Analysis Of Dance

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At the beginning of the song, there was rhythmic breathing in the music, and a single spotlight in the left corner of the dark stage was placed on the group of dancers in a huddled pile on the floor. Before each before each breath exhaled in the song, all of the dancers moved around in a circular formation. Slowly, they formed the huddled pile on the group after they heard the breathing. As the dancers started to separated, a couple of people elegantly elongated parts of their body, such as gracefully kicking a leg in the air or reaching their arms to the ceiling. On each breath one dancer moved herself away from the group, and another girl strayed away as well until every dancer is spread out across the stage. The dancers continued to dance …show more content…

A man spoke boldly with emphasis on each phrase while the music was playing. The dancers executed different movements with stretch arms and pointed feet, such as diverse forms of leg lifts and jumps. In the dance, the change in music gave the atmosphere a western-style vibe, which made each movements held out longer. Later, a more modern style was played with soft trumpets in the background, decelerating the tempo for about twenty seconds. Once this occurred, the dancers traveled back onto the ground and performed different movements. Since the tempo amplified again, the dancer rose up from their low-levels movements to perform medium-leveled movements, consisting of reaching forward while bending the knees in a squat position. Towards the end of the dance, they dancers slowly transitioned into the left corner of the stage until each dancers turned off the stage behind the curtains. The final position were two dancers in a corner of the stage, facing each other as the lights dimmed …show more content…

With every move the dancers performed, they portrayed someone needing to catch a breath in order to execute each move efficiently. Occasionally, the dancers danced in pairs by leaping into each other’s arms and slowly rolling off each other’s backs, meaning one must rely on another to gather breath. However, some of the dancers that were on the stage at a certain time danced by themselves. This carries into the idea that moving along with someone else will make moments more enjoyable, it would be easier to breathe since there would not be much of a burden present. Also, people must look into themselves to get their own breath when no one is there to

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