History of dance

twirling bodies everywhere. A packed danced floor has everyone moving and yelling at once. This was my first experience at the Basque Center in Boise during one of the many festivals being held on a Saturday. Young and old are up on the dance floor doing traditional dances to traditional songs. As a first timer of course I looked ridiculous trying to keep up with the moves and this got a lot of chuckles from everyone. Even with all the laughter, it was all in good fun because everyone was…

“Cool, blonde and beautiful. Kelly was fire under ice.” (World, 134), producer Alfred Hitchcock describes actor Grace Kelly which would later be starred in three of his films. Over five years, Grace Kelly is casted in 11 films and over 60 televisions shows until settling down with a Prince and starting a family. Grace Kelly lead an extraordinary life pursuing an extremely successful acting career, but gave up hollywood to start a family with Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Grace Kelly was born on…

I am not a Russian, yet my blood has never felt redder. To me, the Cold War is no more than a fact of history. The Berlin Wall fell ten years before I took my first tumble as a toddler. I would never have imagined that the Soviet work mentality would transform how I approach everything from ice skating and jazz trumpet to student government and research papers. I never chose to start ice skating. Like many children, the decision was made for me. By age 6, I was skating and swimming…

History of Belly Dancing Belly dancing or “raks sharki” which celebrates the woman form is the one of the most natural dance given the dance is naturally built to flow with the natural movements of a woman. Scholars are not sure of its origin but given the proof one can vaguely pin point the origin to the Middle East and North Africa. The dance was practiced for based in religion, celebration but has expanded to an increasingly popular dance form practiced in every country. Belly dancing can…

all-star teams (¨History¨). Varsity admits that all-star teams were non-school based and focused more on the competition of cheerleading, like tumbling and stunting. Varsity points out that around 1995, International Cheerleading started becoming prominent along with the continuously growing interest in all-star cheerleading (¨Being¨). International Cheer Union claims that in 2004, the first Cheerleading Worlds are hosted by IASF (International All-Star Federation) at Walt Disney (¨History¨).…

The way this dance was, you had to enter the ballroom floor with a specific way of stepping to the beat using your heels, but also like ice skating in a way. Dancing wasn’t as easy as it is now, well for some people. Some other types of dances were Jigs and reels, which as I mentioned before enslaved people and lower class white people would use these methods of dancing, but so did the Virginians. When you would dance “Jigs” it required to only dance with one person and partner, for the “Reels”…

There is an indigenous girl who is expressing her culture through her clothing and dance. She is being judged and told to stop by a group of silhouetted tourists. Behind her there is a train passing by, on top of the train are a mixed group of complete strangers making a journey to America. Showing support to the girl is a boy who represent their community, the boy is handing her an umbrella to help her from the rain of oil being poured on her by Chevron, also known as Texaco. Riding the train…

“What I Did This Summer?” This summer I participated in many exciting events. I helped my dance studio with a dance camp and I spent a few days with my friends. The most exciting thing I did this summer was that my family and I went on a trip to Italy. I have gone to Italy only once before, and I was in fourth grade and it was my second time going to Europe. I love all the different cultures and the people I meet. In Italy everyone is kind and they try to speak English, even though they…

Cheerleading ¨ What are you afraid of? Dropping a stunt? Not throwing tumbling? Forgetting a part of the routine? Your bow falling out Use fear as motivation. Because it only makes you stronger.¨ -unknown During the first cheerleading practice of my sophomore year, I had fallen from a stunt, dislocated my elbow and tore ligaments. I went to physical therapy and was released for cheerleading camp. I was allowed to fly and do the motions. I wasn't allowed to base or tumble. Cheerleading camp…

to inform my audience about the different types of dance that has evolved over history. After my speech is finished my audience should be able to decide what decade was their favorite time for dance. First i'm going to tell you about dance in the 1920’s-1930’s. Then I will inform you about dance in 1970- 1980. After I tell you about dance in 1990- all the way up to 2017. In 1920 the ‘famous’ dance type was ballet. Ballet is an artistic dance form performed using precise and highly formalized…