Choreography

According to the article Choreography (Dance) from Sussle, the Visual Encyclopedia, choreographers teach ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, folk dance, techno, k-pop, religious dances, pedestrian movement. Choreographers also combine these together in dance numbers, or routines. Though some choreographers teach more than one style, most specialize in one or two. Choreographers can teach small children up to young adults. Some choreographers even teach singers and the backup dancers. To become…

In the late 1700s, early 1800s, ballet, and classical music were iconic across the world. Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It is a very technical, rigid dance full with grace and intricate footwork. Its vocabulary is based in French and Italian, with a philosophy that is historically recognizable by almost all. Ballet requires years of training, which is often expensive. Most people who…

Gus Giordano is known for his amazing choreography in Jazz dance. He was born on July 10, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. Giordano was introduced to Jazz dance when he was 5 while on a trip to New Orleans to visit family. His cousin had taught him the Charleston dance step and he was hooked. When he returned home he soon began to study dance with a local dance teacher. Minette Buchman is whom Giordano credits his early training to. Giordano took ballet and theater dance classes as well as vocal…

struggle with any movement, regardless of how difficult it seem; in fact, she uses the same energy, vigor, and focus in all of her performances- she does have a penetrating gaze. In conclusion, Graham remains a phenomenon when it comes to dance and choreography, her success could be attributed to the self invented contraction and release technique as well as its uniqueness. It is therefore not surprising that her philosophy and style are still very much in effect long after she died. According…

On April 28, 2016 the Redfield Proscenium Theatre is full of excitement from energized parents, peers, professors, and choreographers, as everyone patiently waits for the Spring Dance Concert to start. The lights are finally dimmed and the applause stops as soon as the stage lights turn on. The concert starts off with “Space Taken” by Katie Dahlaw which explores gender stereotypes and ends with a piece by Kathleen Hermesdorf titled “Fern” that starts off with dancers surrounded around a Fern.…

Several UNR students and faculty choreographed the Fall Dance Festival on November 18, 2016. The festival featured eight distinctive dances that had their own unique theme. While many of these pieces were great, “Fragile” and “My Monster” had an additional emotional element that stood out. Both pieces being so uniquely different from one another were interesting to compare. The ballet dance piece “Fragile” was more than true to its name the movements of the dancers were appeared to be as fragile…

where one is going but not make out what is in the shadows. At the end of this section the music because more energetic with the dancers forming a group with a soloist downstage of them. To generate the feeling of community and unity- most of the choreography in this section is done in unison. I chose to use Coral Amber (Apollo 7650) in the top light, Trudy Blue in the head highs, lilac in the mids, No Color Straw (Rosco 06) in the high shins, and the high side gobo. I used this combination of…

Forsythe and Balanchine looked for the mathematical shapes of classical ballet to extend the movements to create longer lines of the human body, similar to architectural renderings. Architecture shaped Balanchine and Forsythe’s work. Associating with different architects, Forsythe educated himself on spatiality and structure to construct the dancers’ bodies. Although Balanchine’s movement applied math to elongate the dancer’s body, Forsythe constructs movements based on researching physics. In…

For this assignment I chose to watch the musical movie Rock of Ages. This movie is high energy and has fun and frisky choreography. With professional dancer Julianne Hough as our leading lady in the film it is tough not to get caught up in how the movement tells the story. After watching it I did realize there were several moments where they stopped dancing and that seemed to work for the story as well. From the start we get the urge to move with the opening song Paradise City. This number…

For my cultural experience, I decided to try dancing from a different culture. I ended up going to a Zumba class for the first time in my life. Zumba is a fitness dance class that mostly consist of Latin music and Latin-inspired choreography. They also incorporate Caribbean and African culture too but mostly Latin. I chose Zumba for many reasons. First, I love to dance, dancing is my passion it is what makes me happy. Second, I hate working out but I need to and Zumba just seemed like a perfect…