Dance Essay

writing, singing, and many more. A way to express myself is through dancing. I don’t dance just because I can express myself, but I dance because it brings back memories. Memories that are very special to me because my aunt was the reason I started to dance. I remember her teaching me how to warm up my body before dancing, so I won’t hurt myself. My aunt also taught me how to become a choreographer and how to handle my dance team. Dancing is very special to me because it reminds me of my aunt.…

Dance Tramp was a dance performance like I’ve never seen before. There were times throughout the performance where I had no idea what was going on or why. I wouldn’t even be surprised to find out that the performers didn’t either. The show was essentially a compilation of silliness and humor that I’m glad to have witnessed. The most ridiculous of all was the part at the very beginning, where two dancers were wearing a conjoined black costume and spun around the stage holding a bouquet of…

Dance is a non-threatening, non-competitive way to challenge participants to improve physical skills and artistic expression. The abundance of research shows the benefits of physical activity in general, and dance, in particular. The idea of integrating the arts, including dance, into the broader curriculum is not new but appears to be achieving a stronger foothold in public schools today. Dance is an artistic form of expression where bodily activities are used to convey any inner thoughts…

is known for his amazing choreography in Jazz dance. He was born on July 10, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. Giordano was introduced to Jazz dance when he was 5 while on a trip to New Orleans to visit family. His cousin had taught him the Charleston dance step and he was hooked. When he returned home he soon began to study dance with a local dance teacher. Minette Buchman is whom Giordano credits his early training to. Giordano took ballet and theater dance classes as well as vocal lessons and…

A dance originated from Sonora Mexico that is now popular in many other parts of Mexico named la danza de venado also known as the deer dance. A native Yaqui dance that is used to dramatize deer hunting in the honoring of the natural world we live in and especially those white tailed deer which were the providers for the hunters and their family’s essentials. The dance was designed to portray a deer’s graceful and active movements. The dancers wear deer heads and dress in an Indian manner as…

Dance, Theatre and Religion: A Balinese Case Study Southeast Asia is a highly diverse region, home to myriad ethnicities, religions, practices, beliefs, values, languages, cultures and traditions. The variety of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia “is almost staggering” (Brandon, 1967, p. 1). Some examples of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia include “shadow plays in Java, dramatic folk rituals in Bali, masked pantomime in Thailand, spirit…

I have been involved in dance since I was three years old and have been a competitive dancer with Port Perry Dance Academy since 2009. As a competitive dancer, I participated individually and on a team training an average of 15 hours per week. In 2014, my senior team and I competed successfully in jazz and lyrical routines, advancing to the National level where we placed in the Top 5. Through my passion for dance and my evolving skills in being able to connect with younger children, I began to…

"Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time." Training in a dance studio shows how dance is a complete artistic sport. It lets you express what you feel when you perform, becoming healthier while you're having fun, and reducing your stress levels at all times. To dance is to express your feelings without using any words. You move your body to the rhythm of the music and let it all out. Letting your movement flow. Letting your soul grow. It makes you aspire to inspire…

Dance is a form of art that is shown through the movements of the human body. The two dances I observed was a beginning Latin technique dance class and a Choreography III dance rehearsal. I had never seen a rehearsal or technique class like the ones I have watched before. When I was observing the rehearsal and the technique class, I noticed that they had many similarities and differences. Reasons why I chose to watch a beginning Latin dance class and Choreography III was because I thought it…

or the African Mask Dance, has been performed for hundreds of years however is only performed every sixty years as it is based on a celestial cycle that refers to a star that circles around Sirius (Rik Pinxten, 2015). It is a significant part of the African history to follow this particular celestial cycles. The Dama is a ritual dance for the Dogon Tribe of Mali, situated in West Africa. This essay will examine and analyse the movement and non-movement components within the dance. It will also…