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Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance. CRY. THE SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance. CRY. In this tutorial you will examine the socio-historic context of the work Cry and investigate how it has influenced the choreographer. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance. CRY.

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  1. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY THE SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT

  2. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY In this tutorial you will examine the socio-historic context of the work Cry and investigate how it has influenced the choreographer.

  3. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY AILEY’S SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT In an interview Alvin Ailey once described his work Revelations being about his ‘blood memories’.What do you think that he means by this statement? How do you think ‘blood memories’ may differ from experienced memories? Discuss the significance of his statement in relation to Cry.

  4. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY AILEY’S SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT “Black lives were as peaceful and secure as racism and poverty would allow.”(Dunning, J. 1998. Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance. Da Capo Press, USA) Activity Define the term racism. Alvin Ailey was born in rural Texas in the USA in 1931. Research the history of Texas in the 1930’s using this link. Focus on race relations between blacks and whites. Consider segregation laws of the era.

  5. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY AILEY’S SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT Although Alvin Ailey had the love and support of his mother Lula when he was a child, he was exposed to extreme racism and violence due to circumstances beyond their control. Activity Discuss the impact this would have had on Ailey in his early years. How is this evident in his work as an artist?

  6. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY AILEY’S SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT • Activity • Create a time line of significant events in the life of Alvin Ailey. Include the following: • early years/family/relationship with his mother • formal education • dance training/influences • phases of his career as a dancer and choreographer • establishment of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and its development as a company. Use the links on the following screen to assist your research.

  7. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY RESEARCH LINKS Alvin Ailey biography alvinailey.org pbs.org Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre time line alvinailey.org

  8. Return to NSW HSC Online: Dance CRY AILEY’S SOCIO-HISTORIC CONTEXT Examine the research material you have gathered based on the socio-historic context of Alvin Ailey and his work. Activity Discuss how Alvin Ailey’s background and training has contributed to the development of his choreographic style. Use specific examples from his body of work.

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