Just Dance

was given the floor to express my future intentions, I explained my desire to leave the art, illustrating I wanted more in life, including a college education. The artistic director’s reaction was one of shock, saying to me she thought it was all, “Just a phase”, and that , “You will flounder.” What she did not understand is the fact I had not floundered at all to this point professionally. But, that is one of the oddities of being a contracted ballet dancer - it is rare…

Bob Fosse, as a choreographer and director, changed the way that people dance on stage and revolutionized aspects of filmmaking. His dances were physically demanding for even the best dancers. They were also very sexual and they addressed a full range of emotions. He is also still the only person to ever win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony, all in the same year. Bob Fosse was born on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. As the youngest of the six kids in his family, Bob used dancing to win attention.…

every all-Robbins performance but I did see three programs (Interplay/The Cage/Other Dances/Fanfare, In G Major/Afternoon of a Faun/Antique Epigraphs/The Concert, and Opus 19/The Dreamer/Dances at a Gathering/Glass Pieces) and this concentration of Robbins works was illuminating. First of all, it confirmed why his biggest classics are staples of the repertoire -- they make their effects every single time. Dances at a Gathering never fails to draw the audience in with its mystical spell, The…

Before contact with the Western world, Hawaiians danced hula simply for social enjoyment. Its chants also preserved epic tales, myths, history, and philosophy (HawaiiHistory). One must practice it long enough for the dance to be within them and the meaning to deepen. Wāhine would grace their audience with the kahiko. The hand woven ti leaf skirts swish to the pounding of the homegrown ʻipu heke. Melodies of the ʻoli fill the sea-salted air as the women serenade the kāne…

Is Still America's Favorite Sport). These pastimes require hard work, strength, muscle, and many years of training. Many people would disagree when I say that not only is dance an art, but it is also a sport. I will stand by my valid opinion in stating that competitive dancing is a sport that requires many athletic abilities, just like any other sport. In order to be exceptional at the sport, it requires a great amount of time in a studio working. Dedicated dancers usually spend up to 20 hours…

Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Grade 4 Dance Standards 3: Understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning. Objectives: 1. The student will be able to (TSWBA) explain and communicate the emotions and contributions of Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist, in the mounting tensions over slavery through an original dance routine created in cooperative groups. Assessment (summative and formative): • Objective 1 will be…

I voluntarily teach dance at Nena Smith's School of Dance in Wesson, Mississippi. Every Tuesday from September through May I see around eighty kids Kindergarten through eighth grade. Teaching has made me a better person. It encourages me to be more outgoing and it builds my confidence. Teaching also allows me to build close relationships with the students I teach. In July of 2013, my dance teacher asked me to teach. Teaching dance is a dream i had for many years. I remember being so excited…

Final Reflection Dance is one of the most intense art forms ever conceived, it is the most physically demanding, and yet balances the ability to display raw emotion. As an actor, I have a strong appreciation for displays of raw emotion because of the cathartic experience that it can enact. Prior to this class, however, I had a very low overall appreciation for dance in general as an art form. This is because I had never had any form of formal training. I understood the effort and technique…

When comparing different ballet performances, you look at more than just the way the performers dance. You look at the location, use of the stage, force and speed behind each movement, costumes, and the props used. The performance that seemed very different from Firebird in almost all aspects was the first performance of the night, La Source. The ballets of La Source, Komoreibu, and Firebird were performed at the Koger Center on November 10 and 11, 2016. La Source is choreographed by George…

Swing Dance begin in 1920s and 30s in America. In 1930s the words Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Swing were all interchanged terms. How the dance was discovered you may ask in the 1920s the black community were dancing to contemporary Jazz music and the discovered the Charleston and the Lindy Hop which was originated in Harlem. Something that I found really interesting is in 1936 Philip Nutl, was president of the American Society of Teachers of Dancing said that swing would not last. Here it is 2016…