Contemporary dance

Is Dance a Sport? Many people when asked what sport they play answer by saying that they dance. These people who say that usually get some funny looks after that because many people do not really consider dance a sport. If those people who gave the funny looks actually danced, they too would definitely agree that dance is a sport though. Almost any dancer, if asked, would say that dance is definitely a sport. This sport is even much harder than many other sports and if bowling can be considered…

dancing near the ocean. She appears graceful and elegant as if she is in a world of her own, as if it is an imaginary world. It appears that “Dance like no one is watching” is a contributing factor to this artwork. She is freely dancing the way she wants to, without the criticism of others, the added pressure of people watching her,…

Christopher Bruce - Ghost Dances Christopher Bruce, being an avid dancer for the majority of his life, also emerged as a choreographer and an artistic director. When Christopher Bruce was a young boy, his legs were damaged by polio. His father encouraged him to dance at the Benson Stage Academy, where he learnt various dance styles, including ballet, tap and acrobatic dance. At the age of 18 years old, Bruce was accepted into the Rambert School Academy of dance where he emerged as…

Along with dance, many other things can be considered as art. The most popular art phenomenon would be painting, followed by things such as music and fashion. The origins of painting date back to pre-historic human times, when cave men still roamed the earth. For them it was a way of communication and storytelling. Throughout the years painting has taken on various different forms, and slowly evolved into what is known today as art. During the renaissance period art, most specifically in the…

Domm, Daniela Perazzo. “Traces of History: Jonathan Burrows’ Rethinking of the Choreographic past.” Contemporary Theatre Review, vol. 20, no. 3, Aug. 2010, pp. 267-282. EBSCOhost. Scope: Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2010), pp. 267-282 Published by Routledge Oxforshire U.K. Topic: This article uses delves into choreographer Jonathan Burrow and his view on how choreography has evolved throughout history. He looks at the process of creating works, what each work is supposed to…

her rib cage since she was born, but this doesn’t affect her as she is one of the most flexible people. Sophia started dancing at two years old, and started competing at the age of 3. She was first inspired to dance by her older cousin. Now she practices 35-40 hours a week on jazz, contemporary, tap, and ballet. That is more hours than an average person works per week. A time period of 2 days is all it would…

contributions to the performing arts, Mr. Bill T. Jones did not fit this mold. He began his dance training during his Freshman year in college at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Though attending the university as a a theater major, he was also on a sports scholarship. In college, his love for dance grew strong and he became completely immersed in a short time. There he trained in a multitude of dance styles to include contact improvisation, experimental movement, the Humphrey &…

Swing Dance begin in 1920s and 30s in America. In 1930s the words Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Swing were all interchanged terms. How the dance was discovered you may ask in the 1920s the black community were dancing to contemporary Jazz music and the discovered the Charleston and the Lindy Hop which was originated in Harlem. Something that I found really interesting is in 1936 Philip Nutl, was president of the American Society of Teachers of Dancing said that swing would not last. Here it is 2016…

and dance on the playing fields, completely oblivious to what was going on during the games. In 5th grade, I was put into my first dance class as a hobby. This happened all because I watched the Disney Channel movie High School Musical and immediately fell in love with it. I showed the movie to my parents and told them, “This is what I want to do.” At the time I thought I excelled in both signing and acting and that all I needed were dance classes. So I started that year with just one dance…

I could finally return to dance for my sophomore year at Booker T. Washington. The time I spent unable to dance led me to explore other pathways associated with the arts. Because I was not able to participate in my technique classes I was told to take extensive notes over corrections and the class as a whole; I began to draw connections from the first combination to the last. This was a cognitive approach to dance that I had never taken before, when I returned to dance I was able to take class…