Dance Practice Essay What is Australian dance? Australian dance is very unique. Having various different styles of dance to communicate with and many dance companies, each having their own exceptional way of presenting their work. A main style of dance used in Australian dance companies is contemporary. Contemporary uses the body’s natural lines and energy to create new movements which have a greater range and fluidity then conventional dance.
He is truly being inspired from a more simple and humble beginning in the West Indies when he strips down his dancers in “From Before” to just the bare essentials. Garth Fagan is clearly expressing culture through dance as his choreography draws upon African and West Indian roots for inspiration. He expresses context by stripping down his performers to very bare costumes and thus taking African dance and applying it in a unconventional situation. Tradition, I feel ties into culture in this case and is expressed by the preservation throughout the performance of many of the same movements used in African dance. Garth Fagan expresses value by although changing the context of African dance he has preserved the
The use of the fabric in Cry portrays the intent of the dance in a deeper and more interesting way. It successfully shows her emotions and her journey through the work and the life of African American people working as slaves on the Plantation fields in America in the 19th
“Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel” included one man and two women, wearing the same nude color, women in dress and men in a leotard. This piece told a story. The choreography was active and detailed upon the lyrics. When the lyric of music has a main singer behind the chorus you can see how one of the performers will accent that one solo singer while the other two performers show the chorus. The energy in this song is loud and jumpy, and that’s exactly what the dancers show, the flow of energy through every move.
Jacobs uses logos and pathos to appeal to the sentiment of her readers. Hence, her autobiographical narrative appeals to white audiences, especially potential abolitionists, who had the political authority to combat slavery. Indeed, Harriet Jacobs devotes her life to become an abolitionist speaker to fight for what she and other slaves around her deserve: physical and mental
Select one of the poems and explain why the poet is effective in presenting his message. Consider such elements: rhythm, rhyme, diction, imagery, and purpose. In this Petrarchan sonnet, Dunbar makes clear his message and expression of the pain of racial injustices after the Civil War. Douglass, as depicted as a great leader, is called upon for comfort through this problem that America faces. The purpose of this poem I feel is to represent the struggles the African Americans had to endure during their time being slaves while offering hope for the black community, letting the reader knows that one day someone will lead them out of this struggle and into their promise land.
He had hoped that he could gather a momentum that would extend the support of black churches because black churches played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement. Meanwhile, SNCC brought together like-minded students. Ella Baker, also a director of SCLC, started this organization along with student activists after the highly publicized and successful Greensboro sit-in in 1961. The SNCC gathered many whites and blacks and traveled North to South to protest in support of the civil rights cause. The SNCC ideas of a very successful strategy and tactic were to organize sit-ins, boycotts, and other protests across the country to end segregation in public places such as restaurants, public transportation, and schools (Janken).
The two choreographers have used mirroring for different purposes. Anderson uses this relationship to portray the ideas and design of the image which was used as a stimulus whereas Newson uses mirroring to convey the competitiveness and effects of
Jay-Z also has produced a musical titled, "Fela," along with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, in celebration of Nigerian political activist, Fela Kuti. Jay-Z is known for his rythym and ryhme technique to him that perfect flow in his performances. He is also known for his ability to create lyrics in his head. Along with his musical career, Jay-Z has also appeared in films, such as, Back Stage, State Property, Streets is Watching, Paper Soldiers and Fade to Black. Fade to Black is a documentary about Jay-Z's career.
The Panthers were first organized in Oakland, Ca. Taking up Malcolm X’s call for local community development through self-organized schools and community centers; they also pledged to protect themselves with weapons. “The 1960s Black Power Movement that portrayed young Blacks with Afros, a dread attitude and eccentric African garb is still tightly woven into the American consciousness as a movement” (As cited in Murray, 2007). If Black power proved unsuccessful either as a political or economic strategy, it did much to inspire another cultural renaissance among African-Americans. Poets like Leroi Jones and Nikki Giovanni employed the aggressive spirit of Black power in their poetry, while Toni Morrison began to explore the difficult issues of racial self-identity.