Textual Analysis Of Last Dance

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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. The question is whether or not to leave the relationship after the change. The idea of the dance was very clear, as well as what Amanda was trying to convey in the dance. Although the movement theme was not very unique, the movement did illustrate the idea of the

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