Dance Essay

entrance, so we were all getting ready to dance. This was the first dance of the night, and there was so much built up anticipation. This was the moment we were all waiting for, the moment we had practiced so tirelessly for months. Finally, the doors opened, and each pair entered the ballroom one by one, until it was my turn for my escort, Marc, and I entered and then went into our waltz position. The music commenced and the waltz began. I do not know how the dance looked, but I…

Embracing the idea of movement as more than just dance is an overarching theme in Deidre Sklar’s “Dancing with the Virgin” and Cindy Garcia’s “Salsa Crossings”. Both ethnographies analyze the implication of movement in the establishment of the community. In “Dancing with the Virgin”, members of the community are brought together through collective memories that are embodied in the dance as well as the rest of the fiesta. In the world of “Salsa Crossings”, the intent is to establish identity in…

girls. Preschool through sixth grade girls were invited to attend cheer camp. The cheerleaders made up a dance for the girls to learn during the practices. The elementary girls had practice on Saturday, October 1st; Thursday, October 6th; and Friday, October 7th. The girls performed that Friday night during the halftime of the football game. The little cheerleaders performed two cheers, a dance, and the older girls were able to perform the school song. The Rock Port band played the school song…

the Dance illustrated by members of her company. Her return from near death to an altered but extraordinarily active life is outlined in her book Reprieve one of the five books she wrote since her stroke the other four being Where the Wings Grow America Dances Portrait Gallery and Martha The Life and Work of Martha Graham. She is also the author of Dance to the Piper translated into five languages And Promenade Home To a Young Dancer “The Book of Dance Lizzie Borden” “Dance of Death Dance in…

hailed as the queen of south indian cinema in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him.The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They…

and finds the dance school she and Victor were talking about before they left Paris. Along the way, Felice finds a caretaker named Odette who used to be a ballerina. Then one day, when the mail came for a girl named Camille she took it so instead she could go to the dance school. Odette trained Felice every day so she could get the part in the Nutcracker. Every day there will be a girl leaving the dance school, so it was really painful and scary. Felice was really bad and the dance teacher said…

as plural rather than singular, different members of the audience are likely to have different responses and reactions based on their personal background and experiences (Reason and Reynolds, ) While they consider this specifically in relation to dance, these varied responses could be extended to sports films such as ‘Rocky I’. In some cases a film will not promote embodied viewership, but rather, disembodied viewership caused by some kind of disconnect between the spectator and the spectacle…

through the Department of Cultural Affairs City Council Initiative, supported IATI Theater’s Latin Dance Senior Swing Workshop, a cultural engagement program brought to United NSC in Brooklyn. This body awareness workshop taught and promoted the Latin culture while dancing and learning the history of the best known Latin social dances. Taught by our dance instructor Walter Perez, based on the exceptional dance idioms of Tango, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha-Cha, all sessions/classes of this…

Strange Fruit; a solo first performed in 1945, was created by a woman named Pearl Primus. She was in a dance company that encouraged her to address social issues through movement. The soloist performing Strange Fruit in a woman who is witnessing a lynching. Ms. Primus was reflecting on the struggle of black share croppers in the south. The message and purpose of this piece is clear. I am sure during its time it must have caused a stir in the audience. Even today I think it would cause discussion…

begs Torvald to help her practice the tarantella dance for a party. As Dr. Rank and later Torvald play the piano, Nora dances wildly and with great enthusiasm. However, Torvald…