Dance moves

that said auditions September 8 for The Nutcracker. I took a picture of the poster on my phone when I got home I showed it to my mom. The Nutcracker audition was held this Saturday I was thrilled! I next day at school I showed all of my friends from dance class and they said they were coming too, Emmy Laila and Jamia. “You're definitely gonna get the leading role.” Jamai says “Yeah!” Laila and Emmy replies. I” can give you guys a ride from my mom she's free this Saturday.” I said. “Shur my mom…

After watching this video I feel like I need to immediately put my kids back in their dance class they were attending until about a month ago, all for good reason. I also felt amazingly blessed for a few different reasons. Although this was the first Ted Talks video I have seen, and the first time watching Sir Ken Robinson speak, I know it will not be the last. Sir Ken began speaking about human creativity and the variety and range. He explained how a little girl was drawing a picture in class…

continued to dance. In the Russian documentary I saw five young girls pushing their bodies to the breaking point to become the best, no matter what it took to get there. Dancer place themselves in difficult situations and push their bodies so far to accept pain. They are truly athletes of the greatest degree. Anna Aalten wrote in her journal, In the Presence of the Body: Theorizing Training, Injuries and Pain in Ballet, that humans were not made to stand on their toes, let alone dance. But…

they’re all the same in that they are a visual form of self-expression. At the end of the day dance isn’t something that is just performed, it is created and treated as living, moving art. The most common form of dance is ballet. It is the foundation of all other types of dance. I studied ballet for about seven years. It…

Jason Coleman in the middle starting, then flowing out to the other dancers bit by bit. It builds the intensity of the performance as the music gets faster. Finally, space is used graciously as they only have a small space to work. As they begin the dance section, there are times they would take a few steps back to create more space in front for the kicks and turns performed. Overall, this performance was well executed with choreographic techniques. In the excerpt ‘The Greatest’ by Sia, you…

Essay Question 2100 words Discuss and analyse the relevant issues related to creativity and performance in theme based work, making references to the devising process and finished work. Your discussion and analysis should be informed by performance and choreographic theories, as well personal engagement. This essay will look specifically at creativity, performance and the relating issues from the director and performer/dancers point of view. I will discuss the issues in relation to two…

table trying to explain why I was talking a dance class spring semester while my family laughed at me. Honestly, I was laughing too. I was never graceful, smooth, or anything in the middle. I was just a little goon trying to get through life without tripping over too many things. Despite my family’s laughter and my own reservation, I chose to enroll in dance anyway. I believed what Doris Aman, my carillon instructor, told me about the connection between dance and dyslexia was true; she told me I…

Dance is an art form which demands the extremes of human movement. The dancer’s body appears to glide with effortless grace across the floor, whilst constantly challenging the laws of balance, force and motion. The purpose of this paper is to examine how a dancer moves, the way muscles are used to create and control movement, how dancers work against the force of gravity to leap into the air, spin without toppling over and balance on the toe of a single pointe shoe.…

Do Not Go Gently, choreographed by Dave Massey, and danced, beautifully, by Korey Van Hoy, is a modern piece that explores the journey of internal conflict. It was performed at Mira Costa College’s “Dance Reflections 2017” on December 2nd, at 7:30 pm. Do Not Go Gently begins with a single white spotlight, focused on Van Hoy, slouched over a black vanity desk. The props themselves (a black vanity and bench seat) may point towards themes of social expectations and realities. The lighting then…

was evident in the beginning as the title credits rolled and theme song played("Hairspray" by Rachel Sweet with Deborah Harry). Each Corny Collins' character has a 1960s style – big hair, stylish suits and dresses, and some classical-like music to dance to. Every shot within the title sequence focuses mainly on the hair, because of hairspray. One part, Corny Collins looks at an album by a black singer and pitches it out of his sight, hoping no one sees, indicating segregation. When we meet…