Ballet

On February 26, 2016, I attended a performance by UA Dance entitled Color Wheel. It was held in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. Color Wheel was indeed a wheel: six different performances gave viewers a broad taste of what dance has to offer; from ballet to tap to jazz. The pieces performed were choreographed by a wide variety of choreographers, from Jerome Robbins, known for West Side Story, to James Clouser, professor at the University of Arizona. The performance provided a well-rounded view of…

spaces are not a capitalist product so why waste your energy? John’s closet theory addresses two sides of the closet, clean and trash. Clean is an example of professional concert dance, ballet, lack of diversity in dance companies or exploitation of bodies. Clean is nationalism. In certain dance forms, such as ballet or commercial dance, the focus is to appeal and to entertain the audience. Many dancers are trained to believe that they must appeal to the primary, meaning they have to join a…

On April 15th I viewed “Carnival of the Animals”- a collaboration between the Arkansas Philharmonic and the Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theatre. The performance featured several different styles and types of performing arts, including acting, dancing, and a symphony. I also noticed several different things whilst viewing this program that heavily influenced my overall assessment. When I first walked into the Arend Arts Center, I noticed the stage was split in two. Stage right had several chairs…

choreographed for musicals, television-including commercials, music videos. and even nightclub revues; and had also performed on Broadway many times. Cole had one of the most diverse dancing and choreographing career, beginning with modern dance and ballet, mastering Indian and other Asian dances, then moving toward contemporary and jazz. He had a unique combination of all styles, that made him well admired and quite popular among the arts. He was seen as an innovator a dance movement, and was a…

For dancers, it is required to wear a specific color of tights or panyhose, a black leotard or a tight fitted tank top with black spandex shorts. It is also necessary to wear the correct shoes to the correct class, like pointe shoes or ballet slippers for ballet and jazz shoes for jazz. To complete the look for dancers who are women, they are to always have their hair in a bun. When it is time to perform there is even a certain way that a dancer must have their makeup done. For orchestra members…

The Invisible Pink Slippers Before the worst night of my life happened, I lived a normal life of a 10-year-old ballerina. I could dance ballet every day after school. I would twist and turn, leap and soar above all my problems from the day. Ballet was my haven, away from my peers, pushy teachers, and school work. In my beautiful pink slippers, I could do and be anything. When I put on those slippers, I felt as if spring had taken over the winter inside of me. My skin glowed, my cheeks reddened,…

As a result my ballet pointe shoes were deteriorated, as well as my ballet lessons were disregarded, my passion was running slowly and so many things were ephemeral. Also my father died that same year and with him a lot of memories, family moments and those cozy meetings. In less than a year, I…

Events/Factors that Influenced Suzy 1. Suzy was born into an extremely wealthy family. This gave her the opportunity to attend an all female prep boarding school and practice ballet. 2. Suzy was raised very alone without her parent’s presence at the London Day School. When she was 9 years old she was sent to the prep boarding school and despised it. She seemed to act very mature for her age. 3. Suzy had never met colored people before at the age of seven and said she never wanted to meet one.…

thought about this assignment, one of the first advertisements that popped into my head was the Under Armour Misty Copeland ad campaign. The commercial is filmed as follows: Misty Copeland, a ballet dancer, practices in an empty ballet…

thought organization, and crucial editing skills. Improving my creativity over the semester has helped me put together a motion picture essay instead of just a typical written essay. The topic of my essay was about the pain and the sacrifices that ballet dancers must go though to be thought of as…