2019/20 SEASON INVERTIGO DANCE THEATRE: FORMULAE & FAIRY TALES
LESSON 2: SYMBOLISM, FAIRY TALES, & TRANSFORMATION LESSON AT A GLANCE LESSON OBJECTIVE: : To deepen the understanding of dance theatre through analyzing symbolism, fairy tales, and myths, and studying how Invertigo Dance Theatre re-tells myths through movement. Students will create their own narrative inversions by re-imagining symbols and rewriting a classic fairy tale. DURATION: 120 minutes MATERIALS: An apple or two, Space for movement exercises, Internet to view Formulae & Fairy Tales Videos, Handout 5: Apple Talk, Handout 6: Symbolism in Snow White, Handout 7: Transforming Fairy Tales Scene Writing Worksheet STANDARDS: National Core Arts Standards, Theatre, Grades 9-12: CREATING—Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. National Core Arts Standards, Theatre, Grades 9-12: PERFORMING—Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. National Core Arts Standards, Dance, Grades 9-12: CREATING—Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. National Core Arts Standards, Dance, Grades 9-12: RESPONDING—Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.A: Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. CONCEPTS/VOCABULARY: Archetype - a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. An archetype, also known as “universal symbol,” may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting. Collaboration - the action of working with someone to create or produce something. Curate - to select themed art pieces and design through a specific order or arrangement how the art is presented in relation to the theme or concept of a show; typically in a museum or performance piece. Exquisite Corpse - a game created from the Surrealist movement to sequence words or images Fairy Tales - a fictional story about magical events, symbols and beings; fairy tales are in the folklore genre and often take the form of a short story featuring symbolic, imaginative creatures and characters; in most cultures there is not clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tales and are part of the literary traditions of preliterate, pre-digital societies across the globe. Invert - to put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement. Symbolism - when something represents a bigger idea or “truth” than what the actual definition or physical object is; the art or practice of using symbols is to invest objects or iconic images with symbolic meaning through often invisible, immaterial, intangible, states or truths. THE BROAD STAGE AT THE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THEBROADSTAGE.ORG/EDUCATION 1310 11TH ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 / 310.434.3560
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