Dancing Essay

Dancing, whether competitively, professionally, or just to stay in shape, brings joy to many people around the world. A widely known way to communicate is through dance. I have heard many people say dance is easy and that anyone can do it. Little do they know how challenging dance can become. The definition of a sport is something that involves physical exertion and skill. If you have ever danced, you would know that it indeed requires physical exertion and an amount of skill. Dance is not…

smell gave off the realization that you were about to have a good time. Even though the whole decade was a good time! During this time period, there was a social outbreak in all kinds of people. All the worries people had were: fashion, music, and dancing. In the 1920s, men dressed very sophisticated. The goal of dressing so elegantly was to become more attractive. In their workplace or in a business, they would dress in suits. The suits were tailored to have narrow hips which made them look…

Ballroom, who are artificial and believe their actions, either good or bad, are for the greater glory of dancing. It could be said that Liz Holt is ambitious, prefers to stick to the rules and will do anything it takes to win. After Scott and Liz loose at the Warathas State Championships, she tells Scott that she does not give a shit about his new steps. She wants Pam Shorts, Ken Railing’s dancing partner to break both her legs so that Ken asks Liz to be his new dance partner. During this scene…

in their society. The first time Abigail and the other girls act as a group when they were dancing in the forest. At the start of the play the girls had been caught dancing, an act that was prohibited in the puritan society.Abigail confessed to her uncle “We did dance; let you tell them I confessed it- and I’ll be whipped if I must be”(67). Abigail knew there would be punishment if they were caught dancing. The girls would not have danced if they were alone because it goes against the rules…

Photographing During this activity I learned new programs to use when taking pictures and how to take different kind of pictures with different settings. I learned how to take different pictures with the use of different programs in the camera. I had taken pictures before this activity, but the use of different programs in the camera weren’t that familiar for me and learning to use them allowed me to take better pictures. To learn how to use different camera programs I read instructions on the…

purification dances. The fourth and final day has dances of friendship, games that they play, and it ends with the tribe packing up and returning home with forgiveness and purification held in their hearts. Activity 2: Stomp Dancing Description: As I have observed, Stomp dancing seems to be a very fast pace yet meditative dance, done with friends. Done well into the darkness of the night, there are many different…

Today I am going to be talking about my composition which is a fusion of Spanish dancing and jazz. The reason that I chose these styles are that I have always been interested in the Spanish culture as my uncle lives in Spain and taught me Spanish dancing when I was younger. I chose to fuse this with jazz as I am comfortable doing a jazz dance but I also wanted to explore it further. The diversity in Spain is reflected in the many different styles of Spanish dance that is performed all around…

This semester I was once again enrolled in DA 401. Over the course of this semester, I have worked conscientiously to improve my dancing through a concentration on various technical components. I feel like I was already more successful at some of these components than others, so I decided to focus on some of the other components that were more vital to my dancing and that I needed the most improvement in. Of the many technical aspects of ballet technique, I chose to focus on four – strength,…

Two well-known dances associated with Puerto Rico and Cuban culture are Mambo and Salsa. These dances are known for their rhythmic music, intricate timing, and both made it to the United States’ culture. Although the two dances share some similar characteristics, there are prominent differences as well. Mambo was a popular dance found in the Palladium Ballroom in New York City during the 1950s. The dance incorporated African influences such as the use of polyrhythm in the hips and pelvis…

The news came out today that country singer Jana Kramer is joining the cast of Dancing With the Stars. Jana has been through a lot lately and a lot of people who do not know her story will be wondering about her now. People shared that Jana Kramer is speaking out to her fans and thanking them for being by her side through her hard time recently as she separated from her husband. Jana has been married to husband Mike Caussin and they have one child together. Before her marriage to Mike Caussin,…