Every dancer had their own story or personality to perform to the audience. Not everyone finds happiness the same way or portrays it the same way. This explores how people find happiness. Simply ‘the Boss’ finds happiness through controlling other dancers, ‘the Giver’ finds happiness through giving and helping others, and ‘the Optimist’ finds happiness simply from being positive. ‘The Performer’ finds happiness through performing to others, ‘the Perfectionist’ finds happiness through perfecting her every move in life, and ‘the Mediator’ finds happiness through making the dancers come to an agreement and staying happy.…
For this analysis, I analyzed the documentary Rize. The story setting is focused on African American youth, during a time that was very controversial in African American history, in the United States. The introduction to this documentary depicts this time that was filled with violence and rioting involving African Americans, including the Watts Riots in 1965 Los Angeles, as well as the infamous Rodney King Riots in 1992 Los Angeles. In the documentary Rize, the themes of expression of emotion and dance as social and personal healing are represented by the dancing, costumes, characters, and music in the film.…
The lighting in specific scenes is very interesting. The…
This interaction worked very well and created a very professional feel. The lighting was very simple at times, not to detract focus, but at the right moments, it was very impressive. When scenes with ‘full on’ content, creating an emotive atmosphere, the light mirrored the responses evoked in the audience. This connection added an effect to the production, that would have been non-existent without it. There were not many special effects, but the use of the lighting seemed very important to the performance.…
For the creative response to House of Sand and Fog (2003), I have created a dance video that portrays and explores the theme of appearance and reality. One of the prominent characters in House of Sand and Fog is Behrani. Behrani, an Iranian immigrant is shown to be living a façade, which leads to the theme of appearance and reality. I was inspired to create this video with two different worlds that represents an appearance, and a reality. This concept was inspired by Behrani who seems to have put on this appearance in order to enhance his daughters chances of making a good marriage.…
Bassetti explains that there are certain stereotypes that are placed on man dancers. His article examines, how can the idea of males dancing be socially normalized. During his 3 yearlong study, Bassetti takes various dance classes, performs, and observers dance, to understand the culture of male dance. Through antidotes, he explains how dance must be viewed in order for male in dancing to be more acceptable. This article is beneficial to the paper because it not only states some of the negative body image issue males have, but also gives insight on how the negative stigmas of male dancing can be changed.…
This performance, like any culture, has its customs and rules. For example, the dance attire must be made a certain way, the performers must be of certain age, and the role of men and women, who are not performers, are different but always remain the same. However,…
Alvin Ailey became an inspiration, creating one of the world’s élite dance institutions, embracing all races. He said “Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.” Alvin Ailey’s vision and creativity lead him to create one of the major art institutions of our time “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre”. Through this company Ailey’s work continues to inspire and touch choreographers and dancers and audiences all around the world including me and his pieces have left a distinct mark in dance history.…
From the beginning this mentality integrated itself into Kelly’s dance style. His brother Fred relates that “Gene wanted to have a masculine image, so we [the studio] never wore tights or short pants on the boys” (Frank 174). Kelly fused his rugged personal attitude “with a muscular style of jazz tap dancing that was digging, loud, and strong” (Hill 185). The dancer’s Irish heritage shines through more than mere brute force; “some elements of the Irish tradition of jig and clog resonate in Kelly’s dancing” (Hill 185).…
I asked a lot of different people what they thought of when they watched dancers perform. Surprisingly, many of students had different interpretations. With this, I started to look at the dancers from different point of views then what I have always looked at them as. It was amazing because when I attended this powwow I learned that each of the dances possess a beautiful strong background to them, and it was more than what I was taught growing up. The mens traditional dance is a warrior dance.…
To belong often involves both challenges and opportunities. Do you agree with this statement? In the quest to find one’s place in the world, an individual must overcome the challenges they face, and learn to embrace the opportunities. In Baz Luhrmann’s film Strictly Ballroom, many characters are significantly impacted by the barriers associated with the repression of individuality, before they are able to feel accepted.…
The way this dance was, you had to enter the ballroom floor with a specific way of stepping to the beat using your heels, but also like ice skating in a way. Dancing wasn’t as easy as it is now, well for some people. Some other types of dances were Jigs and reels, which as I mentioned before enslaved people and lower class white people would use these methods of dancing, but so did the Virginians. When you would dance “Jigs” it required to only dance with one person and partner, for the “Reels” you could have as much as six people dancing. When it came to teaching and learning the dance, it wasn’t as easy as it seemed.…
Fred Astaire The turn of the 20th century represented the beginning of a new era that beared a critical influence on the way we entertain. The American culture went through a drastic metamorphosis by pushing conventional ideals to the limit. The style of jazz music emerged, inspiring newer styles of dance including tap dancing.…
Each culture has a number of things that is thought to be exclusively theirs. Dancing specifically is something that makes a culture more easily identified. When you see a particular dance or think of it you, without delay associate it with a specific culture or group of people. For instance, when you hear hip-hop dance you immediately think of African Americans right? Let’s take this same idea and apply it to stepping or step dancing, what group of people or culture do you associate it with?…
I really enjoyed watching this dance because it was upbeat what is being portrayed in this last section is a celebration, and it ends with a ton of excitement, because the African Americans are free in modern…