Dance Essay

group of individuals who are exactly the same. Between February 25 and 26, 2016, the Connecticut College Dance Club hosted a performance entitled “Pivot,” in Myers dance studio which included thirteen pieces of original choreography by Connecticut College students. Kelley Fairman’s work, Atlas consisted of six dancers and was performed as the culminating work of the concert. The modern-inspired dance showcased each dancer’s strength while creating a narrative. Through the choreographed movement,…

Directional lines are used by artists to direct the viewer to a specific part of the painting. In Degas’s The Dance Class, he directs our attention to the background first. The slight diagonal and contrasting colors of the wall makes it a distinctive feature of the painting, and this is what I noticed first. One can follow that line to the back wall and see many ballerinas. After that, the focus is shifted to the directional line on the floor that leads to the focal point of the painting.…

Jaandheer Dance by Aziz Osman does a great job of showing a joyful time in the Somali culture. We see two man performing the jaandheer dance while many people watch and cheer them on. There is not much going on in the background implying that these people live simple lives. Also, all the people smiling and laughing with each other which shows how close of a community this is. Osman used bold warm colors to add another layer of joy and happiness to this painting. In this painting it appears the…

Flamenco is a folk art and culture from Iberia, or present day Spain. A genre that has been the musical outlet for the poor and the troubled, Flamenco is not merely a style of music, song or dance from Spain but rather a way of life that influences the daily activities of many individuals. The art of flamenco was intended to be an outward expression of an individual’s most profound emotions and the flamenco way of life. It was never intended to be a technical art performed with enduring…

A dancer hears it all the time, “Dance is not a sport.” As a dancer for fifteen years, I have heard this saying numerous times. The dictionary defines a sport as, “An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.” (“Sport”). Dance is a physically exerting activity and is sometimes competed against other teams or individuals to. Many football players are even told to take ballet as it helps in their flexibility and be able to be quick on their feet.…

Lighting up the Dance Community Let 's face it, technology in the 21st century has influenced an abounding number of things, from how we go about socialising with one another to the simplest tasks like online shopping. It is therefore no surprise that technology has also impacted the performing arts and managed to further integrate technology with the dance communities. Alas, people have witnessed such complexity through the use of technology in two contemporary pieces such as, Gideon…

Dance is an art form which demands the extremes of human movement. The dancer’s body appears to glide with effortless grace across the floor, whilst constantly challenging the laws of balance, force and motion. The purpose of this paper is to examine how a dancer moves, the way muscles are used to create and control movement, how dancers work against the force of gravity to leap into the air, spin without toppling over and balance on the toe of a single pointe shoe.…

"Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind"-Arlene Croce. Choreography is the sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance. It is the art or practice of designing choreographic sequences or the written notation for a choreographic sequence. Most of the time choreographers are used in a musical of some sort. They control the dancing and most of the movement you see happening. Even the sex scenes that you see in a play or movie is…

“Pina dance, dance otherwise we are lost” Pina is the name of the movie I watched. It’s a series of performances by a extensive group of about twenty dancers. The movie consisted of a series of settings. Throughout the performances the aforesaid theme was applied. The dancers were consistently liberated, but sometimes used very sharp quick movements. The dancing styles were mostly modern and contemporary. The themes were quite troublesome to catch on to but I attempted to unravel each…

ballerina dance on their toes may look divine, this is very painful for them. Some of the most common injuries caused by going on pointe are blisters, ingrowned and dead toenails, or even broken ankles. Nevertheless, even if the pains that dancers feel while performing on stage are really strong, they have to keep on going and to make it appear as if their toes are not bleeding. Dancers get injured every day,…