In the class, I have appreciated many dance compositions of different periods. Swan Lake was my favorite. Although I only saw the interesting version which were performed by all male dancers, the music and the movement attracted me deeply. Thus, I was eager to see the formal version. As a result, I rented the CD of Swan Lake from the library last Thursday and planned to watch it in a romantic atmosphere, even though Swan Lake was not written in the Romantic Period.
November Dance After watching all five segments of the November Dance, I decided to write about the second piece, which was called “Dance Dance Dance”! This was such an interesting piece! At first, when the dancers came out of the curtain onto the stage, I kept thinking “wow, I haven’t seen a presentational dance during our dance 100 class, let alone in a very long time”. I noticed they all had make up on similar to the kind of make up I would wear for my dances or plays when I was in middle school; very dramatic! The costumes accredited to Jess Gersz were extremely flashy, and looked like it could have been worn out on a normal day, and not just this dance.
The first dance acted as an introduction to the dancers, each performing a small elegant choreography then taking their place on the floor or by the ballet bar against the wall. Some of the introduction dances were foreign to me, specifically the one where the dancers were very elongated. For example, one of the male dancers came out and did a few jumps where his arms were held straight out from his sides and he would hop, he would hop with pointed feet then land on one foot while the other was still pointed and his leg was stretched out behind him. Though we do use a lot of ballet techniques when warming up, the choreographed dances themselves that we have performed in class usually aren’t that ballet-esque, there’s typically a bend in the body somewhere. On the other hand there were many dancers who came out in the beginning who perform dancers that looked completely familiar, particularly the women who took their place on the ground.
Dancing with the child on the day of her wedding signifies that the child means a lot for her. I have had five lessons and we have investigated and practiced Sevillana. The Sevillana consists of a lot of foot work and hands and you’ll make mistakes constantly. This dance is very difficult because you would have to multi-task the control of your arm and leg movements. Your Assessment in a Nutshell The Sevillana is very interesting and I enjoyed dancing it.
They began to mimic their owners in the pompous manners they used to dance and added kicks among other things as they did it. This became so popular that many plantations began to have competitions showing one group of slaves dance against another. The winner usually was awarded with a cake and these dances became known as the cakewalk. Eventually these dances reached
Esplanade explores the basic interactions and daily routines of pedestrians with a great use of space and interactive movement that introduces the viewer into a world of passion and simplicity. In the first section of the dance, we meet the 8 original dancers of the performance: Lila York, Linda Kent, Nicholas Gunn, Carolyn Adams, Bettie de Jong, Robert Kahn, Monica Morris, Ruth Andrien, and Elie Chaib. All the women are wearing dresses of different colors such as lavender, orange, pink, brown, and red. The three men are wearing tight skin-colored shirts with long orange and brown pants. The dancers launch the dance with walking up and down the stage in two lines of four and interchanging through each other, followed by a hop every time the direction of their walks and runs is changed.
Everyone from the neighbourhood would gather together for a few sessions of dances and use that moment to talk to each other about their recent status. They would also gossip about who’s new in town, who’s the “right” one to marry and who’s not agreeable enough to marry. In Pride and Prejudice, after the Meryton ball, not only did Jane and Elizabeth review the ball by discussing how Mr. Bingley and Jane were attracted to each other but also the Bingleys and Mr. Darcy discuss the ball and agree on Jane’s beauty and sweet disposition. Being set and written in the 18th century, Pride and Prejudice also resembled the society lifestyle during that time, including the way of communicating to each other through letters. At Austen's time, letter was just another piece of paper folded around the rest, mostly because they didn't use postage nor envelope.
Variations on Ballet Through the years, ballet appeared in a variety of forms. Opera ballet presented a balance of singing and dancing. As dancers dared to outperform each other on stage by incorporating fanciful turns and lofty leaps, a more natural style of ballet surfaced. Now, ballet was an emotional mixture
Conceptually there are many ways that I can explore in relation to Dance, whether it is within the movement of the body, or the positioning of the feet. When I encounter dance from experience I see the body moving peace-fully and gracefully without losing balance. I tend to enter the formation of the feet and the positioning of them whether it is in an aerial or a ground position. The art forms that I will be using in my exploration of Dance are drawing and painting – with a main component of drawing to influence the painting. In my exploration of drawing I would like to explore the detail of the body and feet while dancing.
Pierre Dulaine has been hailed as the “dancer and teacher extraordinaire” by the New York Times. He began an outreach program called “Dancing Classrooms” in the New York public schools and teaches the art of ballroom dancing to approximately 7500 children annually. His vision is to impart pride and self esteem and to inspire them to achieve whatever they put their minds to. He encounters the challenges of motivating kids but has been successful in bringing change to lives that otherwise might not have an opportunity to break out of the oppression of the inner city. His goal is to train to transform.