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(F) L1: Soulmaking, Appropriation, and Improvisation Flashcards

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Soulmaking is also known as?

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Artmaking

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An alternative venue for knowing ourselves and looking into the depth and real meaning of what we are doing for everyday life (acc. to Narciso)

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Soulmaking/Artmaking

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Form of story crafting or transforming brief moments into images or symbols and it also connects with people, understands culture, and embodies tolerance and peace

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Soulmaking/Artmaking

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Soulmaking develops the ________ within us, awakening art that has been stagnant or undeveloped for many years

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Artist

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Soulmaking unites us with our _______ selves

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Primal

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T or F: Soulmaking opens doors only for artistic intelligence of expression

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False (multiple intelligence)

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In soulmaking, what is explored and applied in an active way?

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One’s imagination

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T or F: Artists, artisans, and even ordinary people use their imagination to survive and live

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True

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T or F: We use imagination/inspiration to connect with other people

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False (connect with our soul)

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This is where the substance and meaning of an artwork is formed hence it is an important tool in soulmaking

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Imagination

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T or F: It takes minimal effort to imagine but more effort to turn it into art

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True

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Imaginations are dependent on _______, hence why it will stay in our imagination unless the artist converts it into a tangible form

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Action

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T or F: Soulmaking is merely a learned skill and not something one is born with

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False (it can be innate, learned, or both)

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T or F: Making art is easy

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False (it is complex and intricate; it takes perseverance, imagination, and hard work)

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T or F: Soulmaking requires a professional to be involved

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False (anyone regardless of skill or background can engage in soulmaking)

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T or F: Soulmaking has a time reference

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False (it occurs anytime when one engages in real time, space, and life)

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T or F: Any place can be a profound space for soulmaking

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True (artists and artisans create a space of individuality and identity)

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People define their soulmaking spaces ________

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Literally/Physically

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Categories of Soulmaking:
- refers to imaging
- representing through painting, sculpting, drawing, storytelling, poetry, dancing, composing, or taking notes

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Crafting Images

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Crafting images is just like _______, it is not creating works out of nothing because it stems from personal experiences, encounters, and events that triggered reflection, judgment, and recall

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Weaving/Crocheting/Quilting

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Categories of Soulmaking:
- refers to writing, engraving, and inscribing our thoughts, ideas, commentaries, criticisms, and positive or negative emotions

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Crafting Stories

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Our own ______ are sacred and important to us in a particular time and moment as it becomes our personal time and moment later on

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Stories

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The stories we craft become our own _____ that can be handed down to succeeding generations

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History

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Categories of Soulmaking:
- refers to producing sounds that transcend feelings, emotions, and sensations in another realm

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Crafting Instruments

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This person is a bridge toward the unknown because instruments produce sound that transcends feelings, emotions, and sensations in another realm

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Instrument Maker

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The soul is accompanied by a ______ so that it doesn’t vanish

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Vessel (a body)

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Transforming an object into an instrument allows one to discover what 2 elements of music, to produce sound that is entertaining, enhancing, and magical?

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Harmony and Balance

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Categories of Soulmaking:
- refers to how life is full of movements and is filled with various beats
- everything we do in life is a performance; we perform life

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Crafting Movements

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T or F: Life is full of flowing images accompanied by flowing narratives

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True

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Categories of Soulmaking:
- anything that can be crafted using different evocative descriptions of experiences and explorations (e.g. photograph studies, puppets, masks, constructions, and notepad studies)

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Crafting Techniques

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31
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Michael Gelb captured the essence of this genius through his work “How to Think Like ________”, who was this genius?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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A Framework for a Genius:
- an insatiable curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous and constant learning

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Curiosita (Curiosity)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- a commitment and dedication to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes

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Dimostrazione (Experiential)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- continual refinement of the senses (especially sight) as a means to enliven experience

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Sensazione (Sensory)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty

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Sfumato (Transfiguration)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- development of balance between science and art
- logic and imagination
- aka “whole brain” thinking

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Arte/Scienza (Balancing Art & Science)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise

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Corporalita (Balancing Mind and Body)

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A Framework for a Genius:
- recognition and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena

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Connessione (Systems Thinking)

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Pertains to the general right of a person to control an object purchased or in his/her possession

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Ownership

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This gives the owner of a specific work, exclusive rights to reproduce, publicly display, make and distribute copies, and prepare derivative works based on the original artwork as well as authorize others

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Copyright Laws

41
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T or F: Copyright can be transferred to the buyer

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False (the ownership gets transferred to the buyer but the copyright stays with the creator)

42
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T or F: Works where the buyer paid for a work to be done by the artist, the copyright stays with the artist

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T

IF YOU BOUGHT THE ARTWORK ALREADY MADE: copyright to artist

43
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Refers to borrowing recognizable images from other sources and using them to make a new art form

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Appropriation

44
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Who described appropriation as a means of experimentation by changing the context around borrowed images/objects?

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Mandiberg

45
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T or F: The meaning of the borrowed images doesn’t change once used in the new art work

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False (it changes)

46
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T or F: To appropriate does not mean stealing or plagiarizing

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True (it is not owning a particular work but just using it in the artist’s new context)

47
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T or F: Appropriation artists prohibit the use of the original message and intention of the work being appropriated

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False (they establish them in the new art work)

48
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What are the 2 ways that artworks can be appropriated?

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  1. Appropriating artistic content - includes elements such as motif, style, genres, etc.
  2. Adoption of items to be considered artworks - tangible creations of one culture
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T or F: Appropriation is different from copying or forgery

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True (it allows the viewer to recognize the origin of the borrowed images as well as its original context)

50
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The aim of an appropriation artist is to ______ the borrowed object through different steps (e.g. enlargement or repetition), framing, or translation across mediums

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Recontextualize

51
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Refers to deceiving the viewers into thinking that they are looking at an original art work

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Forgery/Copying

52
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T or F: Owning narratives can be a form of appropriation

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True

53
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A fundamental way through which humans make sense of the world

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Narrative

54
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This is an important part of the need for human beings to be creative and express themselves; it is integral to the poetic impulse represented in culture’s founding myths

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Narration

55
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Refers to a specific type or form of intellectual development; it also means customs, practices, perspectives, and creations shared by a group of people

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Culture

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Refers to the appropriation that occurs across the boundaries of culture; a person from one culture takes objects from another culture and uses these as their own

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Cultural Appropriation

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Types of Cultural Appropriation:
- appropriation of concrete and noticeable works of art
- a tangible work previously owned by people from one culture was taken and adopted by those from another culture
- e.g. transferring a totem pole from North America to a museum in Europe

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Object Appropriation

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Types of Cultural Appropriation:
- refers to the adoption of art works that are intangible
- an intangible work expressed by people from one culture was adopted by others
- e.g. short stories, poetry, musical compositions, etc.

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Content Appropriation

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What are the 2 types of content appropriation?

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Style and Motif Appropriation

60
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This refers to the ff.:
- artists do not replicate the works created by other people
- however they use elements from that work (from another culture) in creating their own works

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Style Appropriation

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This refers to the ff.:
- happens when artists are inspired by the art from a different culture but do not use the same exact style

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Motif Appropriation

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Types of Cultural Appropriation:
- occurs when a subject matter from another culture is appropriated
- could be morally unacceptable

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Subject Appropriation

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The act of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging something without previous preparation or producing something from what’s available

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Improvisation

64
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2 terms mentioned in the book that are the same as “improvising”

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Extemporize or Ad Lib

65
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T or F: Speaking requires a good deal of improvisation

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True

66
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This happens if the improvisation is intended to solve a problem and the “proper” solution is unavailable at the time; this applies to the field of engineering

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Stop-gap

67
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All ideas that a group member may have are permitted and encouraged to be expressed, regardless of practicality or importance

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Brainstorming

68
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What is the informal term for “brainstorming”?

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Thinking outside the box

69
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Improvisation can be thought of as “on the spot” or “off the cuff”, what 2 phrases/words describe the 2 quoted terms?

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On the spot = At the moment
Off the cuff = Impromptu

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T or F: Improvisation can be seen outside the arts

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True (engineers solve problems with the materials on hand, criminals and insurgents use improvised weapons, and improvised materials are used for cleaning equipment)

71
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The creative activity of immediate musical composition which combines performance with the communication of emotions and while simultaneously playing instruments and responding to other musicians

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Musical improvisation

72
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T or F: Music improvisation can be understood as composing music “on the fly”

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True

73
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T or F: Improvisation only happens during solo performances

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False (it can also take place in ensemble performances)

74
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What emotional response is elicited from the audience when improvisation is done correctly?

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Gratifying

75
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This is commonly practiced as part of a rappers’ creative process, as a “finished product” for release on recordings

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Improvised freestyle rap

76
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Often called “improv” or “impro”, is a form of theater, mainly comedic, wherein it is unplanned or unscripted

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Improvisational Theater

77
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T or F: Improvisational theater exists in films as part of the final product

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True

78
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This type of improvisation is used in classrooms as an educational tool, in businesses to develop communication skills, and in psychotherapy as a tool to gain insights about a person

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Applied improvisation

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The process of spontaneously creating movement via body mapping through levels, shapes, and dynamics schema; it also refers to freeing the body from habitual patterns

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Dance Improvisation

80
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Who is a famous dance improviser and what was their famous choreographed song?

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Michael Jackson; Billie Jean

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T or F: Improvisation is used as a choreographic tool

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True

82
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Form of improvised dancing which explores the relationship of one’s own body to another; uses the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness

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Contact improvisation

83
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The 5 rhythms when danced in a sequence are known as?

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Wave; takes about an hour to perform as it explores emotion, the life cycle, ego, relationships, and spiritual vision

84
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This map teaches embodiment of the 5 distinct rhythms; to access the deep internal wisdom that human bodies contain

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Waves

85
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This map teaches how people have embodied and how they express emotions

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Heartbeat

86
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This map provides insight and understanding about how one has internalized conditioning and relationships throughout life

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Cycles

87
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This psyche map gives insight and understanding of the ego

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Mirrors

88
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This was the first school in the Philippines dedicated to teaching improvisational theater

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Third-World Improv

89
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Improv Theater Principles:
- the most important and foundational improv principle
- accepting a situation and building on it (never say no)

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Yes, and

90
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Improv Theater Principles:
- there is no such thing as “laglagan” or leaving people hanging/throwing under the bus
- telling people “I got your back”
- putting a partner in the best light possible as people shine brightest when they focus on the other

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Making your partner look good

91
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Improv Theater Principles:
- being “just right” is the best thing you can be
- never hog the spotlight, talk over anybody, or pressure yourself to be brilliant all the time
- do your part genuinely and let the scene take off on its own

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Being average

92
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Improv Theater Principles:
- pay attention to what your scene partner is saying to move the story forward

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Active listening

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Improv Theater Principles:
- everything said or done is an offer if you choose to accept it
- listening creates openings everywhere
- the most creative improv scenes start when performers accept the offers given to them with no judgement

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Everything is a gift

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