Dance moves

Embracing the idea of movement as more than just dance is an overarching theme in Deidre Sklar’s “Dancing with the Virgin” and Cindy Garcia’s “Salsa Crossings”. Both ethnographies analyze the implication of movement in the establishment of the community. In “Dancing with the Virgin”, members of the community are brought together through collective memories that are embodied in the dance as well as the rest of the fiesta. In the world of “Salsa Crossings”, the intent is to establish identity in…

"Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time." Training in a dance studio shows how dance is a complete artistic sport. It lets you express what you feel when you perform, becoming healthier while you're having fun, and reducing your stress levels at all times. To dance is to express your feelings without using any words. You move your body to the rhythm of the music and let it all out. Letting your movement flow. Letting your soul grow. It makes you aspire to inspire…

Genre 1: Ballet Ballet is an artistic dance form which was introduced in the 1500, It includes lots of technical movements and slow paced music. A ballet routine is made up of soft flowing movements from the arms and legs and can be performed with what is called pointe shoes which is made up of layer of materials. Pointe shoes allow ballerinas to dance on the tips of their toes which make their movements look slower and softer. Ballet is an artistic form of dance performed to music. A type of…

On Thursday, December 3rd, 2015, I saw a few performances of the Dance Company Fall Dance Concert presented by the Theater, Dance, and Film department of Franklin and Marshall College. The concert incorporated the works of Talia Beck, Merce Cunningham, Elba Hevia Y Vaca, Belinda Mcguire, Janet Peck, and Pamela Vail. The Concert took place at the Schnader Theater in Roschel Performing Arts Center at 7: 30 P.M. Of the performances I had the opportunity to watch, the one that most intrigued me was…

For the syllabus addition paper I chose the dance voguing. Created by gay Black and Latino Americans, voguing evolved out of Harlem in the 1980’s. Its origins date back to the 1930’s in the underground LGBT ballroom scene, where it was known as “performance.” Voguing was mostly done in ‘houses’, which are family-like collectives of members of the LGBT community, one of the most popular being The House of Xtravanganza in New York City (the mecca of voguing). Here, the dancers would strike poses…

the Modern Dance class here on the Montgomery campus. It was taught within a theater black box with desks on risers against the walls and mirrors along the front. The class only had six students, all who looked like college-level beginners varying from newly into college and adults. Overall the girls do not really talk a lot, but they all seem engaged in learning what Professor Nirider has to say. They act as a very close-knit group, always willing to help another student do the moves and…

One of the most incredible video that I watched to complete a Dance Observation assignment for Dance class is the video of: “Wade in the Water from “Revelations” by Alvin Ailey Company. This video was published on YouTube on November 25, 2007 and performed at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This video is very beautiful and impressive at the first time I saw it. Then I keep watching it again to really focus on the detail of very movement and sections. The dancers presented a movement of…

Thinking of career in Dance? Tens of thousands of children across the United States pursue their passion of dance, some for recreation, while other dancers desire to make a career out of their passion. What types of career opportunities exist for the child that wants to dance professionally? What type of training/education is necessary for a dancer to pursue this type of career? What type of pay/income can one expect as a professional dancer? Below you will find answers to some of these…

when she began dancing at the age of three. After years of intense practice, Mallett was accepted into one of London’s top theatre arts schools, The Italia Conti, where she received a BA in dance and theater arts. As for Mallett's career, she started out seeking an occupation in musical theater and dance, but later on she decided to pursue a career in exercise and exercise training. She has several fitness certifications including AFAA group certified fitness trainer, certified sports…

hearing and uses it to the full extent. She also says the vibrations help convey the emotion of the piece and move her throughout. Crystal Rolfe, senior audiologist at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, states, “Someone who is deaf can sense sounds through vibrations. Depending on how much hearing they have, a person may also be able to hear some of the beat of the sounds to dance to, and some of the low notes in the music”…