West Side Story (1961) and Hello, Dolly! (1969): Compare and contrast the use of dances set indoors and dances set outdoors. 1.  How does the location of the dance change the choreographic elements in the dance? Give one indoor and outdoor example for each film. 2.  How do these dances propel the story along? What function does each dance serve? 3.  How does the movement vocabulary support the aesthetic goal of the musical? Use Language of DanceВВ® (LOD) concepts to articulate your ideas

West Side Story (1961) and Hello, Dolly! (1969): Compare and contrast the use of dances set indoors and dances set outdoors. 1.  How does the location of the dance change the choreographic elements in the dance? Give one indoor and outdoor example for each film. 2.  How do these dances propel the story along? What function does each dance serve? 3.  How does the movement vocabulary support the aesthetic goal of the musical? Use Language of DanceВВ® (LOD) concepts to articulate your ideas

2.) Prior to the final examination in class - think back to the first assignment in class - what you knew then in comparison to what you know now. Think about the "stuff" you learned but also how you were affected by the new knowledge/experiences. Think about the experiences, discussions, etc in class that affected your thoughts about dance from a cultural and personal perspective. Discuss how you value the information learned in terms of your own growth and/or interests in pursuing more knowledge/experience in this subject area. (Write this as a 2 paged typed response and place in the dropbox on D2L prior to December 6th at 5:00 pm. things discussed in the classed and practiced in class HISTORY OF DANCE Dance has belonged to every age and culture since the beginning of time and thus has reflected the human condition and experience in each succeeding age. Dance was a functional means of survival. Dance in its earliest manifestation emerged because of primitive people's need to commu