mid term essay

Answer the following 8 series of questions in paragraph form and essay format! Do not use outside resource search engines such as google, etc. All information should come from the modules and class texts for the class. Please number your responses (question 1-8) and include the complete question you are addressing.

Dance 103 Dance History of the 20th Century Mid-term Essay Questions!

Explain the decline of tap in the mid-century (due to what evolution(s) in music and dance!) and the revival of the 1970’s (due to what person and medium). What was significant regarding the cross-generational influence of tap (address the mentoring element)? Tap as an “art” form…. how was this different than the earlier way in which tap was viewed?
Explain the role of Harlem in the evolution of jazz, swing, tap and musical theater in the early part of the 20th Century. Address venues (theaters & clubs), the role of music, artists and performances. Also, how these forms of dance interrelated and evolved during this time period.
Explain the development of vaudeville and its influence in American Musical Theater. Include such things as the various types of vaudevillian acts and the impact of the pick’s and the breakthrough of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. What preceded vaudeville? What musical theater development came after Vaudeville and how was it different?
How did technology play a role in the development of dance in the early part of the 20th Century? Address human mass migration and how that impacted how people watched dance and listened to music.
List and define identifiable traits for the 1st and 2nd generation American Modern dance and German Modern dance family trees. What was different between the American and German Modern dance developments? How did the 1st and 2nd generation American Modern dance pioneers differ? How did Modern dance evolve between the 1st and 2nd generations? What signature dance by a German Modern dance pioneer reflected the contemporary period of Germany during the early part of the century? How does that dance embody the “social, global and political viewpoint of Modern dance?
What and who are cultural representations of tap in the latter part of the 20th Century that relate to the early tap immigrants in Harlem? How has tap come “full-circle”? What artists and dances of today reflect the development of tap as an art form? How has technology impacted tap through “percussive” spectacles? What about tap and the musical evolution between the early cabaret acts and the music videos of today?
What role did juke-joints and honky-tonks in the development of social dance in the early part of the 20th Century? In what environment did dances get mainstreamed? What were the roles of the stars like Josephine Baker, Ethel Williams and the Irene and Vernon Castle in this process? How did the pick’s and cabaret acts impact the dance scene of the early 20th Century?
Where did the chorus line and precision dancing originate? Develop? What role did Ned Wayburn play in the development of the chorus line? What was the phrase “Fancy dancing”? What were the different categories of showgirls? How has the chorus line evolved through the 20th Century? How has technology influenced the chorus line?