Group dance

Lord of the Dance you can see many different and similar interactions with dance; which incorporates Yoruba Nigerian Christine’s and traditional dance. As well as Indian religious traditions that is forms of worship. Upon reviewing these two cultures and how they incorporate family, dance, and movement. You can also see the difference visually with the attire and people around. Family’s come together to celebrate with other villagers finding their God. Movement is a large part of dance and being…

brought Contra-Danze, the country dance of France and England, with them. Later known as danzon, it mixed with rhumbas of African origin. After yet another global spread of this dance, different places and countries all over the world gradually tinkered and changed the style to their liking, but kept the partner dance and tempo the same. The dance later received the name “salsa” in New York, given that it was a mixture, like the sauce “salsa”, of different styles of dance and music. Thus, salsa…

The final dance Folk Dance for a Gay ex-Methodist White Boy, choreographed by Andrew Vaca, conveyed the idea that if one lets themselves go and free themselves from conformity, that they can simply be happy and not care how they look whilst doing so. This was heavily shown through the focus on a soloist throughout the entire dance, lighting, costumes and music. The soloist was the center of attention throughout this entire dance even if she was not on the center of the stage. The entire stage…

When I first came to class, it was truly frightening getting in front of people to move my body like I have never moved it before. Even the dance move to the number of syllables to our names was way scarier than it should have been. The amount of growth that I have personally made, and that everyone else has made is tremendous. Moving was much harder, much less fluid than it was at the end of the semester. The more and more that we practiced movements, such as the partner touch and blind…

Monika Eres Dance 1010 ­ 001 Concert Critique 03.07.2016. Critical analysis of “Badgerette Showcase” I attended the dance concert called “Badgerette Showcase” on March 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Horne Activity Center. This concert consisted of 21 unique performances performed by a lot of Utah schools, dance groups and cheerleaders. I picked 4 performances that I liked the best and I am going to be writing about them. Before the show started, the coach introduced all Badgerettes that are in the team…

The Tarantella is one of the oldest Italian folk dance that can be traced back to the middle Ages. Many labelled the tarantella the dance of healing/cure of the sick and courtship. It is also one of the most known, popularized, traditional dance in Italian society. The tarantella is characterized by upbeat music followed by a lead singer. The dance is also accompanied by light and quick steps mixed with teasing, flirtatious gestures between partners. Included in the music is a live 6/8 time…

father is also a dancer, and a singer in his own drum group so my experience with powwows is incredibly high. When I attended the FNUC opening powwow, I possessed this thought in my mind that this powwow was not going to be all that special, or exciting. I know the difference between a small and a large powwow, and small powwows are fun, but large powwows is where it gets interesting with the dancing competitions, the amount different drum groups, and the amount of dancers as a whole. Never…

Dance & Ritual Dance in religion is highly variable and changes depending on religious traditions, geographic location, and culture views surrounding the body and movement. Court Dance is related to politics; it is used to reinforce the power of a ruling people. Ballet Ballet is a direct descendant of European court dance traditions. It was borrowed from the Italians and developed by the French. It provides a living bridge between court dances of history and court dances of the present.…

anthropologist and activist who transformed the field of the twentieth century-dance. Though, Dunham wasn’t the first African American choreographer she was known as the most successful in bringing African aesthetics to the dance stage and developing her own unique technique. Therefore she is widely considered the founder of black concert dance in the United States and also a major influence on the idioms of both modern and jazz dance. From the 1930s through the 1960s, her company toured the…

required chairs. To do this dance there was a lot of core strength involved, they also wanted a lot of acting. It was made up of a series of fidgets. After they taught us the first dance we did it in groups of 4. The whole time they were videotaping us. After that we cleared out the chairs and learned the second dance. The second dance was to the song “Revolting Children.” It was sharper and consisted of fast boxing and dodging the fidgets. After they taught us this dance, we did the…