Documentary: Mad Hot Ballroom

In this paper I will explore three scenes, each scene will show different levels of progression in each character’s life, and I will show how the characters gain more power in their own lives the more successful they become with the movement of dance. Take the Lead follows the story of a Ballroom dance teacher, Pierre Dulaine, and the kids he begins to teach at a inner city high school. The film opens with a character named Rock being denied access to a school dance, Rock then leaves the school and is encouraged by thugs to vandalize the principal’s car. While Rock is vandalizing the car, Pierre witness the crime, but before Pierre has a chance to question Rock, Rock runs away. The next day Pierre decides to go to the school’s Principal and let her know that he witnessed the crime, while at the school Pierre offers to teach the high school detention class how to ballroom dance, the principal agrees but does not think Pierre will last very long.

Fairy Tales I love to see Professional Dances, such as ballet and Riverdance. But what is even better is seeing dancers who aren’t professionals. I love going to see Dance Studios Dance Recitals. What I really like about them is that it shows up much people like to dance, but doesn’t show true talent. Not to long ago I attended Dave Ragnacci’s School of Dance recital, Fairy Tales.

Her movement included lots of leaps, turns, kicks, and sassy hip movements. The transition to the floor is one of my favorite parts of this routine. At a young age, Fosse began his training at the Fredrick Weaver Ballet School. This lead down the path of entertainment and performance as he used his training to perform in The Riff Brothers and serving in the entertainment unit after entering the Navy. It wasn’t until 1954 when he was given his first shot as a choreographer working on The Pajama Game, that he realized this was what he was meant for.

Murstein (1972) used photos of couples to test the matching hypothesis. The findings demonstrated a clear pattern of similar levels of attractiveness between coup... ... middle of paper ... ...o be used by millions around the world. Walster et al tested this hypothesis by inviting students to a dance. When the students arrived to sign up for the dance four independent judges marked them on their physical appearance as a measure of social desirability. The students were then asked to fill out a questionnaire, two days later the dance was held and students were randomly paired together.

He was invited to the New York City Ballet where George Balanchine created a solo for him. Even though Mr. Taylor was invited to join the New York City Ballet he did like ballet, he said its to “fru fru” and strict for him. In 1993 Paul Taylor established his second dance company, The Paul Taylor Dance Company 2, he established this company to “Ensure his works could be see... ... middle of paper ... ...ts learn the basics of modern dance, and Paul Taylor’s style to be able to choreograph their own dance, which they will also preform. Taylor’s fun-tensive class is a more advanced level, the students will get to meet dancers from The Paul Taylor Dance Company 2. They also watch videos and listen to lectures about Paul Taylor and the history of The Paul Taylor Dance Company as well as learn a choreographed dance and perform it for an audience.

Baby is a teenage girl who learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to dance in this romantic drama. In 1963 a 17 year-old, Baby Houseman, spends the summer with her family in the Catskills at a resort. Baby doesn’t get along with her older sister Lisa, and she’s bored by most of the older guest at the resort. However, one night she hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee’s dormitory, only to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom. That is where Baby is first struck by Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) a dancer at the resort, and falls head over heels in love.

The private academies felt that through dance children would benefit greater academically, and physically, than those children who did not have the luxury of taking dance. Enrollment increased in private academies, while throughout the United States the enrollment in public schools steadily decreased. This was when educators decided to begin including dance in public school curricula. Kraus (1969) found that " a major influence in helping to bring dance into public schools and colleges was the work of the French dramatic teacher, Francois Delsante " (p.127). By the beginning of the 20th century, dance had become accepted by public schools throughout the United States and was now a required class.

In her teenage years she could often be found dancing in clubs. Then, she started auditioning for Broadway shows. The reason she started tap dancing was because the fact that every audition she went to, she was asked to tap dance. So, she enrolled in the Jack Donahue School in New York. After her first class, she didn’t want to come back because she felt so behind.

Discovery Through Dance Movies with dancing have always been a big success, simply because they cause people to want to move and be free like the actors on the set. Dirty Dancing, directed by Emile Ardolino, is a movie that makes people want to jump into the screen and be a part of the show. It is a favorite among teenage girls simply because of the kind of dancing that is performed. Another movie, Save the Last Dance, directed by Thomas Carter, is also well liked by teenage girls because of the dance moves. These two movies portray similar stories of girls finding happiness through expression of different kinds of dancing.

Dance. It is to move one’s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music. On Friday, April 11, 2014, I went to the Young Choreographers Dance Concert at Windwards Community College’s Paliku Theatre. The dance concert shows many of the Mid-Pacific School of the Arts (MPSA) Dance Program students and their amazing choreography. The dance concert is almost entirely student directed with twelve total dances.