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The problem of this thesis was to choreograph a series of twelve dances reflective in style, form and content of twelve paintings by Paul Klee which were selected by the author as stimuli for the dances. The problem of the choreographer Was to find similar means of expression in the dance medium for the plastic means employed in each of the Klee Paintings. The twelve paintings were chosen for their motional suggestiveness; they were: "The Twittering Machine," "Blossom in the night," "Intention," "Rose Dwarf," "Heron," "Blooming," "Free? but Securely Held," "Dame Demon," "Timid Brute," "Landscape with Yellow Birds," and "Intoxication,," Each painting, through its particular arrangement of the plastic elements of line, color, tone value and texture, established a unique ,framework ,of limitations within which the choreographer chose to work in creating a dance extension of the painting. The basic problem of choreographic creation was complicated by the necessity to integrate musical selection, production design and the personalities of the performing artists with the total dance expression which evolved out of each painting" ! The author's method of approach to this problem was initially analytical, involving extensive research on Paul Klee's style and on the particular works by Paul Klee to be extended into dance Analysis provided a basis for choreographic conception and development, which was the next step. This entailed rehearsals over a two-month period and a gradual genesis of form out of the materials of the dance medium, the stimulus of the paintings and the imagination of the choreographer. The culmination of this process of analysis and choreographic development was a theatrical presentation of the twelve dances in the form of a lecture demonstration on May 13 and 14 at 8:30 p.m. in the Modern Dance Studio. The production was filmed and the film accompanies the written portion of this creative thesis. |
