Analysis Zonton

I recently had the pleasure of watching Zonton by Vivo ballet company, choreographed by Enzo Celli. “Zonton”, is a beautiful piece meant to celebrate the meaning of life, how it moves on regardless of where you are in life. How, weaknesses can be transformed into virtues, as well as, a metaphor for the passions, sacrifices, pain, and joy it brings. It also features a solo by Elizabeth that is meant to convey the struggle of motherhood. The dance is beautifully choreographed the use of levels, transitions, stillness, breath patterns, playing with direction is almost textbook. There is a little bit of everything great use of space, time, and energy. Although, it was beautifully choreographed the female dancers lack of dynamic & energy really took away from the performance. The message …show more content…
Enzo Chelli’s use of space was beautiful, the dancers covered every point of the stage. His variation of levels and the fluidity in the transitional moments of the dance made it appear effortless, like the dancers were floating nonchalantly across the stage. The dancers must be cautious when performing dances with a nonchalant dynamic, because emotion becomes even more important in these types of moments. There was a transitional moment around the 6 ½ minute mark when the dancers are performing a simple chaine turn, with repetitive flowing arms that appeared sloppy and meaningless to me. When dancers perform, seemingly nonchalant, free flowing transitions like that emotion is key. My dance teacher always told me “don’t you move a limb, or turn your head, in my dance without intent”. What she meant was every movement even the