Choreography

1980s, when many companies began experimenting with a more physical type of theatre. Wanting to reform from the confinements of realistic and naturalistic drama, they attempted to create an exciting and visual theatre that was depicted by design, choreography and physical imagery (Victoria…

February 21, 2014, to debut Dante’s Inferno: The Ballet in The Theatre at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington. The powerful original symphonic scores from Glenna Burmer; the artist director and Tim Huling were accompanied by original choreography which was a collaboration between choreographer Ronald Tice and then Jennifer…

Katherine Dunham By: Deborah D’Silva “Katherine Dunham revolutionized American dance in the 1930 's by going to the roots of black dance and rituals transforming them into significant artistic choreography”-KDCAH Background/Personal Information About Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham was born on June 22nd, 1990, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She was born to her father Albert Millard Dunham and her mother Fanny June Taylor, and was the younger sister to Albert Dunham Jr. (Library of Congress).…

Bassetti, Chiara. “Male Dancing Body, Stigma and Normalizing Processes. Playing with (Bodily) Signifieds/ers of Masculinity.” Sociological and Anthropological Research. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology, Department of Sociology and Social Research. University of Trento. 20 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. Bassetti explains that there are certain stereotypes that are placed on man dancers. His article examines, how can the idea of males dancing be socially normalized. During his 3…

As I prepare for graduation from high school and pursue my goal of becoming a band director, I realize that I have at least six years of academics left to achieve my goal. During the next six years, I intend to obtain not only a bachelor’s degree in Music Education but a master's degree as well. I initially plan to attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello. After obtaining my masters, I shall pursue my doctorate from the University of Texas. I am applying for this scholarship to help…

In the first shot of Emak-Bakia the image of Man Ray cranking the camera this essentially “broke the cinematic illusion by pointing to the film as a product of the camera.” (Short, p. 27) He incorporates sprinkled salt and pepper animated nails and thumbtack sequence the notion that entire sections could be cut out of one work and dropped into another appeared to be downright extravagant. The sequence of shots involving the car and animals suggests that the car has collided with the animal “she…

visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning and how we all use them differently. He closes with a story about Gillian Lynne, a British ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director. She is noted for her popular theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. In a conversation Sir Robinson had with Gillian Lynne, she stated that she wasn’t a very academically inclined student in a traditional…

According to the National Cheerleading Association, “there are six categories in which each team is judged; technique, stability of stunts/strength, choreography/flow of routine, degree of difficulty, perfection of routine, and overall impression. They’re pretty harsh in judging, too. If a stunt moves, or the flyer wobbles a little bit, it’s considered a “bobble”, and results in a .5 deduction from each…

her Romeo. That performance was electric, moving, tragic, the connection between them palpable. Last night IMO Sterling did capture the essence of a young conflicted girl. Her dancing was, as always, effervescent, light, fluid, musical, but the choreography had her doing a lot of running back and forth on the stage, which made her seem to me more like the mad scene in Giselle. But the key to the ballet, at least as I read Shakespeare, is the tragic love story. It takes two for a love story and…

The show that I used to watch for my observations was Empire. Empire is a drama about the head of a music business called “Empire”, whose three sons and wife are fighting for his throne. To begin with the family consists of the father (Lucious Lyon), Mother whose nickname is “ Cookie”, Andre (older son), Jamal (second oldest son ), and Hakeem ( youngest son). Throughout the show I saw a lot of society patterns, norms, culture jamming, and materialistic culture. Today’s society is very open and…