Alonzo King Dance Analysis Essay

Alonzo King's ballet,”Writing Ground”is a very free and and interpretive dance. The background is very plain and the dancing it very is precise. I liked the piece because it can be expressed differently and it isn’t a dance that's very predictable or boring.The piece varied between techniques. There was ballet,jazz,modern and even some hip hop. The music was another language and it really contrasted with the movement, bt it still looked good. The performance was intricate, but there weren’t repetition or similarities. There aren't any specific motifs, but the style was very the same.The dance consisted of elongations of the legs or arms. The dancers really know how to use every part and inch of their body to make the dance come alive. were dominantly what this ballet lingered around. The dancers were gracious with their movements and they never cut off certain moves, they finish them and extend them more and more. They extend to every direction. This piece to me really illustrates freedom and carelessness. It's very free and there aren’t any set formations just flow. The dancers move freely in every space they can find or fill. The dancers are also very self conscious of the space around them, but in a sense they lose themselves in the moment, but …show more content…
It was all so brought together so well. Besides the dancing, the costumes were very plain. They fit the style, but they could have been more interesting. Also the colors and setting were very plain. The nude and browns aren’t good costume choices,but again going back to the theme the dance it matched the costumes. The costumes were very body sculpting and maybe King, wanted to audience to focus on the beautiful extension and shapes that are being made. In addition, the choreography is so complicated and captivating, that the focus really isn't on the costumes it's more on the movement and the