Personal Narrative: Moving To A Purposeful Dance Concert

When I first came to class, it was truly frightening getting in front of people to move my body like I have never moved it before. Even the dance move to the number of syllables to our names was way scarier than it should have been. The amount of growth that I have personally made, and that everyone else has made is tremendous. Moving was much harder, much less fluid than it was at the end of the semester. The more and more that we practiced movements, such as the partner touch and blind movement exercise. As my skills grew, I became more comfortable moving bigger and creating more creative movements. Gaining the small skills at the beginning of the semester were a stepping stone to creating much bigger projects, such as our choreographed projects. …show more content…
The dance ad more of a purpose behind it because I have personal experience with some social issues that we created our dance around. I think that the second dance being a more purposeful dance made it better overall. Going to a dance concert was a great experience. I think that it was exciting and created a more open mind about ideas for creating a dance and the art of dance as a whole. Going to an off-campus concert was a different experience from going to one on campus. Not knowing anyone gave the dance a different sense of mystery, leaving me to question what the meaning behind the creation of the dance is compared to my personal interpretation. The dances on campus also gave a sense of mystery, but is was not as strong due to knowing people performing and their personalities and how that affects their dancing. Leaning from outside performances also gave me better knowledge of how to observe. Watching outside movements and see how much more advanced professionals are, but how they still incorporate the most basic movements that we have learned in class. Seeing professional movements made me look at our own class and observe how well we can compare to the professionals for being