The story takes place in south bay high school following a girl by the name of julia Divino who lost her mother at a young age and lives with her dad Tony Divino. She tells her experience of going to a high school full of gang members loyal to the crips and bloods. So far she explains that she tries to stay out of the conflict between the gangs by not joining a side her friends however are gang members known are Q and black chuck and melisha. In the book she is sent to the den office for her project her teacher gave her for being inappropriate after she talked back while waiting to meet the den she meets a boy by the name of Eric Valiente who she has never met before. later she talks to her friends about going to the school dance where…
As the piece progressed, this formation did not vary, other than to switch lines. Once on stage, I would describe the music to be happy, lively and carnival like. The dancers threw confetti onto the audience and began their overly dramatic variations of shimmying and hip thrusting. These movements were highly sexualized as each seemed to have been choreographed in order to make the dancer’s body shake. The dancers constantly switched between frontal and backward facings, displaying the entirety of the female body.…
The music was loud and I had to put earplugs in just to make it through the performance. The dancers were clapping their hands, posing, as the 80’s music played. The female performer with the purple and gold dress had a great catwalk. She was one of the best performers in that piece. “Intervertebral” by Cari K. Cunningham was really good.…
Something happened on my dance team this past summer where I received an award for “Most Improved Dancer”. I was feeling discouraged as well as confused on what I wanted to do involving dance in general. The support from my directors and teammates could not have put a bigger smile on my face. All of the claps, hugs, and high-fives meant so much to me. .I was filled with pure happiness, but had so much uncertainty on whether I wanted to stay committed or remove myself from this group.…
The school auditorium is filled with proud parents and the glow of several hundred screens poised to capture the moment their precious stars take the stage. The music starts and a dozen little girls and boys start twirling and craning their necks to watch their dance instructor coach them from the wings. Most of their parents aren't concerned with the dance training their children are receiving. A friend of a friend told them about "Dolly Dinkle's Dance Academy" and so they signed little Susie up,bought her a pink leotard, and told her to have fun at dance class. However, "Dolly Dinkle" is not a qualified dance instructor.…
I attended the matinee of the Joffrey’s Modern Masters program today, which I was quite excited to see because Glass Pieces and the 4Ts were on tap! The Four Temperaments is a masterpiece that never disappoints. The highlight for me was Stefan Goncalvez in Melancholic - his supple back and fluid movement were a joy to behold. I also enjoyed Victoria Jaiani in Choleric, as she completely commanded the stage.…
4.3 Costumes Another important element that contributes in the representation of the female “shite” in Sakuragawa, is costumes. Costumes not only provide a way of portraying the main female role, but also they help to visualize shite’s transition between Mae-shite to Nochi-shite. (Feminine Madness in the Japanese Noh Theater 81-86). Noh costumes are not a real representation of the character on stage, but they can imply different aspects of the character. In order to do so, Noh Theater has some rules to follow.…
Being able to choreograph and perform in dance concert is a very unique and amazing experience. Creating ideas with everyone around you and transforming those ideas into a masterpiece is a process like no other. With everyone’s opinions out in thin air, you can put all of your ideas into one to create something so beautiful. In Modern especially it was really intriguing to watch the whole process of how the dance was created. Since we did originally have a combo to go off of, it was different watching all the different groups create a combo over the steps but just in a different format.…
The first work on this program was something called Red Angels. Four dancers in red unitards stood in four separate spotlights and gyrated for 10 minutes. It actually pained me to see Tess Reichlen and Preston Chamblee, both so gorgeous in physique, reduced to this sort of junk. Then we had Varied Trio, in which…
During the lesson, each student could be seen by me at all times due to the specific arrangement I had them standing in on the dance space. This allowed for me to always be paying attention to how each student was behaving, participating, engaging, learning or in need of help. Specific things were observed from particular students throughout the whole activity. Some of these observations were that Ali needed some extra guiding through some of the dance steps, Molita had to be advised about safety to not get in other peoples space and Ethan had to be reminded to stay focus. All of these things were behaviour characteristics identified and were fixed essentially creating a more rich and safe learning area.…
It was very high energy and fast paced from the beginning to end. The dancers wore wrap skirts…
The dancing styles were mostly modern and contemporary. The themes were quite troublesome to catch on to but I attempted to unravel each performance and use precise detail to explain the larger picture. There were two main performances in the movie, but was continuously interrupted to show assorted performance short but very entertaining. Each minute performance was designed to show each dancer…
"Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind"-Arlene Croce. Choreography is the sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance. It is the art or practice of designing choreographic sequences or the written notation for a choreographic sequence. Most of the time choreographers are used in a musical of some sort. They control the dancing and most of the movement you see happening.…
I had the ability to observe the Modern Dance class here on the Montgomery campus. It was taught within a theater black box with desks on risers against the walls and mirrors along the front. The class only had six students, all who looked like college-level beginners varying from newly into college and adults. Overall the girls do not really talk a lot, but they all seem engaged in learning what Professor Nirider has to say. They act as a very close-knit group, always willing to help another student do the moves and actively working with Professor Nirider.…
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…