Final Reflection Dance is one of the most intense art forms ever conceived, it is the most physically demanding, and yet balances the ability to display raw emotion. As an actor, I have a strong appreciation for displays of raw emotion because of the cathartic experience that it can enact. Prior to this class, however, I had a very low overall appreciation for dance in general as an art form. This is because I had never had any form of formal training. I understood the effort and technique which went into a dance piece, however I never really considered how a dance piece could express or reflect the human emotion of the dancer. As a first endeavor into the dance training this class incredibly eye opening. The class challenged these preconceived
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It was the second most technically intense style, which presented a challenge to me because I was being thrown into basic and moderate dance technique which I had never had any form of training in. For moves which require distinct isolated movements, like the Pirouette, I found it especially difficult to understand how to execute the move within the rhythm of the song. This difficulty drove me to practice and develop an inner drive to succeed in moves which is why I liked ballet even though it was not my favorite. For instance, when executing a Pirouette I was having difficulty in the isolated motion of the head and the rest of the body. In the move, the body is the first to begin the turn, however it is the last to finish the turn; instead the head arrives back to the original position but begins the turn only when the rest of the body is halfway through the turn. This process is known as spotting. To me this isolation of movement was very challenging. I never could execute the move correctly in class which prompted me to slowly break the two motions down and practice them in my dorm. I spent hours just attempting to get the motions correct in the small space so that when I had to execute the move in class it was more fluid and technically solid. Even though I still am not completely technically sound with the move, I have found that I was successful in this experience because I found that I possessed a
It was the second most technically intense style, which presented a challenge to me because I was being thrown into basic and moderate dance technique which I had never had any form of training in. For moves which require distinct isolated movements, like the Pirouette, I found it especially difficult to understand how to execute the move within the rhythm of the song. This difficulty drove me to practice and develop an inner drive to succeed in moves which is why I liked ballet even though it was not my favorite. For instance, when executing a Pirouette I was having difficulty in the isolated motion of the head and the rest of the body. In the move, the body is the first to begin the turn, however it is the last to finish the turn; instead the head arrives back to the original position but begins the turn only when the rest of the body is halfway through the turn. This process is known as spotting. To me this isolation of movement was very challenging. I never could execute the move correctly in class which prompted me to slowly break the two motions down and practice them in my dorm. I spent hours just attempting to get the motions correct in the small space so that when I had to execute the move in class it was more fluid and technically solid. Even though I still am not completely technically sound with the move, I have found that I was successful in this experience because I found that I possessed a