Step dance

Making Connections ‘Music’ and ‘dance’, while simple words, hold a world of significance to almost every culture across the globe. It is through the actions of these two elements that people are brought together in times of triumph, grievance, celebrations, and religious gatherings. Music and dance have a way of making you forget the busyness and stresses of life and find happiness and serenity in the present day. And regardless, whether music and dance are performed for an audience or done in…

Cumbia being probably the most well known dance there is in Colombia it’s no surprise is filled with wonder as how it’s done and the reputation it has. Cumbia is known as the main folk style of dance and symbolizes colombian nationality. Cumbia being so popular it has made it spread to other countries and has made it for other new cumbias to emerge such as in peru, mexico, argentina, etc. however Colombia being the founder. Cumbia originated first from a fusion between native colombians and…

The art of dance has been around since 3300 B.C. in paintings and as a way to pass stories through the generations. It has evolved from its origins, and some dancers have revolutionized the art. By not being afraid to take a chance and express themselves, people like Michael Jackson have revolutionized dance by creating their own styles, movements, and beats. Original dance moves such as Michael Jackson’s “moonwalk” are recognized internationally. It is rare, however, that dance can be said to…

to witness, all they knew was that Step Afrika was a dance group. The room was electrified from the audience's curiosity. While the voice announced Step Afrika, the room became dark, and when the lights came back up a group of people had silently moved to the middle of the black wooden stage. This group formed a circle, all facing each other and began clapping and stomping to create a synchronized rhythm. While they stomped and clapped, they sang-calling Step Afrika’s brothers and sisters…

Another girl, her face pale, stopped running and vomited in the grass. 6 laps later, the girls were finished with their 15 laps around the building. But this was only the beginning of their stretching and conditioning class with Mo at Studio One Dance Company. The exasperated girls trudged inside to continue their class. “You know what to do,” sighed Mo as he turned up the music. Sit ups, jumping jacks, lunges, burpees, and v-sits were…

heel. The child tags along, watching as she steps down the street, black and white polka-dot socks flashing out of her boots. Ruby-glossed lips smile at everything and everyone she sees, and laughter sparkles from her eyes and voice. Soon, she starts humming, mouth open in a soft sigh, with a sound akin to violins mixing with rustling maple leaves. The people around her look on and listen in slight awe, blushing. The child notices the girl start to step with the subtle beat only she really…

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…

Is Dance a Sport? Many people when asked what sport they play answer by saying that they dance. These people who say that usually get some funny looks after that because many people do not really consider dance a sport. If those people who gave the funny looks actually danced, they too would definitely agree that dance is a sport though. Almost any dancer, if asked, would say that dance is definitely a sport. This sport is even much harder than many other sports and if bowling can be considered…

Nutcracker. Of course, it all started with dance, or rather, without dance. My mom was driving me to the studio, but I was not feeling well, so she strode inside to inform my teacher I was unable to dance that day. When she walked back out, Mother casually asked me, “Did you know you’re going to be Clara?” My jaw dropped. I had never been more surprised than I had been at that moment. My ballet’s company, which provided additional opportunities to dance, ensured my automatic placement. I was…

examples of self-actualization. With the pursuit of self- actualization, you will realize your full potential in life. The dance concert was just that, the dancers had a motive and that was to fulfill their full potential. This was a great addition to the theatres productions, overall I thought it was fantastic. So great that I went to go see the production twice. Flashlight, a dance of belonging was the first to jump out at me. The meaning of belonging has a variety of values. To me this piece…