At first when he signed on to do The King and I he was under the impression that “he only had to do (that) one ballet” (Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theatre, His Dance, pg 46) but he did end up choreographing many other dance sequences like “Getting to Know You” or “The March of the Siamese Children”. “Robbins planned the scene to delight both Anna and the audience. Some carry out their duties in exemplary fashion, which highlighted the different ones and the tiniest provide a high degree of adorable and some concern they’ll screw up” (Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theatre, His Dance, pg
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.
The people show homage to Mexico’s patron saint with La Danza de Xochioitzahautl that involves everyone dancing and carrying ribbons. Throughout the dance, the females held a ribbon in their hands. Then the females and the males got together and the males got the ribbons and with the help of the females they got the ribbons and started to mix them together. Without skipping a beat and dancing to the rhythm of the music they built a white star with the ribbons and with green and red around it. It looked so beautiful.
When Graeme first began choreographing he was greatly influenced by many of his dancers, one of them being Paul Macurio. When he was choreographing Graeme never went into a studio with set work, he liked to make self discoveries as he worked on and with the dancer and how their body moves. He felt as though is he plans a class; he may miss the ‘perfect mistake’. ...“Variation on variation”... Graeme's original dance works, numbering over seventy and including thirty full-length works, are closely created with his dancers and muse (Janet Vernon). These include Ecco (1971), Sequenza VII (1977), Poppy (1978), Nearly beloved (1984), Swan Lake (2001) and Shades of gray (2004).
20. Nonna’s secret is that Christina’s father is actually Marcus Sanford, at this point in the movie; all the secrets have been told. 21. “National Wog Day” at the end of the movie is more upbeat and different because Josie is happy and invites Jacob and her friends to attend with her; this shows that she has embraced her culture. When she puts on the music and starts dancing, it shows she is happy.
Native American Dancing Native American dancing plays a very important role in the Native culture. It is like going to church from an outsider’s perspective. Most traditional dancing takes place in the roundhouse. The roundhouse is a very scared place where dancers dance to pray and singers sing the songs. They pray for sick people, good health, healing, and a lot of the time pray for the elders.
This year on April 10th, 2013 marked my first year in attendance of Kinetic Expressions which was put on by Berea College’s own Artist in Modern Motion. Upon arriving at the show, my expectation was limitless because a few of my fellow classmates were performing that night. I watch these dancers every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and knew of the charisma and uniqueness my classmates always brought to the dance floor. I couldn’t imagine what the energy level was going to be like in an actual live performance. There were many performances that I enjoyed and they ranged from different types of dancing to the expressions they portrayed.
From my opinion this movie over a whole was great. Real reactions to real situation’s. It kept me interested with the kid’s witty banter towards their dance class as well as everything around them. To some people dance is just a hobby but to some of these kids it’s their dream to become a famous dancer, they would prefer this for their career when they grow up. Honestly my favorite part of the documentary would be when
The friendship between the dancers backstage immediately establishes that these people belong together through their love for dance. The spotlight scene is important as it highlights Scott’s sense of not belonging. The voice over in this scene reinforces the steps that don’t belong
General Purpose: to inform Specific purpose: To have my classmates learn more about culture festivals like Viva Fest. I. “Sounds of trumpets, guitars, and violins filled the air as dancers in colorful dresses twirled on a small stage outside the HP Pavilion as part of VivaFest! Also known as the twenty first annual San Jose Mexican Heritage and Mariachi Festival. A.)