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MUSIC, DANCE, FILM

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Major accomplishments achieved many happy times. The ancient arts are nurtured through the new joint proposals that allow them to bring original ideas in which all renewing and growing. In the case of music and dance are ancient arts of mankind that have accompanied it since ancient times and can hardly have been recorded in the beginning, in the encounter with the film, they have managed to perpetuate with the help of celluloid in early and in digital today. Outside the support, the interesting thing is how they have managed to combine these arts to make films that belong to a genre already defined in the film: the musical. But this classification contains several spectra which in turn include other genres like Biopic, Drama, among others. In some cases, music is spinning the story, almost a modern opera to the screen. Such is the case of the famous rock operas of the 60 and 70, many of which were known for their film version (of relative quality), but ended up imposing his melodies, and these rock operas were accompanied by dance groups permitting, through happenings "Caused" the proposals meet modern dance learned to folk dance. So we cut the religious and Jesus Christ Superstar, the rock opera Phantom of the Opera (interesting proposal from Brian de Palma), the rock opera Tommy Cats and interesting, film that was not seen in our country. But the pure musical also generated interesting proposals from the first sound, adequate French, as the film Netherlands roofs of Paris René Clair. The emergence of sound involved a complete change in the perception and use of film, and before this radical change, music was used to "save the fences" that had to face. Many filmmakers saw the great potential that lay ahead: image and music could be complemented by the body in motion. American films of 30 and especially 40, appealed to them as an interesting entertainment, a valid escape for the difficult years post recession and the crazy years of the Second World War also helped to consolidate the star system, so expensive Hollywood. Thus the stars appear as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, among others, or interesting proposals such as swimming and dance in the swimmer Esther Williams. Behind all had a great musical machinery of composers, singers, choreographers, designers who moved "machinery" Irving Ira, George Gershwin were familiar names in the music world religion, but who gave their talent to compose music for films. Some, like Korngold, who made masterpieces soundtracks, ended up rejecting this part of his life and reneged on that period for taking his art to the profit machine was (and is) Hollywood. Nevertheless, this machine is increased in the time between the Academy Awards categories include soundtrack, theme song and music adapted. Some classic films seen by us are inconceivable without soundtrack or have a strong reminder to the subject, which ultimately reinforce its success, as the case of The Godfather, with the help of Nino Rota.

For the creation of dance, film was also an excellent opportunity to popularize the dance that is only limited to the stage. The beginnings of the XX have geniuses like Isadora Duncan and Maurice Béjart, who made this art a profound transformation, socializing and going to the absolute limits. The Duncan, with his socialist ideas, danced in the streets, in trade unions or demonstrations. In the U.S. the emergence of jazz, enriched by dance shows rogues is in brothels or other places licentious, massification not only music, but dance. And this film can not escape. Choreography simple and provocative at the Blue Angel Marlene Dietrich with a sensual, with its magnificent legs, opened the way to the field of cabaret, boîte. The opera was directed to the simple chant, proletarian and in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Brecht Bertoldt. Classic style goes out of fashion and street artists take what was to become the new artistic patterns. It was the legacy that came from the "cursed" (Verlaine, Baudelaire, Rimbaud) and is the legacy they will leave the Pop Art of the 60. The dance proletarianization and allows you to experiment with new proposals. By 50, the frenetic rhythms of rock, will be included in the screens and into the 60 lot dancers are experimenting with the rock scene, and groups like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd or are taken by many ballet groups such as Martha Graham and Pina Bausch for the creation of new proposals for dances. The "descartonamiento" schools make us see art is not "left", but sought new alternatives.

cycle we will highlight below contains works in which film, or music, whether dance, both become "actresses" principal. They are films that reflect a moment in the history of their countries of origin and contains in many cases, a strong social background. After all, art is a form of commitment and a reflection of cyclical time in which it appeared. The Department of Arts, University of North Private projects this stage in her conference room at the usual time of 7:23 pm Free admission.


Side Story (WEST SIDE STORY), Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins (1961) is a gritty love story, a Romeo and Juliet by different ethnic groups, led New Yorkers to the suburbs, surrounded by history youth gangs, racial disputes and excellent choreography. It is a classic film and its melodies have been sung by many singers, especially tenors, one of them is José Carreras y la soprano Kiri Te Kanawa. Leonard Berstein fundó un género fusionando el jazz y la presencia de todos esos ritmos latinos traídos por los emigrantes a Big Apple. Y a través de las danzas, vemos los fuertes conflictos étnicos que caracterizaron a los Estados Unidos en los 60, los cuales vuelven cada cierto tiempo cuando dicha sociedad entra en crisis, tal como sucede tras el 2008.

HAIR MILOS FORMAN (1979) Quizá una de las películas más emblemáticas del movimiento hippie de los 60. Aunque no llega a ser un gran film, sí es un gran testimonio de este momento de la historia de los Estados Unidos de esa década, la de cambios profundos. Este musical tiene un carácter anti-war and wants to give a message of peace and love in the age of Aquarius. A recruit who is the engagement to go to Vietnam and meets a hippie commune, a New York society girl known to recruit and everything ends up entangled, the end is a preview of what happened to American society that is weary of see their young people to return maimed, traumatized or killed. The choreography is by the great dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp.

BOB FOSSE CABARET 1972 Germany before the war. Berlin is a hotbed of artists and is the splendor of the nightclubs in the capital Germanic and many actors and actresses looking for luck. Interesting through dances gradually appeared in the reigning ideology of the time, the Nazi threat, veiled censorship and then open the decline of a moment. Arises a strong anti-Semitism and homophobia in a context in which there were many people with these characteristics. Germany is slowly toward the carnage. The artists of the likes of Werner Finck, Friedirch Hollaender, Karl Valentin were silenced and had to leave the country. The political joke became dangerous and many clubs were closed, were spaces where people, despite the fear, cheered wildly for their occurrences acute Finck.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Cherbourg PARAPLUIE LES) JACQUES Demy 1964 An endearing film of 60, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Like a romantic opera (at Massenet) Michel Legrand wrote this labor of love very sentimental. A couple made up of Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo swear eternal love. He is called to military service during the Algerian war and she becomes pregnant. The distances eventually break this love, even worse when her family is the urgent need to find money. So each one takes its course and one day on Christmas Eve, they are both in the gas station owned by Guy (Castelnuovo). A fleeting encounter and that means closing the cycle of love of both.

SINGING IN THE RAIN (SINGIN 'IN THE RAIN) Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen 1952 One of the masterpieces of the genre is also a tribute to cinema itself, as silent to sound change. We also offers one of the most beautiful melodies made for the film, which gives the title to all of this endearing film. The dance gives us a reading for us all understand the whole plot. The comic parts are notable for showing all this trauma it was for the less privileged voice actors and fell into oblivion. Or show all the imperfections that were the first recordings, a work of titans. Imagine further that the actress's voice was beautiful, Debbie Reynolds, did not belong to it, but it does the opposite role, Jean Hagen. Ironies of life.

Alexander Nevsky Sergei Eisenstein 1938 One of the masterpieces of Soviet master, was a film that had problems in its implementation. The fragile peace of the Stalinist government to Nazi Germany did not allow people to express their differences against the forced agreement, the vile product division of Poland. The music was written by the great Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev and Nikolai Cherkasov as principal actor, whom many know as the "voice." Nevsky is a former hero of the Russian steppes who defended the territorial integrity against the Mongols, the Poles and the Teutonic Knights. This was a clear reference to the tense situation then lived Russia against the possible enemy. But after the German attack of 1941, the film was quickly released and served as a unifying factor for the people who saw the Nazi threat of the Great Mother Russia. It has everything an epic. Large choral works and an impressive one for alto: City of Death.

MONDAY 30 MAY A HARD DAY'S NIGHT RICHARD LESTER 19 64 this British film's main actors in the group The Beatles. Was made during the boom of Beatlemania. A group trip to present London is threatened by hordes of fans who want to address them. They manage to evade them, but allows for other events. Filmed almost to the nouvelle vague (Richard Lester was one of the greats of cinema free) is an ironic comedy, almost psychedelic, with spontaneity on the screen, showing bloopers intentionally. And the songs are all in the album of the same name. It noted "And I love her," she loves you "in all.

MONDAY 06 JUNE HAT (TOP HAT) Mark Sandrich 1935 The masterpiece of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers A large sample of tap that prevailed in the 30s. Jerry comes to London to make a show, so rough there knows Dale, Jerry will try to capture their love and dances and melodies are going to point to that. The music is by Irving Berlin and melody "cheek to cheek (cheek to cheek) became a classic of the romantic song. Work of satin, silk, dancing and romance.