Classical Fantasy Analysis

“Classical Fantasy” choreographed by Jerry Opdenaker, restaged and danced by Ciera Fielding, was a beautifully done piece because of it’s nod to classical ballet. The reference to classical ballet was due to both the musical choice of a composed piece lacking lyrics, and purely instrumental, as well as her outfit that consisted of a tutu, her ballet shoes with the boxed toe to allow her to go fully on point, and lastly due to her perfection of the aplomb. In this piece Ms. Fielding used indirect space by taking command of the entire floor as she pirouetted from each space to transition into the next move. While her body was very upright, and she often spun on toe, her sense of weight was light weight. It was almost like she was floating gracefully across the stage, which created a fluid effect to her sudden sense of time. I say the …show more content…
There was hardly any sense of sustained time except for when she was lifting from her flat foot into a releve position, as her lifted leg gave her momentum to shift her weight around to complete a full rotation. Ms. Fielding was very free flow in her movements due to her use of the fouette to help transport her body smoothly around the floor. The overall dance was very light hearted, and I enjoyed it, because of the passion that radiated from Ms. Fielding by the respect and grace she gave to the movements.
To contrast to Ms. Fielding's dance, Bewegungsspielraum choreographed by Annike Franz, and danced by Ciera Fielding, Christy Locke, and Erin Windham was very interesting to me because it was a strictly floor dance. Unlike, “Classical Fantasy”, the three dancers space was very direct. Each dancer had their own places on the floor to focus on, acting almost like dolls in a box. A particular instance where the space was