The Nutcracker has a very soft and elegant sound whereas The Rite of Spring had a dark and mysterious sound. In The Nutcracker, the first part was March the tempo was lively and upbeat. The brass section started the piece off and then the strings, and then following the woodwinds. The meter or the song is a 4/4 and the rhythm is irregular with a lot of runs. The second piece was Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy with an andante non troppo.…
Für Elise by Beethoven is the song that expresses who I am. When I started playing piano, I got frustrated that most of my family had a natural talent while I didn't. My father talked to me and gave me one of the most important lessons of my life: "Practice makes perfection, if you want something, insist until you get it". After playing piano as a hobby, at age 17 I decided to take my skills to the next level by taking piano lessons at college and I challenged myself to first learn how to play Für Elise. It wasn't easy, but practice made perfection.…
The Kinesis dance performance that I decided to analyze was Last Dance. The dance was choreographed by Amanda Steiner, and the music that was used was “Love in the Dark” by Adel. Besides being the choreographer, Amanda was always one of the two dancers. The form of the dance was a narrative, with Amanda as a wife and the second dancer, Christian Vidaure, as her husband. The idea of Last Dance was about how love sometimes changes, and how those changes lead to drifting apart.…
d. Three dances that are mentioned within the text are pavane, saltarello, and ronde. Pavane is commonly known as a dance for several couples and steps were in sequence. Royals used this dance customarily to open luxurious ceremonials and to present their royal attire. Before this dance was commenced, the dancers acknowledged the King and Queen while dancing across the room. In this performance, retreating noblemen would lead their maidens by the hand and the ladies would curtsy and do a few steps, then the fellows would go back to their places.…
The Melting Pot I choose the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silk Road Ensemble as my song. This group is composed of “distinguished musicians, composers and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the instruments joined in. the piece became more exciting.…
A friend invited me to see the Brazilian dance troupe, Grupo Corpo, perform on the Stanford campus this afternoon. Another example of amazing bodies doing amazing things. Supreme poetry in motion. I am so grateful for all these wonderful opportunities I have to see so much theatre. I've died and gone to…
1. Best of 2015 Medley- Anthem Lights This piece first stood out to me because it was a mash up of many great songs that I have listened to this past year. The songs all range in their original sounds, but when mashed together the same singers sing the song.…
My favorite is “I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady” by Guillaume de Machaut. This song makes me smile. This is a polyphonic piece, so there are no instruments being played. There are three men singing in French.…
The book Siddhartha was composed by Hermann Hesse, this book is about a young Buddhist who is in search for enlightenment. I have chose five songs to relate to the story of Siddhartha, the songs i have chose are “I Still Havent Found What I’m Looking For” by U2, “Find Yourself” by Brad Paisley, “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker, “Good Life” by Onerepublic and “Halo” by Beyonce. Every one of these songs i chose shows much similarity and can strongly relate to the great novel Siddhartha. The first song i have chose is a song by U2 that shares similarity to Siddhartha and his journey to enlightenment. U2 is an Irish rock band established in 1976 who composed this song about a man who is in search of his one and only lover, Siddhartha is also in…
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.…
Steel drum music has the ability to move an audience like no other type of music. From the first note, the songs exude a happiness from within each pannist. Even with the slower pieces, you can close your eyes and imagine yourself in a tropical surrounding. The AISD concert, conducted by CJ Menge, which took place April 14, 2012 certainly did not disappoint. The concert was performed in Austin, Texas and featured steel drum bands from seven middle and high schools in the area.…
The song I chose is “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, is characterized by the Beach Boys. I chose this song because of how laid back the tune sounds and makes me want to relax. It’s relaxing because the song reminds me of the beach and the sounds of the waves. In the song it talks about how they will be gone for the summer and to tell the teacher they have gone surfing. The summer always reminds me of the beach and all the surfers in the water.…
However I find subliminal similarities. One of the first things I notice was the use of other things besides dancing to help convey the purpose of the piece. The speaker in the poem, and the dirt on the stage gave the audience a sign of what direction the piece is going. Both of the pieces were unique, however to me the technique obtained by the dancers was still evident. Something that differed between the two pieces was the number of performers.…
Concert Report Two The concert performance given live that I have attended on Thursday April 20th, 2017 was an organ licentiate recital by Ian Guenette. It was held at the Redpath Hall, a building located on McTavish street. The Redpath Hall was first dedicated for a library building, but is now taken charge by the Schulich School of Music. The Hall is very charming with its high selling that contains thick dark brown carved wodden beams that covers the intire ceiling and gives warmth to the room.…
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.…