Unit 4: Japan & Korea – Paper
Japan & Korea Unit Paper.
⦁ Prompt:
“Butoh and K-pop are contemporary interpretations of traditional dance styles from their respective cultures. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Is it more important for a culture to preserve its art or progress its art? Use aspects of both Butoh and K-pop to illustrate your answer.”
Each Unit Paper should be approximately two (2) pages in length, type-written, double-spaced, 12 pt. font.
You may submit your paper early. Your paper may be up to three (3) pages in length.
Your Unit Papers will be a written collection of your expectations for a given dance form or culture, observations about your personal experience with the dance form in lab, and reflections about your experience and how it was impacted by your expectations.
⦁ Read
World Dance Cultures From Ritual to Spectacle by Patricia Leigh Beaman, Chapter 4 – Japanese noh, kabuki, and butoh: Entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels.
Korean Dance – article
Contemporary K-Pop BTS – article
⦁ World Dance Cultures From Ritual to Spectacle by Patricia Leigh Beaman, Chapter 4 – Japanese noh, kabuki, and butoh: Entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels.
Korean Dance – article
Contemporary K-Pop BTS – article
