Choreography

On July 24, 1940, Philippine, Pina, Bausch was born in Solingen, Germany. She was the third child of Anita and August Bausch. The Bausch family owned a café, which was connected to a hotel. By helping out in the family business, Pina was able to watch people and notice the emotions in them, and most importantly-the factors that drove people to do certain things. Pina was in Essen, Germany when she began dancing. At the age of 14, she attended Folkwang University of the Arts. One of the…

The visual aspects of a dance is taken into strong consideration when doing choreography. The colors of a costume can easily change the emotions of dance. Wearing the color red brings to mind anger and also love. The curve of an arm can help an audience member distinguish between which is being conveyed. The performer’s arm being bent…

Similar to Balanchine, flexibility and épaulement-placing of the upper body-are continually worked into Forsythe’s choreography, to present torsions and tilts of the body’s axis. Forsythe believes, “...épaulement is our secret weapon in ballet. It’s not really the positions, but the torsions of them, which comes from épaulement.” The classical ballet arms became sharp angles…

became recognized by another great artist, Sia. In 2014, twelve year old Maddie was featured in Sia’s music video for Chandelier. The music video received over 1.4 billion views and an ARIA Music Award for Best Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography, MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, and a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. Even though this was a very successful music video, it wasn’t…

way and was very sure of herself throughout her dancing. Michaela came across as more vulnerable through her expressions. It is so interesting to watch the two contrasting performances and how they each made the choreography their own. This just shows how the steps are just choreography, but it relies on what the dancer makes of it. It is the dancer that turns it into a story and allows the audience to feel something and be part of the…

his early life “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature” which inspired Marie Salle to become one of the prominent dancers of her time. Prevost was said to be a teacher of Salle. Marie Salle was most known for her expressive, dramatic choreography which made her a very popular figure during the eighteenth-century. Marie Salle was born somewhere in 1707 in Paris, France. It wasn’t said who her parents exactly were but she was born into a family of travelling entertainers. She had a…

as dancers all have accurate memorization skills, develop flexible techniques, and dedicate our lives to many hours of training. There are many different elements to a hardworking dancer. For instance, the skill of picking up and memorizing choreography. Many dance instructors judge a dancer on how well they will be able to automatically perform a dance when taught. This helps them…

Dun Huang is a city in the Gansu Province of western China, and was one of the key cities on the “Silk Road”, the main trade route between China and the rest of Asia and Europe. Dun Huang is famous for many things, including its caves, which are a famous example of Buddhist art. Silk Road style dance, also known as “Dun Huang Dance”, was inspired by the art inside of those famous caves. The origin of Ballet dance can be traced to the 15th century Italian Renaissance courts, and later developed…

Asia children living in the west and, therefore has good impact on dance education. According to a research by O’Shea, Bharatanatyam is a highly technical, primarily solo South Indian dance form that consists of a repertoire, abstract rhythmic choreography and abhinaya, dramatic dance. Its nonthematic sections consist of explosions of virtuoso footwork, performed with legs rotated outward into a bent-knee position that exemplifies the form’s characteristically grounded use of weight.…

a high degree of musicality and grabbed my attention almost immediately. They incorporated lighting and costuming with an incredible mastery to enrich the performance. I highly enjoyed the music that accompanied both dances and thought that the choreography worked well with the music. While both works of art have incredibly interesting and complex choreographic elements there are important dissimilarities as well as points of comparison. First the dancers in the performance of “Steam Heat”…