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    History Of Dance Du Ventre

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    Dance, for centuries, has “been used as communication between the body and the soul,” says Ruth St. Denis, Oriental-modern dancer and mentor of Martha Graham. Throughout the widespread genres of dance, there is always a rich background and purpose. Modern dance, one of the most recently recognized genres, can take many forms, while Dance du Ventre, or belly dancing, has a more narrow variety of moves. However, both have a deep rooting in women’s history and represent the value of a woman and…

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    performance,” by expressing an idea through the ever evolving art form, dance. Born in 1894 Allegheny- Pennsylvania, Martha Graham an inspirational choreographer, embellished historical American culture and woman rights. A revolution and adventure in itself. Graham establish new pathways in the field of choreography and performance through family influences plus through different eras. Graham, once described as “indomitable, moody and dream-obsessed,” was heavily influence by her parents. Her…

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    A Tribute Martha Graham

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    Martha describes the human body in the video “A Tribute Martha Graham”. Martha Graham is one of the greatest dancers to have graced planet earth. She makes dancing looks easy, delightful, and glamorous; she is such an awesome choreographer to watch on stage. According to Gregory Peck, Martha is absorbed in the magic of movement and her main goal when she dances is proper movement in relationship to the mind, body, and spirit. Graham does not dance like every other dancer that I have seen;…

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    Ballet Vs Musical Theatre

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    There are many styles of dance, and they all require different skill sets. The two styles of dance that I am discussing today are both styles that tell a story on stage over multiple hours, introducing many different characters and having a beginning, middle and end. However, going to see, and training to perform in ballet and musical theater are two very different experiences. Ballet is one of the oldest dance styles and, while it tells a story, there is no speaking, singing or any other words…

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    or ideas, but with movements. I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge” (Martha Graham). Martha Graham is considered the inventor of modern dance, her impact on dance was staggering. Throughout her career, Graham choreographed 181 masterpiece dance compositions and many new age choreographers are challenged to be as great as Martha herself. At the time, her contributions transformed the art…

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    4. Reflect on the significance of Dame Peggy van Praagh on the development of Australian dance in general and the Australian Ballet in particular. English born, Dame Peggy van Praagh, The Australian Ballet Company’s premiere Artistic Director presented Australian dancers and audiences with a development of classical ballet in Australia; taking initiative to build a dance company that revitalized the Ballet of the nation, advancing their standard and “defining the face of ballet in our country…

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    Dance Therapy

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    An individual's woman experience with dance therapy was examined in the case study conducted by Lee (2014). The author chooses of a 56-year old patient diagnosed with major depression, established the treatment as one 60-minute session a week for 2 years, except during the holiday Chinese New Year. It was an extensive treatment with specific psychiatrist supervision and documentation. Lee (2014) researched dance movement therapy as a tool to discover the deep feelings of the patient. During…

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    Betty Marie Tallchief was a great dancer. Things that made her a great dancer was the stories her grandmother told her. Some other things that made her a great dancer was her determination and passion to deny the racism and negative criticism she faced as a ballet dancer. One last key factor was that she told her heritage in her dances. Betty Marie Tallchief Has alway lived in her heritage. I think this because, passage stated, “Since most professional ballerinas at the time were white and…

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    “The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.” (Graham). In pole dance, one uses their body to create art. The dancers body is not the art, but the movements the body creates is the art. Contemporary dance is musical expression which incorporates modern and post-modern aspects of dance, as well as classical dance styles such as ballet. In “The Last Goodbye” choreographed by Isis Masoud, and starring Marlo Fisken & Kyle DesChamps, they combined…

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    certain posture that is also required in Ballet. However, modern can also be very different from Ballet. For example, Modern dancing involves contorting, contracting, and a lot of improper posture that would be forbidden in a Ballet class. Martha Graham did an amazing job at turning ballet movement into modern…

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