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Part 1--Short Answers
1. What is meant by a pas de deux?
1a. In the Smuin Ballet, there is a section that includes Hawaiian dance, a surfboard, and a popular American icon referring to a feature film and specific music. The audience had a big response to this. What was the response? Why did the audience respond so much to this?
2. In one or two sentences, describe the very ending of the Smuin Ballet performance.
3. Complete the following dialogue:
"Let's go." "W t." "W t?" "W t."
4. After we saw the clip from "Lost Highway" in class, Barry Gifford told us he had just returned from Austria, where some producers are turning his work into a new form. What are the Austrians doing with "Lost Highway"?
5. In the first act of "Waiting for Godot," Pozzo enters with Lucky at the end of a long heavy rope. When they return in the second act, both Pozzo and the rope have changed. How? What is changed about the tree in the second act?
Part 2--Essay. Answer as completely as possible in the space provided. Support your answers with specific references to events and topics studied in class.
6. Compare the blending of traditional and contemporary in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk," and the Smuin Ballet. Give an example of a successful and an unsuccessful blend of period and modern elements in each work, using examples from the performances to support your point of view.
7. Explain the reasons why the play "Waiting for Godot" is generally considered one of the greatest works of theater of the 20th century. Are the factors which have led to this judgment evident in the ACT production we saw? Why or why not?
8. What can learning about the biography of an artist contribute to our understanding of their work? Use Shostakovich and "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" as an example, being as specific as possible in your answer.
9. Over the course of this semester, we have had the opportunity to see and/or hear visual art, theatre, dance, and opera, as well as an author interview, and a combined evening of dance, storytelling, comedy, and gospel music. Choose the form of art to which you responded most strongly and positively, giving specific examples of what you liked in that performance or event (i.e. the paintings, the acting, the music, the design elements, the story, the movement, etc.), and why you liked each element that you identify.
10. Discuss what you believe is the MOST IMPORTANT and the LEAST IMPORTANT aspect of a work of art: the artist's intention, overall theme, story, process, conceptual basis, formal elements, audience interaction, etc. Briefly argue your point and support your answer using any artwork or performance we've seen or discussed this semester.