Perhaps different types of music and dancing influence and shape one’s personality. I believe we can assign music as an independent variable and behavior (dancing) as the dependent variable for my concert theme. Therefore, the “aimed hypothesis was assumed that people who listen to more upbeat music will be more influenced to feel some sort of content stimuli”(Alashi,2012). “Happy music, usually featuring a fast tempo and written in a major key, can cause a person to breathe faster, a physical sign of happiness (source: Leutwyler,2001).”(Edmonds, 2009). Nevertheless, I do not quite agree with the opposite statement that slower tempos lead to sadness.
The four videos that are currently forming my concert share a common factor of happiness. Tempo versus happiness is the main factor that will be discussed. I would argue that happiness is psychologically and stereotypically connected with upbeat dancing and music and could also be felt and perceived in slower tempos. These four different video clips do vary in dance styles, tempo and the extent of happiness that is being expressed in different lifestyles. A detailed analysis of each video clip will be discussed in the upcoming paragraphs.
“Legendary Music Producer, Quincy Jones has collaborated with Emirati social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, to jointly produce the Arabic charity single entitled ‘TOMORROW/BOKRA’. The song involves 24 leading Arab Artists from 16 nations across the Middle East and North Africa singing with one voice for a better tomorrow” (Tomorrow/Bokra, 2010). It has been directed and produced by Malek Akkad. In general, this video clip expresses the form of unity. Free style of dancing, natural moves, smiles and unintentional dancing movements illustrated the video ...
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...this deal to cultivate common features between the Indian and Arabic cultures together. Again, referring back to my theme, happiness is so diverse as unusual people could achieve it. Traditional views, professional dancers, well studied dance choreography and costumes matured, introduced and befriended different cultures to each other.
In conclusion, the message that was carried by these four video clips relied on happiness. No matter the culture, language, religion, race, gender or age, you can always still dance in one way or another using different techniques either professionally with practice or throughout your daily activities. In fact, the psychological aspect plays a major role when thinking of upbeat music versus happiness; however, I managed to prove in “Tomorrow’s” video clip that happiness was wonderfully achieved and communicated with a slower tempo.
Music is magical: it soothes you when you are upset and cheers you up when you are down. To me, it is a communication with souls. I listen to different genres of music. When appreciating each form of music, with its unique rhythm and melody, I expect to differentiate each other by the feelings and emotions that it brings to me. However, I would definitely never call myself “a fan of jazz” until I witnessed Cécile McLorin Salvant’s performance last Friday at Mondavi Center. Through the interpretations and illustrations from Cécile’s performance, I realized that the cultural significance and individual identity are the building blocks of jazz music that create its unique musical features and support its development.
Between 1865 and 1900 technology, economic conditions, and government policy influenced American Agriculture greater than it ever had before. Technologically, Railroads, factories, and farm equipment changed American agriculture by allowing the production of farmed goods to be increased substantially, while economic conditions caused the prices of these goods to go down and then fluctuate. Farmers hurting from the economic disarray began influencing the laws being passed to help them in their economic troubles. Because of the influence of technology, government policy, and economic conditions between the 1865 and 1900 American agriculture was affected.
As a society, we are constantly pairing things together in hopes of enhancing them: apple pie and ice cream, Indians and cowboys, and most relevant to this paper, music and dance. In an art form like ballet, it seems as though music and dance complement each other equally. Truly, it is hard to picture, or perform, a dance without music. However, this may not be the case for music, even if that music is composed specifically for a dance routine. The compilation of the music and the dancing from a scene in the American cowboy ballet Rodeo will be examined to ultimately help us understand they way in which they serve each other as a unit and their ability to function independently.
The song was about a boy named Coffey and it focused on self-efficacy. It was a motivational song using a mixture of language from Ghana and Nigeria. The song talked about being a strong male and achieving no matter how hard it gets to never quit. The audience was able to pick up on the learning of the song and dance through group work and good instructions. Opare gave the history of the song, the meaning of the song and included dance moves that required the audience to engage in the learning. Opares’ technique of teaching dance and making the curriculum relevant by giving background knowledge and using good instruction is an effective tool for the classroom. Students’ in the classroom would respond the same way the audience did with this type of learning activity, because it was engaging, informative, and achievable. As an educator I have seen my students’ happily engage in the learning when dance and music is included in the learning activity. Once you have the students’ attention through the dance and music it is a great opportunity to incorporate cultural history, cultural relevance and purpose into the activity. I agree with the Opares’ idea that teachers must learn to educate students’ by introducing them to the history of their people, other cultures, and having high expectations for their learning achievements is a direct path to student
Murrock, C., & Higgins, P. (2009). The theory of music, mood and movement to improve health outcomes. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 65(10), 2249-2257. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05108.x.
In conclusion towards the arguments and observations, musical expression consists in presenting emotion characteristics in appearance. It turns out people listen to music as having a purposeful nature and that it has an effect on psychological emotions. If there is a case in which music showing emotional qualities with no reference to feelings, there is a case of happy music that is not powerful of happiness.
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.
Maturity is a coming of age when a person is growing emotionally and mentally. Maturity is gained by experiences and decision-making, thus learning from mistakes. This is evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Through characterization and symbolism Lee displays maturity.
In contrast to Aristotle, Roko Belic’s documentary “Happy” provides a fresh perspective that takes place far more recently. The film sets out to similar goals of Aristotle in defining the nature of happiness and exploring what makes different people happy in general. Unlike Aristotle, however, the film’s main argument refers to makes people happier. In this case, the film argues that merely “doing what you love” is what leads to happiness (Belic). The argument itself appears oddly self-serving, considering that message is what underlines the foundation of happiness, yet there is a subliminal message that a simpler lifestyle is what leads to what the film is trying to convince you of. The message itself is obviously addressed to Americans, considering
Throughout my life, music has always been a major influence. It has the power to change my mood when I'm feeling down, but the thing I find most intriguing about music is that it doesn't always end up improving your mood: like all forms of art, it imitates life, which is not always portrayed in a positive light. The musicians that I admire most have the versatility to induce several different emotional responses in the same piece. This quality is present in most of the wide variety of music I listen to, from Russian composer Dmiti Shostakovich, to Chicago jazz band Tortoise, to California pop/rock sextet Mr. Bungle.
Every dance that is created by a choreographer has a meaning and or purpose behind it. The dance choreographed could be used to send a political, emotional, or a social message. Regardless of the message being sent, each dance created possesses a unique cultural and human significance. This essay will examine and analyze two dance works from history and give an insight into what each dance work provided to the society of its time.
It is true that music has a compact link to our emotions. Music assists people to overcome the bad situations in their life, just like it did for Sonny, the barmaid, or some other people in the Harlem. Music has a tremendous effect on people’s mind because it makes them feel relax and comfortable, especially the soft classical music. It helps distressed people to stay smooth and peaceful. In fact, music is a remarkable way to ease our stress.
The documentary “Rize” by David LaChapelle, focuses on the lives of Black Americans who live in South Central Los Angeles and the struggles they go through in their daily lives. Moreover the film also introduces two types of dancing groups that they have in the community. These dance groups are meant to keep the youths and children occupied and distracted from all the problems that have been going on in their community, such as the LA riot. The two styles of dancing are Clowning and Krumping. Clowning was created by Tommy the Clown in 1992. Tommy used to be a formal drug dealer, he went from having his life together to losing all his money and house. However, instead of doing nothing productive with his life, he decided to help his community by changing the lives of others through entertainment. In addition, not only did this dancing group help him get to a better place in life but also the group members are like his family. His main goal was to help put similes on people’s faces and help get some of these children and youths away from gangs. On the other hand, Krumping was also generated from Clowning, however Krumpers believe that their form of entertainment is different from clowning. Moreover, these dancing groups main focus is to distract the youths and children in the community by giving them the opportunity to do something they love, which is dancing. Furthermore, passion, spiritual connections and connection to the African culture are conveyed through the film by Clowning and Krumping.
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Belly dancing is thought to date back into the third millennium BCE in the Middle East, with evidence of solo improvised dance seen in Egyptian paintings, figurines, and tombs (Shay & Sellers-Young, 2005: 3). There are now several different versions of this dance in the Middle East, for example, the shikhat in Morocco, the ciftetelli in Turkey, and the raqs sharqi in Egypt (Shay & Sellers-Young, 2005: 2). While these dances are similar in movements, the dance’s meanings differ in each culture. Here in the United States, we adopted and renamed belly dance in the late 1890’s from the Middle East, but based our understandings of the dance off of mistaken notions we assumed to be true in those countries. The meanings of belly dance in the United States have been shaped by orientalist views, and therefore are misrepresentative of the true connotations. Several contradictions exist between what Americans see belly dance as and what is actually true in the Middle Eastern culture, such as the implications of the dance, the dress and context of the dance, who actually dances, and spiritual significance.