On Friday, November 19th, 2016 I attended Parsons Dance at Harbison Theater in Columbia, South Carolina. Parsons Dance is a well-known modern dance company that is based in New York City. They are internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance of astonishing artistry that is accessible and inspiring to diverse populations. Parsons Dance was founded by artistic director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley in 1985. Parsons in well-known for their athletic and empowered work. This company had toured to more than 385 cities, 22 countries, and 5 continents, performing at the most notable theaters, festivals and presenters worldwide. During their performance, Parsons Dance performed
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The five performers wore all black so that their bodies were not seen. This specific dance was a little different as you only saw their hands and nothing else. The lighting that was used were only shown from the mid lights that beamed only across the stage. The performers hands were constantly using canons of going in and out of the light and articulation through the fingers. This dance had a playful feel to it as they told a story of a little guy jumping off the cliff and jumping back up. Once the little guy walked down the hands and fell off, the performers were playing back in fourth hitting each-others hands. Throughout this whole piece, the hand moved every time the music made a different beat. You could tell that it was choreographed to the type of music that David Parson …show more content…
Kind of Blue was performed by four dancers: two males and two females. They wore all black so that they looked similar, but the females looked as an individual with the type of dress that was worn differently. This dance showed a since of community involvement as they were also very playful with each other. Through their dance, they showed a story line of the females and males having a competition between the two. The movement quality was a constant ongoing feel that had increasing to decreasing tempo changes. Similar from Swing Shift, this dance as well had numerous lifts that showcased their motif they use of what looks like touchdown arms. Meaning the arms were both up at a 90-degree angle with palms facing forward. As Kind of Blue got closer to the end, the females were left on stage in unison repeating choreography that was performed in the beginning of the
The five performers wore all black so that their bodies were not seen. This specific dance was a little different as you only saw their hands and nothing else. The lighting that was used were only shown from the mid lights that beamed only across the stage. The performers hands were constantly using canons of going in and out of the light and articulation through the fingers. This dance had a playful feel to it as they told a story of a little guy jumping off the cliff and jumping back up. Once the little guy walked down the hands and fell off, the performers were playing back in fourth hitting each-others hands. Throughout this whole piece, the hand moved every time the music made a different beat. You could tell that it was choreographed to the type of music that David Parson …show more content…
Kind of Blue was performed by four dancers: two males and two females. They wore all black so that they looked similar, but the females looked as an individual with the type of dress that was worn differently. This dance showed a since of community involvement as they were also very playful with each other. Through their dance, they showed a story line of the females and males having a competition between the two. The movement quality was a constant ongoing feel that had increasing to decreasing tempo changes. Similar from Swing Shift, this dance as well had numerous lifts that showcased their motif they use of what looks like touchdown arms. Meaning the arms were both up at a 90-degree angle with palms facing forward. As Kind of Blue got closer to the end, the females were left on stage in unison repeating choreography that was performed in the beginning of the