Acro dance

always thought of cheerleading as a sport. It’s a sport that involves many types of skills such as you have to work as a team, it’s a very competitive sport, and it requires a lot of physical activity.” Cheerleading is a sport that combines gymnastics, dance, teamwork, bodybuilding and communication. Anybody can throw or kick a ball, but few athletes can do gymnastics stunts cheerleaders can or throw someone up in the air and catch them” As a cheerleader you have to work as a team, without…

The Pahkola people have two leaders for their ceremonies on that is in charge of leading the deer dances and one that is in charge of the pahkolam. Both leaders are call Moro, and the leader of the deer dance wears a black mask, but the other dancers were their created masks for the dance. The mask are commonly worn on the back or left side of the head and when a Pahkola person dies the mask is also places on the top of Pahkola person’s head when they are buried, along with a note. These mask…

videos, dancing had always been something that I loved. Dance eventually carried over into my teenage hood and I found myself doing the same thing again. I watched Korean Pop music videos and saw the different dances, only now I wasn’t just copying them but I also began to really absorb and memorize the body movements and the different vibes that were being sent out from these artists. Throughout high school, I always wanted to take up a dance class, preferably a Hip Hop class but I never had…

In Claude McKay’s “The Harlem Dancer,” his use of imagery, enjambment, and diction develop the character as a whole by appealing to the senses of the reader and highlighting the oblivion of the audience, allowing the form to unify the content of the poem. Through the use of imagery, the reader is forced to engage all senses, and therefore examine every aspect of the Harlem dancer. Although placed in somewhat of a hectic setting, with “Applauding youths”(Line 1) all around, the speaker allows us…

In class we have been discussing tools for choreography such as juxtaposition, counter point, mirroring, cannon, and many others. A piece that I found called “Framed” by M&N Dance Company displays a lot of these different tools that we have learned about these past couple of weeks. This piece was beautifully crafted and since it was a duet I believe it was very difficult to provide as much variety as they did in this piece. One of the first tools they utilized was mirroring. This was easy to…

Dance is a common theme in every culture. It doesn’t require a specific language in order to be understood and can be interpreted in many different ways. However, this subjective point of view can also make it being difficult to convey a specific theme. By combining aspects of music and visual art I can more easily define what emotions and theme I conveying during my performance. Physics must also be taken into account when choreographing. A beautiful movement that contributes to the theme and…

Watching dance in person is an unforgettable experience. No matter how many different dances you watch on video, there is no substitute for seeing it in person. Observing the technique class and the rehearsal gave me so much insight on how much work is put into each individual dance. It made me realize that dancers are perfectionists and will persistently go over one small part of a dance until it is absolutely perfect. Observing the technique class and rehearsal allowed me to see the dedication…

Company is a musical comedy that is based off a book written by George Furth that was produced in the 1970”s. The musical was originally named Threes. The whole plot revolves around the main character Robert (Bobby), he cannot fully commit himself to relationship, meaning he cannot get married and he is already 35. His five friends are all married couples that try to help him find a partner or tell him he is perfect how he is. This Broadway production was nominated for fourteen Tony Awards and…

Ballet Folklorico could never be expressed fully only on a canvas one needs to actually practice it dance it and perform it see the faces of the audience of how astonished they are of all the turns and steps being conveyed on the stage. One could ever have this stupendous experience in just plain paper and pen. What other piece of composition that makes…

I sat in the large theater on the edge of my seat at the award ceremony as the announcer called out third place then second. I breathed out a sigh of relief that it was not us, but then my stomach twisted further into knots. “What if we didn’t place?”, I thought. This was it, the moment we would know if our months of practice had paid off. I clutched my teammates hands on either side of me as the rhythmic beat of “Crazy Frog” burst from the speakers overhead. I held in my breath, waiting and…