My Community Awareness event included attending a live acrobatic dance performance at Bardo Performing Arts Center. The performance consisted of fourteen separate dances or acrobatic numbers with or without music. When the performers were without music they either used stomping, clapping, or individual instruments as a sound for that certain number. The dances that they performed were mostly considered, in the dance world, as modern or jazz style dancing. Instead of perfectly and gracefully carrying their bodies like a ballet dancer they defied those rules and flowed more freely throughout their body. In ballet, you are most always never allowed to flex your foot, but in modern and jazz you are allowed to. Those performers flexed their feet a lot and moved their bodies freely, which would not be allowed in ballet. The last number they performed was without music, but they had steel drums attached to their back side. On their feet were thick like drum sticks. If they kicked their leg backward they could hit the drum and make a noise. Overall, attending an acrobatic dance performance expanded my appreciation for …show more content…
While watching the performance, I felt weird and somewhat bored with what they were doing. I think that was because I am not familiar with that style of dance, and it seemed abnormal to me. A couple of days after the performance, I thought about how dance does not always have to follow certain rules, and that dance is meant for someone to express themselves several ways. It reminded me that not everything I see or do will be something normal to me, and that I should learn and reflect from that experience. Looking ahead to my future, I see myself learning more about different styles of dance and appreciating the diversity within dance. Breaking free from structure and gracefulness is acceptable and should be encouraged with anything in
Different Dance Styles by Doris Humphrey and Maud Allen that Presented New Dances that Displayed Innovative Movements.
Jazz dance today is presented in many different forms. Jazz history and famous jazz dancers and choreographers have helped influenced what we know today, as jazz dance. It is incorporated in an assortment of styles including, hip hop and Broadway, Jazz dance today has its own movement, while there trendy modern types of jazz, traditional jazz never goes out of style. Over the years, jazz dance has become popular in the media and can be found in music videos, television, movies, and commercials. Jazz dance is always changing with the time periods, and can be found in social dance, musical theater, dance schools, and night clubs.
Despite the brief dismantling of the Royal Academy during the French Revolution, art remained an extension of the power of the French State. During this time, regularly purchased art often favored that of its supported political objectives. However, through the Royal Academy, which had originally been founded by King Louis XIV, the state extended its reach to the official exhibitions (salons) to matters of style and subject matter through the École des Beaux Arts (Khan).
New Dance is described as a developing art form; this dance was articulated in the early 20th century. According to Chapter 8 in History of Dance book, “the new dance emerged as a response to the ballet that populated the variety shows and music halls, which had a rigid formula of steps and poses” (Kassing). The New Dance was a product of several strands that interlaced together dancers’ studies and backgrounds; these strands and others were woven together in a historical, political, and societal framework. For instance, one strand of New Dance consisted of the concepts, techniques, costumes, and stage settings from around the world. These strands influenced major dancers and choreographers, such as, Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn.
I considered myself a performer, and after years training as a classical ballerina I expanded into stunting and tumbling. While on tour, I developed friendships and bonds with dancers strengthened by a mutual love for dance, a commonality over the pain our bodies endured daily, and conversations on bruised and broken toes.
I knew it was going to concentrate on dance from the African Diaspora, but other than that I really had no idea what I was stepping into. The reading on the first day, Black Man’s Burden by John Oliver Killens, provided the sense that this was going to be a time for me to immerse myself in the material and contemplate about the stories that are being told through movement. Now, these stories can be told either directly or indirectly. When taking elements and styles of African dance I feel there is always a larger picture behind the movement. Take the movement, we did from the cakewalk. I knew the historical significance of cakewalk and what it represented. Knowing that information, allowed me to portray the movement and make it more authentic. I could not help but think about the African slaves and their story. In the reading, the boy asks his dad about the lion and man fighting, but the man is always triumphant. Then the dad explains, “‘Son, these stories will always end that way until the lion learns how to write’” (xxxiv, Killens), I feel that represents all the stories behind the dance that do not always have the opportunity to be heard. Now, it is our chance to learn about and to understand the movement. It is our chance to bring these hidden stories to life and give them a voice. This can only happen when we accept the movement and chose not to “other”
Dance, theater, and music all make up the performing arts at Thomas Dale High School. I showed support to the performing arts by attending the Spring Dance Showcase on April 21, which started at 5 pm and ended at 8 pm. Throughout watching the performance, the two areas I focused most on was the choreography and the lighting of the production. These two factors impacted the performance positively, because the choreography was clean and original, while the lighting set the mood for the dance showcase.
We now live in a world where we have the opportunity to have images and texts all around us, almost all the time; this is due to the advanced technology available (i.e. smart phones, radios, televisions, billboards, etc.). These images and texts can sometimes effect people without them even knowing it. Have you ever stepped back and looked at the types of images or texts that are around our world that can affect us on a day to day basis? Well, I have and this is my experience with looking back to see the types of interactions I encounter on my way to ballet rehearsal.
Moving on into the dance, the first one was a traditional Indian dance. The students where dressed nicely connecting to the theme and their movement was smooth they danced with the music beat so it was a nice combination. My only comment was the last part of the dance, which is carrying the girl it showed they were really scared and unsure. I think they could do another movement that would work.
The Northern Territory is known for its culturally diverse population and some would say it is the ‘multicultural hub’ of Australia. With all of these cultures comes distinctive customs and traditions. Throughout history dance has been used to help people develop a sense of identity, the younger generations are also taught social patterns and values through the different dances. The significance of these traditional dances was to reinforce and celebrate cultural law and practices including the celebration of the passage from child to adulthood or spiritual worship. The predominantly Western culture in Australia often causes minority groups to struggle for recognition regarding their beliefs and traditions. This is parallel to the Australian dance industry, where many cultural dance groups feel they have to justify who they are and are often
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.
Why are proteins so important? What should I eat as a pre-class snack? How can I become more flexible? These are just a few questions I will answer as you read on. Being a healthy dancer who makes good decisions is the key to becoming a successful dancer. The state of health you are in will affect your overall performance, so taking care of yourself is vital for a good outcome. Sometimes dancers push themselves too far trying to meet their goals faster, but if you are patient and work hard, the results will be stunning.
“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
Dancing has been a passion with me for a long time. My mother tells me how any melody had me dancing when I was a toddler. On growing up I tried learning some serious dancing and after trying both Bharat Natyam and Kathak, I decided to pursue Kathak seriously.