DAN 720-N / Embodied Movement Practices / Spring 2026

DAN 720 N Embodied Movement Practices in the Performing Arts Graduate Spring 2026 Recital / Dance Program / Frost School of Music  ---------------------------------------------------------------- S o l o s   1 Untitled Performer: Junche Li  2   Opera Performance Experience Yuhao Sun  Music: Near light   3 “Reconciliation with Myself” Performer: Yawen Chen  Music:   music.mov  (28.235 MB) Background: This piece tells the story of my anxiety about performing on stage, which comes from my fear of criticism and judgment from others. However, I try to enter into a kind of “soul-to-soul dialogue” with the piano. I begin to accept the music I create—“it” gives me feedback, “it” flows through my body. Gradually, I start to accept my inner self. In the end, I no longer focus on what others say. I embrace my music, and I truly enjoy it.    4 Five more minutes Performer: Qiaochang Ren  Music : Time – Han...

     Solos   1 “Reconciliation with Myself” Performer: Yawen Chen   Music:   music.mov  (28.235 MB) Background: This piece tells the story of my anxiety about performing on stage, which comes from my fear of criticism and judgment from others. However, I try to enter into a kind of “soul-to-soul dialogue” with the piano. I begin to accept the music I create—“it” gives me feedback, “it” flows through my body. Gradually, I start to accept my inner self. In the end, I no longer focus on what others say. I embrace my music, and I truly enjoy it.     2 The Deer's Cry Performer: Michael Colavita   Music: Nunc Dimittis by Arvo Pärt My piece, The Deer’s Cry , takes its title from a phrase often associated with the lorica prayer St. Patrick’s Breastplate . This prayer serves as a central source of inspiration: its text names the many places one encounters Christ in Christian tradition; at one’s right and left...

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  I   Unit: Subtext Theme:  System of Wants   Introduction   Stanislavski's system is a systematic approach to training actors that the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski developed in the first half of the XX century. His system cultivates what he calls the "art of experiencing" (with which he contrasts the "art of representation."  When the actor asks him/herself "What do I want ?" when saying a line, he/she gives his line a sense of truth.        II    Learning Objectives     Understand the main conflict in your story/piece Explain why the system of wants is important for the actor  Gain an awareness of the importance of giving the spoken words a sense of truth Experience the system of wants.     III   Main Lesson   1    Warm Up     2   Rehearsal of Movement, Voice and text       3   Conflict   Elements of Drama: Con...