Choreography

to the history of dance is an artist named, Mary Wigman. Mary Wigman is a native of Germany and the leading force of German modern dance. Many of her works considered the gentleness of nature to the macabre, or unearthly. The reason behind her choreography being judged crucial originates from her background of a Germanic heritage. Within this heritage, an atomsphere of being a Nazi is projected to the audience. However, Mary Wigman ignored the poor attitudes and negative comments her audience…

Alvin Ailey was an American choreographer who was born in Rodgers, Texas but made his way to New York City through the years of his life. Before beginning on his own company Ailey studied and observed many other choreographers. For example, he observed Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. He also was a student at Lester Horn’s dance school for many years. Ailey indulged very well in Horton’s style of dance and it displayed once Horton died. Alvin took lead as the company’s director. With the…

special in her dance which could make people feel refreshed and energetic. These dance all described about daily scenes in Zimbabwe for example how women do the chores, how men go out for hunting as well as how people sow seeds. By elaborate choreography design, these scenes were made in to dance performance. Because of the expressive dance, audience actually were able to imagine the comfortable daily life in a peaceful Zimbabwe village. Also the music and dance are so exciting that you can…

help of Balanchine which developed a completely new dance styles from the classic ballets French, Italian and Russian contributed a completely new style of ballet in history. He had a long collaboration with Igor Stravinsky (Apollo was one of the choreographies they did together), and in 1934 founded in New York the School of American Ballet and in 1948, establishing the American Ballet Company, the New York City Ballet, passing then working as a ballet master and principal choreographer of the…

Tap Dogs is a professional Australian dance company whose grungy, yet casual costuming reflects their upbeat and exhilarating style of tap dancing, loose, fun and charismatic. Torn between labour and love, founder and choreographer Dein Perry uses dance to reflect his journey of becoming a professional tap dancer as a young boy. Getting down and dirty to the soul of this performance, there is no doubt that Tap Dogs Beams is far from the more traditional style of tap dancing. With a contemporary…

"Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind"-Arlene Croce. Choreography is the sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance. It is the art or practice of designing choreographic sequences or the written notation for a choreographic sequence. Most of the time choreographers are used in a musical of some sort. They control the dancing and most of the movement you see happening. Even the sex scenes that you see in a play or movie is…

This semester I had the opportunity to see The Nutcracker, performed by the Texas Ballet Theater, as one of my required professional performances for intermediate ballet. Watching this production was a “revelation” to me. The Nutcracker is an extremely well known ballet, yet I had never been given the chance to see it until this year. As someone who grew up in the dance world I had always heard the familiar compositions that are found within The Nutcracker, however, I had never seen professional…

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 indomitable characteristic was developed through her…

seeing the Chinese acrobats will be able to help me intellectually understand in the future other theatrical performances, on levels of the actual art form. I will now to be able apply my knowledge of how environment, history, creative thinking, the choreography, moving elements, and means of communication affect a work of art. My favorite act was the Ballet Adagio where they combined ballet, acrobatics and gymnastics. The three ladies executing this part had to rely on the momentum and body…

communication, history and personal learning. As students are exposed to dancing they end up picking up certain skills. Individual students can improve on some skills that they did not initially possess. The skills include reflection and analysis through choreography (VCAA, 2015). The students can learn more of their Australian history when they are taught traditional dances of the Australian ethnic groups. The other discipline gained in this unit is communication. The students through the…