A statement about the dance "Restless eydeas on uneasy pad"
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Chrystelle Lee Trump (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Virginia Moomaw
Abstract: "Restless Eydeas on Uneasy Pad" is a dance that was choreographed as a manifestation of elements in the jazz idiom. The elements of rhythm, dynamics, design in time, and design in space were studied in dance, music, and paintings, and were utilized in this dance. One characteristic of rhythm in the Jazz idiom is contrapuntal rhythms. Contrapuntal rhythms are found in this dance by: (1) the rhythm of one group of dancers against the rhythm of a second group; (2) the rhythm of the music against the rhythm of the movement; (3) the rhythm of one part of the body against the rhythm of another part of the body; (U) the motor rhythm of the moving bodies against the pulse of the dance. Another characteristic of rhythm in the jazz idiom is syncopation which could be a symbol of restlessness and revolution. In this dance, there are syncopated movement patterns, syncopated antiphonal sections, and syncopated variations of dynamics. Still another characteristic of rhythm in the jazz idiom is improvisation which is found in this dance in the burst of quick footwork with complex rhythmic patterns similar to the improvised embellishments of Jazz music. Improvisation is also found in the dance when the group "basses" the leader with spontaneous-like variations of the leader's movement pattern to emphasize the leader's movement.
A statement about the dance "Restless eydeas on uneasy pad"
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Created on 1/1/1960
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Honors Project
- Language: English
- Date: 1960