Reflective Essay On Dance

It is surprising to know that I have actually come to greatly appreciate dance and the many nuances it has to it, in terms of style and technique. Seeing actual Rutgers students go up and perform these dances was really spectacular and enjoyable. I can truly say that I enjoyed all the performances for what they were and was able to value something about each one of them. Although I will say, my favorite performance definitely had to be “Moonlight”! The choreographer for this dance is Randy James and the dance initially started with 28 dancers. After the start, the dance then goes to primarily become a duet or Pas de Deux as we learned in lecture. I chose to write about “Moonlight” because I felt a lot of emotion from it and I am actually friends

I can’t wrap my head around what exactly was occurring but I do feel it might’ve been necessary to bring in certain tones in the story being told. It was a little eerie but not scary or creepy at all. When the dancers stopped and started walking away I was able to realize that only two were left dancing, but found it surprising that everyone else stared at them negatively as if they were judging them. I grew to love the fact that while everyone stared in a judgmental way, the two dancers kept dancing beautifully without a worry. It seemed to show that a relationship started that many others did not approve. To me, the two dancers signified two things or entities that aren’t supposed to unite, but they did under the moon to love each other. The reason I said they probably weren’t supposed to unite is because of the response of the people around them and the conflicting parts of their dance together. The music actually only started when they started dancing. That to me signifies the true beginning of the story and adds to the eerie tone that was set up