Dance Studies Capstone Research Seminar

DNCE 189F Blog by Rebecca Gomez

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(DNCE189F) Video/Media References

Below, I will post the different video sources I reference in my paper, in the order of when it is mentioned/referenced.

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Introduction - Dance Description - Tangible or Intangible / External or Internal Illusion

Gomez, Rebecca. “CADC_909 HHDT Presents Ultimate Brawl XVIII Battle of [Distinction],” May 26, 2018.

Personally Taken Footage of the Event. Side & Frontal View of Performance.

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Introduction - Dance Description - Tangible or Intangible / External or Internal Illusion

STEEZY. “CADC | Ultimate Brawl 2018 | STEEZY Official 4K,” YouTube video, May 28, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUPLcLHbLQ.

Higher View of Performance in Better Quality. Can Better Catch the Distractions / Formations Made.

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Introduction - Dance Description - Tangible or Intangible / External or Internal Illusion

STEEZY. “CADC | Ultimate Brawl 2018 | STEEZY Official Front Row 4K,” YouTube video, May 29, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1XI4c7CsXQ.

Front Row View of Performance in Better Quality.

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Differentiating Bodies – Showing Up or Showing Off  - Intangible (Internal) Tangible (External ) Illusion in the Demonstrative Body

Retana, Stephanie. “An Honoring of Thyself – Imani Ma’at AnkhmenRa Amen,” YouTube video, May 21, 2019, https://youtu.be/N2E9dt1xEFc?list=PLVWDB9C_65k4XFfK6Oe2Zjv1aqfu4ItLX&t=3607. 

1:00:07-1:17:33

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Method of Inquiry/Methodologies -  Iconic & Choreo-analytical

1theK (원더케이). “[MV] GAIN(가인) _ Paradise Lost,” YouTube video, March 11, 2015, https://youtu.be/4i32ANEa5mk?t=83.

1:23-1:25 ; 2:24-2:26

Intangible Illusion - The Aesthetically Ideal Body - Use of Media to Create Illusion in Order to Surpass Human Bodily Limits

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Method of Inquiry/Methodologies -  Iconic & Choreo-analytical

Jang, Bestsu. “150317 Gain ( 가인 ) - Paradise Lost @ SBS MTV The Show (1080P),” YouTube video, March 19, 2015, https://youtu.be/eVII1ofYwD0?t=63.

1:03-1:06 ; 2:04-2:07

Diagonal/Side View vs. Frontal View of Illusion

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Analyze & Interpret - Tangible (External) Illusion in the Perceived & Tangible Body

YoongiTube. “[HD] BTS (방탄소년단) 'We Are Bulletproof Pt.2' – Live,” YouTube video, May 12, 2020, https://youtu.be/3S4cmcLMY-0?t=193.

3:13-3:26

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Analyze & Interpret - Tangible (External) vs. Intangible (Internal) in the Aesthetically Ideal Body

hussin, najwa. “Mixnine Ep 5 Full Eng Sub,” YouTube video, March 22, 2019, https://youtu.be/2I-2DDRTNuk?t=814.

13:34-17:10 ; 26:31-30:30

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Analyze & Interpret - Tangible (External) vs. Intangible (Internal) Illusion in the Demonstrative Body

TV-People. “【TVPP】Girl’s Day - Something, 걸스데이 - 썸씽 @ 2014 KMF Live,” YouTube video, January 01, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ux0MjFy6PU. 

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Analyze & Interpret - Tangible (External) vs. Intangible (Internal) Illusion in the Demonstrative Body

Break2fast. “GIRL'S DAY(걸스데이) - Something 썸씽 (6 SHOW WINS COMPILATION),” YouTube video, August 03, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQU1v2txfA. 

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Analyze & Interpret - Intangible (Internal) Illusion in the Reflection of the Self

Tanjoco, Alyssa. “IMIN 2017 [MISA/part 3],” Youtube video, April 30, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIviMVNEB8&list=PLVWDB9C_65k4XFfK6Oe2Zjv1aqfu4ItLX&index=13. 

0:00-2:30

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Analyze & Interpret - Intangible (Internal) Illusion in the Reflection of the Self

Mariño, Wilchesca. “APOP Superpep 2.0,” YouTube video, May 22, 2015, https://youtu.be/s2S5-e_X5Hs?t=211.

3:31-4:11

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Analyze & Interpret - Intangible (Internal) Illusion in the Reflection of the Self

Almendras, Lourdilind. “A~POP Pep Rallly 2016,” YouTube video, April 29, 2016, https://youtu.be/ue6cWeSFo9s?t=18.

0:18-0:50

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Reflections on ‘Experiments & Fieldwork - A Conversation with Curator Jeanne Vaccaro and Professor Jennifer Doyle on MFA graduate student Julie Tolentino’s 2019 exhibition, REPEATER’ - Week 9

https://emailucr-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/rebecca_gomez_email_ucr_edu/EbBHCZyfFTFEjBaMC-YqtAUBy5fqfm37KqRer_-j86Hl6g?e=5ddufO

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3D - Weekly Reflections - Week 7

This week was particularly short, but I was able to mull over some things that happened in the time we had class.

Of course, there was when the PhD students came in and led the class. It was a great reminder for how scores can be discovered and used. Even though we still use them in some form in this class, it’s almost as if we have all forgotten what can come of a score as it has been a while since we had taisha’s Dance as Scores class, so for that I’m grateful.

But the one thing that I was particularly interested in was a simple comment you made when we were warming up in Friday’s class. It was just to think of ourselves as a “3-Dimensional figure,” which shouldn’t be all that surprising, but to me it felt like I was being told to think of myself as something else when it’s obvious that I already am a 3D figure. So, the more I thought about it, I was beginning to realize how it almost feels like I am associating myself to be a 2-Dimensional figure because of this continuous lack of utilization of our entire body. We are always thinking about our front--our appearance and where we are going rather than the sides and the back. What’s around us? -But to not think about that in the sense that there are obviously things and places surrounding us, but the fact that we are making ourselves aware that there’s so much of our own person that we don’t explore when we are walking around and/ or getting ready in the morning. Of course, I always think about this when dancing, but when I’m walking? No chance. It’s all about me needing to think about how ‘presentable’ I should be for which day and time and place and nothing else.

Since then, I’ve been trying to keep myself conscious of my other selves(?)/parts(?)/structures(?) that are sculpted around my flesh & bones & brain. It has been a surreal thing to think about, to say the least.

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Stealing, Influence, and Identity - Weekly Reflections - Week 6

‘The Self is a constraint from which there is no escape.’

This week was filled with more of rehearsing parts you are familiar with versus finding something new. So, the most I have to reflect on are based on the reading. Of course, you could argue that I found something new when my group did or found this or that, but it did not feel like it was anything groundbreaking that I want to keep in mind for future reference, if that makes any sense. 

So, I’ll simply mention things that have been marinating in my head since then.

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Something I touched upon in my paper for the reading was that it is difficult to even be confident of an original source and that there is taking even when there is credit given to a source, creating this infinite loop of figuring it out where anything came from.

Then, there was a point where Rethorst was discussing the ‘Identity’ aspect of the paper, where the Self is a constricting force, and we are constantly “self-censoring” despite having an individual voice, thus creating “agonies about overinfluence.”

When we discussed the reading as a class, ana said something interesting where replicating work helps make it more original since seeing the original piece is telling one what not to do and even make one hungrier for their own work, rather than the work that they are replicating. This is something I can particularly relate to. I am not very fond of this project because it still does not feel it is our piece. The thought that we are using Cummings’s work as a foundation to create “Quixotic Bear” feels as though it is this constant restraint. Rather than be inspired by it and create whatever work that now comes to mind, it seems as though we still have to set parameters to make sure it still falls under the same category as Chicken Soup, instead of exploring even further and beyond what it gave us. The more I rehearse it, the more I just want to create my own work, interestingly enough.