Just Dance

Hanya Holm’s ideology, as well as her movement quality, is woven throughout Gus Giordano’s career and his approach to movement. Giordano successfully established a technique that, like Holm’s approach, took advantage of other dance techniques, such as ballet and modern, and morphed components of each into a new art form (Sabo, Made in America 44). Not only did Gus use others’ techniques, but he also anticipated the manipulation of his own technique to fit into his students’ personal style.…

MY DANCE YEARS I was very excited about my first ballet/ jazz/ hip-hop dance class. That I was only five- years- old and I was tall for my age. I walked into the dance studio i was scared at first to make new friends, I met my dance teacher, she was nice, her name was Janet. Then after meeting my dance teacher I actually made a friend on the first day of dance class. The girl’s name was Kayln, she said she loved to dance just like me dancing really helped me to relax. I wanted to give up but I…

Cry me a River dance video contained a free, fast-paced, fluid form throughout its entirety. For the most part, I felt the expression was empty with an edge of annoyance at times. To me, the dance imitated a relationship that had ended and was in the process of finding closure. This was indicated through their bodies. Their were many female dancers and one male dancer. They all appeared to be the same age. I think the females represented all the memories he had with the ex he has just come out…

my dance teacher: "Can you teach me how to do a split?" She said: "How flexible are you?" I said: "I can make it Tuesday's and Thursday's" What exactly is flexibility? I can bend both meanings of the word into my life. I am both physically and mentally flexible. Ever since the age of 4, I have been wildly entangles with the beauty of dance. I don’t know whether the fascination came from the ballerina TV shows i used to watch, from the dancers I saw out in the streets, or whether I was just…

partners dance that originated in by the Rio de la Plata in the 1890’s. The Río de la Plata is the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The young form of the tango was known as tango criollo (the Creole tango). There are many forms of the tango today. The tango dance is a dance that has influences from European and African culture. The tango was often called “The Argentine Tango”. The tango style has changed over the years of it’s existence. When the tango originated, it was just a…

greatest figures in the dance field, award-winning dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade remains esteemed by all who treasure her contributions to ballet. After fifty years, de Lavallade continues to maintain and heighten a career comprised of Broadway, film, opera, television performances, and choreographed work. Described as mesmerizing and ethereal by both dance connoisseurs and critics alike, de Lavallade has dedicated a lifetime to expressing traditional forms of dance, as well as…

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…

spiritual leaders. European explorers observed this religious practice and dances in the 1800s. The Europeans mispronounced the name for the gathering as “powwow”. This leads us to the pronunciation of the word today and adaptation. Nonetheless, gatherings similar to powwows existed long before European settlement. Dances have always been an important aspect of the life of Native Americans and a part of their culture. Dances were associated with homecoming celebrations, religious ceremonies,…

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…

doing activities that you do just for the sake of the activity. Leisure activities are able to provide a sense of purpose and a level of fulfillment that are lacing in work and…