During this past Saturday night, on November 19th, I went to see the Fall Dance Concert at 7:30 pm on Ybor City in Downtown Tampa. There was a full house, and the audience seemed mostly composed of students and people around the Ybor area. The concert consisted in a few dance performances, all put together by the Hcc Mainstage Theatre. Some of my favorites were triquetra, as the crow flies, ensemble, and freedom of speech. These were a series of choreographed acts performed by a group of Hcc dance students. I spent a pleasant evening in the small, but charming theatre while watching all these artists. With their dancing skills, they were able to entertain the audience and myself. First, I want to start with the Triquetra which …show more content…
An improvisation, Freedom of Speech, was conceived, created, and performed by students enrolled in Dance Improvisation. Consisting of four girls and a boy, the act started with no music and just them improvising some dance moves. The students wore some jean material light blue jackets with short black underwear, and no makeup or extravagant hair design on. The stage was just dark and completely clear with no objects. It was after a while, when all the sudden while the students were performing, some other lady comes in wearing an all-white short dress. The audience was so quiet, when something comes on the background. It was some cool 80’s music that started to play and the dancers began to dance really funny making everybody laugh and clap. To be honest, the guy moved much better than the girls. They were just so entertaining that the moves just came out so natural like, if we were all in a crowd in the streets of New York city having some fun. To me it was like a comedy dance. They were making funny faces, along with some funny twerking that had me almost crying of how funny they made it seemed.
To end such a magical night, and first time at a theatre, I would like to say that the concert was amazing. Of course, it was conformed with a few more performances, but in general these were my top four. It was amazingly put together with strong effort, and dedication. We all laughed, clapped, and enjoy the talent of these young artists from our
I had the pleasure of being in Western Kentucky University Dance Department’s concert, An Evening of Dance. The performance took place on April 29th through May 2nd in Russel Miller Theatre. It consisted of many works from faculty and guest artists. I felt like the concert was a success and that the choreography was all unique in its own way. I enjoyed the pieces that I performed, and the ones that my fellow company members were in. Through the analysis of “Petrichor”, I found that each production and chorographic element plays a large part in the successful outcome of a dance and emotional responses can be evoked by the simplest ideas.
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...such an historical art form presented in your place of study by talented actors/actress and musicians. I believe they were astonishing in preserving an artwork that has been around for years staying in strict accordance to rules and its fundamentals. I believe the rest of the audience will agree that though it was a different experience for most of us it’s a performance one can never forget.
In a busy life as today, people are easy to get stress. There are many ways to relieve stress, and dance is my choice. I always feel better either when I dance or just see people dance. On April 08th, 2016, I attended a dance concert called Make Your Move like an audience. It was performed at John Anthony Theatre – Spring Creek Campus of Collin College. The concert consists of many styles of dancing from different College and University such as Collin College, West Texas A&M University, and Illinois State University. Two performances that I like best were Intus and 9.28.11.
Humans have expressed thoughts and emotions through movement long before the development of speech. However, the origins of ballet can be traced back specifically to the Renaissance period and the early court dances in France and Italy. Any celebratory occasion, such as the birth of an heir or an influential marriage would call for social court dancing. All ladies and gentlemen of the court learned these rather intricate dances as part of their grooming for society. Around the 1400s, as the court dances became more detailed and complicated, it became necessary to formally codify these dances to maintain consistency. Special dance instructors or “Ballet Masters” began to appear. These men were highly revered and considered to be the finest dance teachers. They also served as dance makers or choreographers, creating dances that were used throughout Europe. King Louis XIV had a profound influence on the progression of ballet. Not only was he an avid supporter of dance, he was also a beloved performer. In fact, King Louis XIV is commonly referred to as the Sun King, a name he received after appearing ornately adorned in gold as Apollo, god of the sun, in Le Ballet de la Nuit (The Ballet of the Night). Many other highly respected dancers include: Giovanni Battista Lulli, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine, Vladimir Malakhov, and many more, all being men. It wasn’t until the early 20th century where women were finally respected in the dance world. Women like Martha Graham, Angela Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman, Gret Palucca, Harald Kreutzberg, Yvonne Georgi, and Twyla Tharp were the first dancers and choreographers who began to create a reputation for women that changed the image of dance all over the world. Today, one renounced Africa...
The composition in this performance will speak to subjects of ostracized inhabitants and their hunt for sympathy, benevolence, impartiality and mercy. Rotating around interchanges of community, partisan, and personal replies to justness, the program focuses on The JUSTICE Project, composed by Darla Johnson and Nicole Wesley. The JUSTICE Project revels the reliable creative speech and embraces the change that results from the connection of identity and community. The first performance out of the recital was titled “What brings us home” this was a group dance of about 15 girls. They were all wearing leggings and different colored plain t-shirts I’m guessing they all kind of wore the same thing to not distract from the meaning of the dance itself. Modern dance tends to be controversial, and this first dance the choreographer was trying to prove the point of women needing to lift each other up and be positive with one
Throughout the years, America has pursued the performing arts in a large variety of ways. Theatre plays a dramatic and major role in the arts of our society today, and it takes great effort in all aspects. Musical Theatre, specifically, involves a concentration and strength in dance, acting, and singing. This is the base that Musical Theatre is built upon. For my Senior Project, I helped choreograph multiple scenes in a community musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. Choreography is a way of expressing oneself, but it has not always been thought of for that purpose. Agnes de Mille’s expressive talent has drastically affected how people see choreography today. Agnes de Mille’s influence in the world of dance has left a lasting impact in the Performing Arts Department, and her revolutionary works are still known today for their wit, lyricism, emotion, and charm.
A sufficient reason for attending many NYCB performances, even of the same program when possible, is that one can never tell beforehand when the constituent elements of the ballet-going experience will jell effectively for them. For a non-musician like myself, it is difficult to “see" the music, but on Sunday afternoon it felt as if I did. Mozart’s and Tschaikovsky’s composition never sounded so sublime. Alexander Glazounov’s music was imbued with an irresistible beauty of its own. And the company was firing on all cylinders for this matinee! Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle were deeply moving in Mozartiana; Teresa Reichlen and Russell Janzen, spectacular in Cortège Hongrois. All the subordinate parts, by Daniel Ulbricht in one work and Lauren King, Emilie Gerrity, Savannah Lowery and Ask la Cour in the other, were performed admirably. The work of the corps members shone throughout. This was easily the most satisfying of the five
...he way that it was performed. The crowd appeared to like this last and final piece much more than any other one on that particular day, and this stood out to me the most out of every part of the show. Also, when the Pace, pace mio Dio was started, and the pianist forgot to bring her notes with her to the stage. She looked confused and her embarrassment was noticeable.
First off, I was comparing the spring concert to the senior showcase. In comparison the senior showcase was so much better and this time around it seemed a little ill rehearsed. However, although that was my initial opinion it turned out a little better than what I thought.
Dance is a part of every culture. Whether it is the fire dances of the native Hawaiians, or the Tango from Spain, dance is a part of every culture. This event is not an event I would usually attend. I am not into art of any kind except music. At first, there were two reasons I went to this performance.
The purpose of this concert was for locals from our surrounding area to come visit the college and show off their lovely talent for the students and staff of Dalton State College. All the groups performing were very professional and showed a great deal of respect for the other performers during their performances. On each performer 's face the audience could see the passion and hard work that the performers put into the work they do.
Over Halloween weekend, Dance TCU in concert, performed at Ed Landreth Hall on the TCU campus, was a mid term showcase performed by the students in the TCU School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. The overall mood was very professional. These college level dancers performed various pieces from Giselle to video edited versions of dance to contemporary dances inspired by swing dancing. Each piece was unique and whether the style was classical or contemporary, the execution was very good. The quality of the performance was spectacular and showed all the work that everyone involved in the production has put out to perfect all the aspects of the show come together. While there were some minor technique errors, the staging, costume design, lighting,
“Dance, the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action.”
On the night of the DancePlus performance, I saw numerous little performances. There were six of them in total and the one I had most reactions and favors to is the last one of the first half, which is called Swampin. It was choreographed by John Evans with additional material by Oluwadamilare Ayoride, Jennifer Payan and surprisingly, the dancers. Usually what I would expect from a piece of dance performance is choreographers dominating the process of being creative on the grounds o f coming up dance moves. However, this time, it is nice to see how the dancer actually participating first hand in the creating process of the whole performance which would definitely benefit the quality of the dance, since the dancers would their own choreography