Dance Observation

One of the most incredible video that I watched to complete a Dance Observation assignment for Dance class is the video of: “Wade in the Water from “Revelations” by Alvin Ailey Company. This video was published on YouTube on November 25, 2007 and performed at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This video is very beautiful and impressive at the first time I saw it. Then I keep watching it again to really focus on the detail of very movement and sections. The dancers presented a movement of an African American slavery era being empowered by drowned in the water but keep standing strong tightly. The performance was very inspired and sending messages to audience about how much sacrifices African American had done to fight for freedom right and explore the civil of history.
Overall the performance is very impressive and inspired. It is very beautiful to see and to understand the history of African American in civil ear as slavery. The dancer movement presented the feeling of being drowned but keep staying strong for the right. First, the dynamic of the performance was a set of group in six dancers performed. In each section, the choreographer narrowed down to five dancers, then to four, to trio and lastly to two as one man versus one woman. Mostly, the dancers are all African American, so they presented a flexible move very sinuousness. Everything combine together is on fluid, perfect and seamless to a …show more content…
The choreographer tried to tell a message of a strong group living to fight to the right. Even though they presented a drowned move of a loss of hope but it would really see from how much dedication they had put in the performance. In my opinion, the message that the choreographer wanted to share is very important to the America’s history. It tells people sacrifices had been made to create a wonderful future of freedom