Complete one of the following options for your Week 3 assignment:

Option A

Description of Dance Styles

Select two styles of dance–such as ballet, modern dance, folk dance, and jazz dance–as described in your text.

Describe each style of dance, and include the following:

History and development of the style

Discussion of your understanding of the use of line, form, repetition, and rhythm in each piece

Description of the inspiration for the work in terms of story, theme, and image

Description of what the movements of both styles communicate to you in terms of mood

Description of what influences each dancer, or the choreographer, in the performance of each style or creation of a new dance performance

Submit your assignment in one of the following formats:

A 700- to 1,050-word paper

A four- to seven-minute podcast or video

 

Option B

Playlist Mixtape

Create a playlist of six to nine musical works.

Organize your selections under a theme such as “Music for Motivation” or “Cross-Country Playlist.” Be as creative as you like.

Include the following:

Two to three works of popular music, such as rock, pop, country, dance, or hip-hop

Two to three works of medieval or classical music; selections may include cantatas, oratorio, fugues, and so forth

Two to three works from other musical forms such as opera, jazz, or folk music

Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your playlist which discusses how the formal and technical qualities of music affect you; in other words, how does music create a certain type of mood, and is it successful in prompting a response from you, emotional or otherwise? Use at least five to seven vocabulary terms from the text in your discussion, which may include but not limited to the following:

Form

Composition

Call and response

Fusion

Looping

Sound

Pitch

Scale

Dynamics

Timbre

Rhythm

Beat

Meter

Tempo

Melody

Harmony

Motif

Harmony

Consonance

Dissonance

Tonality

Texture

Submit your playlist with its organizing theme, as well as your summary, in one document using the Assignment Files tab.