I am excited to see the way in which my mind and body will connect together as one. Honestly never having taken dance before in my entire life and I do not know what to expect. When my friends and I go dancing I always seem to be the one that is off beat. I hope that this class will help me improve upon these skills so that the next time we go out they will be shocked by how amazing my new set of dancing skills are. I say this because I really want to be able to feel the beat of the rhythm of any type of music.
James addresses the emotional appeal, also known as Pathos, multiple times in this article. The first example is “dance is a form of celebration. It is artistic.” Dance is considered an art instead of a sport because of the ability the dancers have to turn their bodies into art pieces. It is considered a celebration because dance celebrates music and movement. Dancers tend to become emotionally attached to the piece of music they are dancing to and are able to create a story with their movement, they have to ability to bring a piece of music to life, which is why it is considered an art or celebration.
Art gives ideas of how people can change or add new ideas to their dances and performances which is based on their cultural background and how art greatly impacts culture. Art has many interpretations to many people. It’s like that saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Everyone has their own idea of what they think the picture means and exhibits to them. This reminds of me of all the paintings and sculptures I saw in the Zimmerli art museum and how the Russian and European art influenced what
We thought this script would fit in well with traits often encountered in Kneehigh productions as the script is based on a fairy story so has the potential to embrace the magical and mythical side of the story and could be easily adapted to include Kneehigh techniques such as Physical story telling, live music, dance and puppetry. It also had the potential for comedy to be used throughout as a result of the nature of the story and the grotesque stereotypes of the different fairytale characters such as the evil stepsisters. It also seemed appropriate and in keeping with the style of stories that Kneehigh use as they have previously performed “Hansel and Gretel” – another fairytale by the Brothers Grimm and “The Red Shoes” – which was based on the fairytale of the same name by Hans Christian
The bar within La Boheme is easily accessible and those who work behind it are both talented and have a great attitude and passion for what they do. Those who choose to preform in Cabaret live not only are outstanding performers but give it their all when on stage, which just adds to the over all feel of the night. Cablive and La Boheme have many strengths and very few weaknesses. One factor that I did to find to be of poor quality was the readily available seating and space for people to sit. On frequent occasions, more chairs were needed to be found for people to sit down, and even then little room was available for them.
The next movement I noticed was two dancers doing a kind of “stomping” on the stage. This conveyed a very tribal message to me. Finally, I noticed in movement in which the performer twirled in place on stage. This gave me a sense of relaxation. The sound score starts out very tribal but then transforms into a slightly more sophisticated musical composition.
They wore unitards so every inch of a dancer’s line is celebrated. Although some had random jewels on it that I thought did not fit the piece, the unitards definitely enhanced the ideas and themes of the dance. She also had dresses for girls and pants and shirts for guys in some pieces. In Nancy’s solo J, she was wearing a costume that had pants with very high slits, which showed off the lines of her legs. I find it interesting how O’Donnell used the unitards to detach a dancer of his or her gender to make all the dancers interchangeable.
Another common use of dance or movement was to worship or entertain. Great kings or rulers often had dancers to keep then amused during the day. However, rulers weren’t the only ones worshiped my dancers. The art of dance was also used to worship gods or divine beings. Some worship dances were wild and fun, while others were very serious and organized.
Dance Ritual Dance holds meanings and values of importance to the dancers and to those who share their view of the world; many cultures have dance rituals. A ritual is something that is repeated and sometimes task oriented. The Indian culture and the African culture in particular have different tasks and different meanings in their rituals. In dance rituals many of the participants are assigned important roles. These roles all come together to tell a story, to celebrate, to uplift, inspire, and to recognize events that take place in their culture.
Although a realistic scene with people and objects of more or less natural appearances is depicted, the artist was creative in designing each segment and the whole. Natural contours are reshaped for purposes of greater dramatic expression, characterization, and variation. The size of the shoulders and arms of the dancer at the left is exaggerated in comparison with his legs; how the total contour is simplified and made into an interesting pattern; and how the mood of dance is dramatized by the exaggerated curve of his body and the angle of his knees. Notice these same things in the figure of the woman with whom he is dancing--the carefully felt pattern contours of shoulders, costume, and foot, the rhythmic lines in her hat and dress that add to the particular jumping motion that is her part in the dance. Other creative aspects of this painting will be brought out as its structure is studied, showing how the natural objects are reshaped, placed, and molded into the net plastic expression.