Her sudden laugh, at the end of her performance, is her connection to the audience. Deirdre’s voice and emotions, projected through her metallic body, allowed her to connect with her audience. At the end, people recognize her as Deirdre and applause her, just like they would do to humans. This art is accepted because the audience connects to…
Producing kinaesthetic empathy in an audience is not guaranteed in with ‘Rocky I’ or ‘Footloose’, embodied responses of audience are varied. Reasons and Reynolds suggest that kinaesthetics ought to be considered as plural rather than singular, different members of the audience are likely to have different responses and reactions based on their personal background and experiences (Reason and Reynolds, ) While they consider this specifically in relation to dance, these varied responses could be extended to sports films such as ‘Rocky I’. In some cases a film will not promote embodied viewership, but rather, disembodied viewership caused by some kind of disconnect between the spectator and the spectacle on screen. They continue by discussing…
Films that feature highly active bodies are often discussed in various areas of scholarship as having the ability to evoke kinaesthetic empathy in their audience. Kinesthesia is often informed by senses including vision, hearing, muscle tension and body position, it refers to sensations experienced in relation to movement and position (Dee and Reason, 18). Thus, kinesthetic empathy refers to a participation in this from an audience, empathy being the process of projecting the self on to the object in question. The following essay will compare the dance film ‘Footloose’ (Ross, 1984), specifically the ‘Angry dance’ scene and the boxing film ‘Rocky I’ (Avildsen, 1976), specifically the ‘training montage’ to analyse how they produce this form of…
54) The following graph shows three different stresses on the reaction. For each stress, numbered 1, 2, and 3 on the graph, identify the stress that has been applied to the system and using Le Chateliers principle, explain why the graph changes the way it does. 1) At the point marked #1, all three concentrations gradually increase, showing that heat is added.…
On April 28, 2016 the Redfield Proscenium Theatre is full of excitement from energized parents, peers, professors, and choreographers, as everyone patiently waits for the Spring Dance Concert to start. The lights are finally dimmed and the applause stops as soon as the stage lights turn on. The concert starts off with “Space Taken” by Katie Dahlaw which explores gender stereotypes and ends with a piece by Kathleen Hermesdorf titled “Fern” that starts off with dancers surrounded around a Fern. The overall concert left the lady sitting next to me in awe as she asked me for a tissue to wipe the tears falling from her tear ducks. I did not have any expectations as I entered the show because I did not want to be disappointed.…
Her choreography expresses many emotions, and tells us a story what it means. Looking at her choreograph, it is apparent to know what the body language want the audience to see. For example, the way she moves around with the cloth in her arm in the Lamentation. The body language is telling the audience she is trapped into her own struggles. When the dancer was down, her body forms a turtle shape.…
To analyse the way kinesthetic empathy is experienced, it is important to consider at the kind of movement displayed on screen, in the first instance boxing and dance are different kinds of movement, although they both require training and precision. Landay in her article ‘The Mirror of Performance . . .” argues that humans make sense of the world they inhabit through their bodies, therefore what the audiences see performed reflects this, through kinaesthetic empathy. The spatial and psychological space of the cinema auditorium encourages both emotional and motor participation, specifically in relation to the main characters,despite an awareness of the fictional nature of events within the film (Reading, 93). When Ren expresses anger and experiences…
This piece was meant to share feelings and emotions and the dance start with the expression of denial or being unable to accept what’s happening in her surrounding. Although, the legs stayed still in its rectangular form as she was sitting on the bench, her upper body was the main focus. Her elbows were in a triangular form and resting on her knees. While her torso was still, the only part of her body moving was her head; shaking from left to right.…
Some things that could have been better about the piece was really committing to the movement along with the facial expressions. I felt that some people in the dancers were not very confident in the movement that they were doing. Along with the dancing some of them did not commit to the facials. For example if they were to be portraying that they were lost without God they just had a blank look on their face rather than a lost look. Then when they finally found the right path some of them just had an awkward smile on rather than a pleasant uplifting…
The ideological concept of depression is a heavy topic worth a significant amount of conversation due to the rising prevalence in current society. Although thrown around frequently in common conversation, technically “Depression is a medical illness accompanied by symptoms of fatigue, sadness, self-limiting attitude, neglect, disability, guilt, etc” (Singh 3). All of these feelings are commonly shown in dance, evolving along with the evolution of societal standards. The choreography in both “Spectre-1914” by Martha Graham and the music video for “Elastic Heart” by Sia explore the topic of depression through movement, set design, and time frame. The movement for both pieces show extreme heartache and despair, but Graham’s movement is much…
In dance, it is imperative that dancers use expression and acting. A dance should tell a story and evoke feelings in the audience without a script, just movement. It is often paired with music to enhance the dramatic aspect of dancing. Countless choreographers such as George Balanchine and Martha Graham are known for being artistic and dramatic in their movements (“Martha Graham: The Mother of Modern Dance”). Dance originated as a performance for an audience, not being judged at competitions.…
In 1974, in a studio in Naples, Italy, a woman stands still as a man aims a loaded gun at her head. Hundreds of people stand watching the scene, but only one decides to push the gun away. The woman, performance artist Marina Abramović, asserts later when the event is over: “If you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.” The ordeal was of course part of her performance piece Rhythm 0, which is a notable example of how the audience has a tendency to react alarmingly when presented with the option to perform acts that would in other circumstances come with heavy consequences. In performance art, the body is used as an object used to create art.…
On December 2nd, 2016 at the Constance theatre the dance department presented a show called Agbedidi. The show, directed and choreographed by Mohamed DaCosta and Trent D. Williams, Jr., displayed a combination of Traditional African and Contemporary Dance. The house buzzed with excitement as the start of the show approached. It is quite encouraged to see such a large audience at an event, but this audience also brought a positive, vibrant atmosphere for the dancers to soak up. I was curious to see what this year’s performance would look like.…
Introduction Equilibrium is the concept that in a chemical reaction where both the forward and reverse reactions occur, equilibrium is reached when both reactions are occurring at the same rate, thus once a reaction is at equilibria both the forward and reverse reactions are occurring at the same rate. For a given Chemical Equilibrium at a given temperature, keq can be calculated that will be constant no matter the initial values of the reactants and products. For a reaction: the equilibrium constant, . When a reaction has not yet equilibrium, or to test whether it has, an equilibrium quotient can be obtained using the same formula to obtain the reaction quotient, to determine whether a reaction will proceed or isf it is at equilibrium.…
Q1: When selling bonds, suppliers may have a desire to sell bonds either at the highest price possible or at the lowest price that would still be of benefit. Alternately, buyers of bonds would wish to buy the lowest price possible, but may be willing to pay a higher price depending on the conditions. The point where the best interests of bond sellers and bond buyers meet, that is the point where “the amount of bonds that people are willing to buy equals the amount of bonds people are willing to sell at a given price,” is known as market equilibrium (Mishkin & Eakins, 2012, p. 70). Understanding market equilibrium and what factors affect where it falls is important within the study of supply and demand for the Bond Market for multiple reasons.…