wade in the Water
12. 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.
Didn't my lord deliver
I Been Buked
Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
Wade in the Water
13. What is Ailey's typical dance-music relationship
music visualisation
samba
direct correlation
violin
14. Key movements include wing-like arm designs, prone positions and deep plies. Name two more.
High kicks, tilted balances, rise, balançoire, variations of falling
Balançoire
High kicks, tilted balances, variations of falling, arching backwards, contractions of the spine and isolations of body parts
rise
15. 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.
I Been Buked
Processional
I feel Pretty
Sinner man
16. What is the correct order for Revelations
Move, members move! I been buked, Didn't my lord deliver Daniel? Fix me, Jesus, Take me to the Water, Processional, Wade in the WaterI Been Buked, Sinner Man, The Day is Past and Gone, Preaching Spiritual, Rocka my soul in the Bosom of Abraham.
Fix me, jesus, Didn't my lord deliver Daniel? I been buked, , Processional, Take me to the WaterWade in the Water, I Wanna be Ready, Move, members move! Sinner Man, The Day is Past and Gone, Preaching Spiritual, Rocka my soul in the Bosom of Abraham
I been buked, Didn't my lord deliver Daniel? Fix me, Jesus, Take me to the Water, Processional, Wade in the Water, I Wanna be Ready, Move, members move! Sinner Man, The Day is Past and Gone, Preaching Spiritual, Rocka my soul in the Bosom of Abraham.
Preaching Spiritual, I been buked, Didn't my lord deliver Daniel? Fix me, Jesus, Take me to the Water, Processional, Wade in the Water, I Wanna be Ready, Move, members move! Sinner Man, The Day is Past and Gone, Rocka my soul in the Bosom of Abraham.
17. 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?
Religious conviction and the sense of shared community values
