Lecture 7

Question 1

where was jose limon born

Answer 1

mexico

Question 2

when did jose limon move to the US

Answer 2

1928

Question 3

what was jose limon

Answer 3

a painter, then german expressionist inspired, moving/kinetic art form

Question 4

who did jose limon study with

Answer 4

humphrey

Question 5

jose limons career with humphrey

Answer 5

became a principle dancer with the humphrey/weidman company for 10 years

Question 6

jose limons company

Answer 6

lemon dance company

Question 7

t or f: many companies even ballet companies performs jose limons work

Answer 7

true

Question 8

what was jose limons company to first to do

Answer 8

tour europe as a modern dance company

Question 9

who was jose limon strongly influenced by

Answer 9

humphrey

Question 10

humphrey and jose limons company

Answer 10

she was the artistic director, but still encouraged him to create his own style

Question 11

3 types of jose limons works

Answer 11

narrative works
theme based works
pure movement works

Question 12

ex of jose limons narrative work

Answer 12

emperor jones

- story based on euegenomil

Question 13

what was jose limon the first choreographer to choreograph

Answer 13

long dance works with plot and 3 dimensional characters

Question 14

did jose limons works tell stories

Answer 14

many of them did

Question 15

exs of jose limons theme based works

Answer 15

the moors pavane (based on othello, only 4 characters, emotional) and there is a time (based on verses from the bible)

Question 16

jose limons theme based works

Answer 16

shorter, based on themes from literature history and religion

Question 17

jose limons pure movement works

Answer 17

inspired by music, celebrations of movement and the human spirit
-more abstract, usually joy, movement creates joy

Question 18

ex of jose limons pure movement works

Answer 18

choreographic offering , dedicated to Humphrey

Question 19

like humphrey, what did jose limon believe the greatest subject for choreography was

Answer 19

mankind and the human condition

Question 20

all of jose limons dances

Answer 20

emotional, expressive, dramatic, passionate

Question 21

t or f: jose limon was highly respected

Answer 21

true

Question 22

what did jose limon pioneer

Answer 22

a modern dance technique based on the philosophy and technique of humphrey

Question 23

what came of jose limons dance technique

Answer 23

it became one of three principle modern dance techniques to become codified and is still studied today (others are graham and cunningham techniques )

Question 24

jose limons dance technique

Answer 24

curves, arcs, concepts of rebound, oppositional energy, successional movement

Question 25

anna sokolow

Answer 25

member of grahams early company , then studied with horst, then created her own work

Question 26

what was anna sokolow the youngest american choreographer to do

Answer 26

lead her own professional dance company (age 21)

Question 27

anna sokolows company

Answer 27

dance unit

Question 28

did anna sokolow reject or rebel against her mentor

Answer 28

no

Question 29

what did anna sokolow feel the role of dance and the artist is

Answer 29

to reflect and comment on contemporary social issues (social realism)

Question 30

where was anna sokolow for nada live her life

Answer 30

on the lower east side of manhattan in new york

Question 31

what did many of anna sokolows works reflect

Answer 31

the hardships and frustrations of the lower classes living in urban cities - alienation, loneliest, repression, despair of the human condition

Question 32

anna sokolows subject matter was similar to what

Answer 32

that of the german expressionists | - was dark, angsty, internal struggle

Question 33

anna sokolows rooms

Answer 33

one of the first to use jazz music | -about loneliness and alienation

Question 34

anna sokolows dreams

Answer 34

about german concentration camp

Question 35

what was the most important element of anna sokolows works

Answer 35

the subject matter, the movement was secondary importance

Question 36

t or f: anna sokolows works were narrative

Answer 36

false, they told stories but they were very dramatic, the characters were types of people rather than specific characters from literature or history

Question 37

did anna sokolows works have endings or solutions

Answer 37

no - just stopped and faded out because she didnt believe there is an end final solution to the problems - could just make people aware of them

Question 38

what was it like to watch anna sokolows work

Answer 38

unsettling and disturbing | - but she believed in confronting her audience and provoking them to reflect on problems in society

Question 39

anna sokolows approach to teaching

Answer 39

similar to her works, believed students should disagree and argue with their teachers instead of conforming

Question 40

anna sokolow thoughts on modern dance

Answer 40

thought it was becoming too bourgeois, too conformist, too respectable

Question 41

describing anna sokolow

Answer 41

social realist, uncompromising, non-conformist, rebel