History of dance

them going into Oklahoma. Oklahoma became home to many Native Americans, and after migrations, it became an area full of rich culture. In the late 1800’s, the Kiowa tribe began a new ceremony and dance, which was unique to their culture. Along with the Kiowa, the Comanche tribe also created a new dance and celebration tradition, known as a “picnic.” During the 19th Century, many changes were upon this culture. Non-Native American settlers were moving westward, thus beginning…

On October 1st 2015, Hollins Dance hosted a talk titled “Where Do We Go From Here” with New York choreographer John Josperse. The talk was guided by Dance professor Jeffery Bullock asking questions about dance culture in academia. The talk began with simple questions like, what does it mean to be a dance artist? How does dance sit in academia? What is dance culture? Does dance affect the system we live in? John described his journey of becoming a well-known choreographer and how from the very…

The Mambo dance was originated by a Cuban bandleader, Perez Prado, in Havana, Cuba in the 1930s. It is a very sexy Latin style dance along with passionate and flirtatious hip movement that flows forward and backward. Additionally, Mambo dancers dance in sharp and quick steps, side steps, rock steps, kicks, points and flicks of the feet. There are a variety of Mambo rhythms, and they are all based on the clave rhythm that used in Afro-Cuban music. The rhythms are set by a variety of percussion…

and acrobatic gymnastics because it requires a lot of strength and the ability to tumble. It also requires teamwork, balance and focus to be able to lift other people into the air to hold or to do a trick. It's similar to dance because cheerleaders learn different styles of dances and like all 3 sports, cheerleaders compete while doing a…

successfully execute them during a large, long competition. Cheerleaders need to maintain a healthy body weight, and eat a certain number of calories from specific kinds of foods to sustain energy levels. The sport of cheerleading involves tumbling, dance, Stunts, strength skills and requires significant athleticism. A cheerleader may be on her feet for the entire routine, which can often last several minutes, the routines are high speed and require a lot of physical and mental health.…

Should Dance Be a Flex Credit at Jackson High School? Dance is well known to millions across the world as moving in a different your body in a different way than your body would normally. Yes, dance is moving your body in a unique way, but dance also takes strength, stamina, and flexibility. In order to qualify as a flex credit in the state of Ohio the student must benefit or build self-esteem, personal health, motor skills, and knowledge. This requirement has been in effect for years and…

The scope of the study/academic article was to discover elements of how the inner workings of a ballet studio can be ran, and produce highest level of child protection for participants. There is a mindset in activities like ballet that encourage young ones to push them to a point of excruciating pain-this is where progression begins. Discussed in (Papaefstathiou), in sport: ‘there was reluctance amongst the community of sport to accept that sport could be tainted by such problems’. There is a…

ecstatic at the same time. I was wishing time would slow down as they called number after number, dance, after dance, and my turn was quickly approaching. I ran my dance through my head during my final moments backstage. I heard my dance teacher telling me good luck, and just try to have fun. I was not ready to walk out among the heat bearing lights. It was June 24, 2015, and our competitive dance team had made it to nationals. Nationals is just like any other competition, minus the fact…

Dance has been a part of my life since the age of 4. Every time I am onstage with the lights shining on me, I stand with a sense of pride and reflect that through all the long rehearsals I have finally made it. While dance has helped me make friends and stay healthy, it has also helped me learn many valuable life skills which I will apply to my future. Dance has taught me perseverance. When I started at my new dance studio, Royal Dance Academy, I was placed in a class with dancers who were my…

Work harder! Do better! I heard this all the time at dance but I still had fun… most of the time. I had been a dancer as long as I could remember and so had my sister. Dance was a lot to take on with rehearsal everyday and competitions every other weekend in the winter. All my friends were cheerleaders and they were together every Saturday when I was at rehearsal. But through my experience I learned to follow my heart and do what I wanted to do. It was the beginning of August and it was the…