The Allemande is a popular dance. Allemande was French for German. Allemande was the 1st dance in the suite. The music started off a moderate tempo that turns into faster tempo. The second dance was Courante.…
General Overview This composition is in a 3/4 tempo, typical rhythm for a bolero (Andalusian ballet) , but with a slower tempo (moderato assai). Two melodies, the first is in C major and it is diatonic, the second is in C minor and it is more rich of syncopation and flattened notes, like Bb, Eb and Db. Those two themes, are played on a rhythmic pattern without variations from the beginning to the Finale, structured in two bars, initially played only by drums, and it is used as introduction for two bars every time one of the themes come in.…
American Dance Center is a premier dance school that is located in Overland Park, Kansas. This dance studio has been in the industry for more than 40 years. Their classes in the children's program include pre-ballet 1 and 2, basic ballet, and level 1. The American Dance Center's Pre-Professional Ballet students are intermediate and advanced level dancers. They are the ones who are interested in the pursuit of dance excellence at the highest levels.…
Misty Copeland is an African American ballet dancer, who is famous for her beautiful technique, distinguishing body figure, and for being the first African American dancer the be appointed to principal dancer in the American Theater Ballet. As all underdog stories go, Misty wasn’t born into a wealthy and powerful family. It was her God-given talent that set Misty apart from the rest. Misty was born in September of 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. However, when Misty was just a toddler, her mother, Sylvia DelaCerna, took Copeland and her other three children to California.…
The Nutcracker is a Russian ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with the score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The story of the The Nutcracker originally comes from the E.T.A.Hoffmann’s story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and an adaptation of Hoffmann’s story called The Tale of the Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas. The Nutcracker was commissioned by the director of Moscow’s Imperial Theatres and got it’s premiere at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in December of 1892. It was part of a double billing with Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta. The San Fransisco Ballet was the American company to produce the show in 1944.…
It’s a four act opera and one of the last pieces Verdi created before he passed away. Verdi’s Requiem Mass is a total of seven movements. The first is called “Te Decet Hymnus”.…
Artistic Genre 1: Ballet Artistic Genre 1: Ballet Ballet is an artistic dance form which was introduced in the 1500, It includes lots of technical movements and slow paced music. A ballet routine is made up of soft flowing movements from the arms and legs and can be performed with what is called pointe shoes which is made up of layer of materials. Pointe shoes allow ballerinas to dance on the tips of their toes which make their movements look slower and softer. Ballet is an artistic form of dance performed to music.…
Over the summer I listened to the music used in two ballets shown during the Here/Now Festival, and which will also be performed during the 2017-18 season. As a non-musician, I perceive two thematic strands in the first of the four pieces from Dan Deacon’s America to be utilized in The Times Are Racing. Let’s call them A and B. The pattern in this section is ABA.…
“Physical theatre requires no specific dance style from its performers – it is the freedom to express emotion in performance whilst integrating various acting and dance techniques. ”(Quench, 2013) Physical theatre could be described as a freedom of expression that has less rules and restrictions than Dance. DV8 is a widely known physical theatre company that was founded by Lloyd Newson in 1986. Newson lived in Australia where he attended Melbourne University.…
When first reading the title of the article it gave me the impression that ballet is more beneficial than just your health. It is important that you get work skills experience for jobs and it is amazing that ballet can make you a better leader. After reading this article it is clear that ballet helps you with aspects that can make you a good leader. Also, some of the points were more figurative than literal. For example, they use spotting as a metaphor for keeping your eye the goal.…
Ballet as we all know it today, started around the year 1500 in Italy. The term “ballet” comes from the word “ballare” which means to dance in Italian. At the beginning dancers used to wear masks, customs, ornaments, ect. Ballet began in the 1400s, people were into the arts in this era. Ballet was not danced professionally at first, it was for entertainment.…
The linkage of the three acts of the ballet is related to the linked themes of ballet a entrée, which we first learn of in the Renaissance…
The play that I have attended was called "Dancing Lessons" at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre. I attended the play on Sunday April 17, 2016. It was located in West Bloomfield on 15th Mile and Drake. " The reason why I wanted to see the play because I want to see what it is like to see an actual performance.…
The formation of dance has lived on this world for many generations as we continue to pass through history. When I went to the wonderful performance at Pierce College I experienced a whole new perspective on dancing. The concert had many types of students performing mixed dance projects of all types like solos and duets. There was an average size of one to eight dancers per project which made it the ideal size for the concert. I really enjoyed the creativity and effort put into this performance.…
One of the most incredible video that I watched to complete a Dance Observation assignment for Dance class is the video of: “Wade in the Water from “Revelations” by Alvin Ailey Company. This video was published on YouTube on November 25, 2007 and performed at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This video is very beautiful and impressive at the first time I saw it. Then I keep watching it again to really focus on the detail of very movement and sections. The dancers presented a movement of an African American slavery era being empowered by drowned in the water but keep standing strong tightly.…