The Dali Theatre Museum Essay

Cultural Experience Field Report #1

Note: This assignment has been adapted to adhere to the current guidance from the CDC for social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For this assignment, you will choose a virtual cultural venue from the instructions below to visit online and write a short 500-800 word report about your visit.

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the process of engaging with the cultural venues and communities. This will inform you personally of the Humanities and groups that support it.

Skills
This assignment will help you practice the following skills that will be useful to you in your professional and personal life beyond school.

• Identify cultural venues and inform you with deeper knowledge about the art form chosen.
• Organize reflections about engaging with a cultural experience and community
• Use concepts and skills learned in class to describe and interpret cultural experiences and communities
• Use appropriate and proper grammar, organization, and academic-style formatting in order to communicate

Knowledge
This assignment will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the Humanities.

• Available virtual cultural venues and communities
• Methods of interpretation within the Humanities

Instructions
For your report, choose one virtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you, or contact your professor for approval of your own online choice. If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. If you need special accommodations to complete this assignment, please inform your instructor and contact the Accessibility Accommodations office for guidance.

ART MUSEUMS AND SCULPTURE GARDENS

Great Museums documentaries

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrmoSlfLD0

• The National Museum of Women in the Arts
  https://youtu.be/kXaln1MDGwg
• China: East Meets West in the Metropolitan
  https://greatmuseums.org/china-west-meets-east-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/
• The Great Museums of Havana
  https://youtu.be/X4b_9VyWyzQ
• The DuSable Museum of African-American History:
  https://youtu.be/nGB0ZsQy1LI
• The Modern Museum of Art
  https://youtu.be/0oly6d0zlZM

Egyptian Antiquities virtual tour at the Louvre
http://musee.louvre.fr/visite-louvre/index.html?defaultView=rdc.s46.p01&lang=ENG

Gallerie d’Appollon virtual tour at the Louvre
http://mini-site.louvre.fr/apollon/index_apollon.html

London National Gallery Google virtual tour of Renaissance paintings
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/google-virtual-tour

London National Gallery 2011 Adobe Flash tour
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/virtual-tour-2011

New Orleans Museum of Art virtual tour
https://noma.org/visit/noma-tour/

The British Museum of the World virtual tour with Google
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Castle of Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, France (2 parts)

• Explore the Google Maps views
  https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/ch%C3%A2teau-de-chenonceau/bAGahgL1zrFeRw?sv_lng=1.070184489958876&sv_lat=47.32482656207214&sv_h=116.79318358059614&sv_p=0.0654921116921372&sv_pid=dgEhnn7ldWMgXTDy44vl3Q&sv_z=0.5853435883481253
• Review the Collection of Unique Works
  https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/chenonceau-a-collection-of-unique-works/kQJi80RByzIxJw

The Dalí Museums (2 parts)

• Explore the virtual tour
  https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/
• Watch the video tour
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLBtmOAvd4

Smithsonian National Quilt Collection (3 parts)

• Explore the online collection of quilts
  https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/national-quilt-collection
• Watch the video on machine quilting
  https://www.si.edu/object/smithsonian-national-quilt-collection-machine-quilting:yt_FPnL1i7-UgY
• Watch the video tour
  https://www.si.edu/object/smithsonian-national-quilt-collection-overview:yt__7JvsKwCWfk

Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden (2 parts)

• Explore the garden’s web site
  https://noma.org/sculpture-garden/works-in-the-garden/
• Watch video tours:
  • Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPjnWsFYe0
  • Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT-H5aNAfcM

Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum (2 parts)

• Explore the Exhibitions
  https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions
• Watch Freedom Calling: Interactive Tour
  https://www.facebook.com/NMAAHC/videos/10154508052246990/

Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in VR (requires download of Wonder 360 app on any device)
https://americanart.si.edu/wonder360

The VR Museum (free, requires free STEAM account & HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or Valve Index)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/515020/The_VR_Museum_of_Fine_Art/

MUSIC CONCERT (please watch full performances)

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music documentary
https://youtu.be/0y9bhyz0Kno

An Evening of Classical Violin and Tabla (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FvkraRMEko

Liberated Muse (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsHQJYMSjvc

Brianna Thomas (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJQUIcfoJc

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Chicago Symphony Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjHhS5MtvA

The Light is the Same: Celebrating Women Composers (Millennium Stage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjHhS5MtvA

Mandy Harvey (Kennedy Center)
https://youtu.be/LbSMZVz85-s

Angélique Kidjo, Renée Fleming and Jason Moran (Kennedy Center)
https://youtu.be/fdeFCvtwI9I

Gaby Moreno (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/ZbpifpK1qfw

The Gothard Sisters (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/r05g-YE8I94

Kandace Springs (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/BbXScPwSlDU

C4 Trio (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/5ffGlWFBT58

National Jazz Workshop Big Band (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/GXVk5mT1Qgs

Dakh Daughters (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/r1wMUXiyibQ

Ramy Essam (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/JLG0aHNXra4

Anda Union (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/y8zkF9W9JjI

DANCE PERFORMANCE (please watch full performances)

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs

Tinsel and Bone (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHG_hd7z_o

Native Pride Dancers – (Millenium Stage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpR5H9zu_4k

S/HE by MN Dance Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSIddQNyYVE

Revelations by Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPJ4kt3a64

Furia Flamenca (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXy-3Aferok

Uprooted Dance (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmtyIR2Efc

Surati: Classical Indian and Folk Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJ-DBK9QA8

Tamagawa University Dance and Taiko Group (Kennedy Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccZkifi3CkI

Peruvian Music and Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uGyJ3JHn0

Washington School of Ballet Performance (Millennium Stage)
https://youtu.be/16_NAn0GOWs

Gregorian Folk Dances
https://youtu.be/kALbD1j3GQ4

Rwandan Traditional Dance
https://youtu.be/zmy-zm1Z0b8

Xiutia Puerto Vallarta: Mexican Folk Dance
https://youtu.be/fI5nXJeslrw

Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago
https://youtu.be/PjL8aTOvoCY