Dance and Gender
1. Prior to watching the lecture on Dance and Gender Identity become familiar with some key terms as listed on this website.Links is here：https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2018/10/the-genderbread-person-v4/
2. Watch the lecture on Dance and Gender（The lecture link is here：https://youtu.be/WTMImBgYYKQ）
3. Watch the lecture on Key Issues in Dance Studies and Gender – take note of the questions discussed so you can use them to inform your viewing of the clips that follow. （ The link is here：https://youtu.be/LyOHKDlzobk）
4. Watch the 5 clips: 1. https://youtu.be/KVmFAi1Cr_0 2. https://youtu.be/5n5NpWMz5rc 3. https://youtu.be/M8coKPRNxz0 4. https://youtu.be/zTyKHSwJAXA 5. https://youtu.be/onynuHmBUmQ
5. Portfolio Activity 2.2.1: Reflect in your portfolio about the ways that gender informs your ‘reading’ of these performances / dance excerpts. Apply some of the questions discussed in lecture to guide your analysis (250 words min.)
You can either choose one of the videos and analyze it in-depth, or do a comparative analysis of two videos of your choice.
“29 Effeminate Gestures”: Performance and Analysis Example
1) Watch Joe Goode’s performance titled “29 Effeminate Gestures”, a piece that premiered in 1987. Below you’ll find an excerpt of a recording of a live performance, as well as a rendition of the performance for camera.
2 Link is here：1. https://youtu.be/hFmc2ujYmPs 2. https://youtu.be/fIUJEdv7Jlc
2. Reflect for Portfolio Activity 2.2.2:
– What is this performance about in your opinion? (100 words)
– What did you find yourself paying attention to while you were attempting to analyze it? (50 words min.)
3. Only after having completed the portfolio reflection read David Gere’s essay Download David Gere’s essayanalysis on the performance. This is an example of a dance studies analysis through a critical theory and gender theory lens. （The David Gere’s essay is uploaded in file area, please go check! Thanks!)
4. Reflect for Portfolio Activity 2.2.3:
– How does this reading inform your initial interpretation of the performance?
– Describe one of the ways that Gere is fusing dance analysis with gender theory, cultural theory, or other scholarly disciplines that stood out to you in reading this.
