Brother Danny (Choreographer),
Here is the music for the MoveMeant section of THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY:
The Negro Folk Symphony by William Levi Dawson.
- the MoveMeant is Christ's journey to the cross (starting at the end of the trial and ending right before the crucifixion)
- we will be creating a "live" storyboard for you to see at a future rehearsal
- I have begun to break down the music into sections / themes
- we will juxtepose the "journey" with history/ritual of lynching as it related to being a after-church picnic/event
Here is a link - Oklahoma Dream Ballet
- too "dance-oriented" for our needs, but still worth viewing
- note some of the groupings and how a story, the psychology of the characters, is told through movement
- it is almost the same length as our music for The Negro Folk Symphony
And one more link - Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring
- like the stylized movement
- the symbolism used
- very Americana
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