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Pilates to improve their physical fitness and technique.” (Facts About Dance - Did you know?). Dance is a fun activity, but it is obviously difficult and time consuming. The activity takes hours of training, team effort, and a strong passion for the art. Even though dance may just look cool to some people, it is a dancer’s job to make what they are doing look easy. If there is no motivation or dedication to work, practicing dance would be pointless and no one would improve. Competing and growing…

This week, I decided to step out of my comfort zone, and I went Sophia's Dance Studio. In the dance studio, the Jennifer Mollenhauer instructed the belly dancing class. In belly dancing class, the instructor provides guidance, patience and educational in the class. The class schedule was recapped, stretching, fundamental movement, routine, and wind down. Personally, I like the class schedule. First off, I like how instructor shows the fundamental movement and explain the moves. The secondly, I…

have overcome numerous situations with varying degrees of challenges. The most memorable was making my high school dance team. I viewed the challenge of making the team differently than the most average of dancers trying out. I had to work even harder than they did to make the team because my experience was less than average. At first, my observation of the other contenders dance skills terrified me causing enormous waves of self-consciousness. If I were to conquer this feat, it was essential…

read for this class is called “The Dance Experience: Insights into History, Culture and Creativity” written by Myron Howard Nadel. I have been dancing in classes and recitals since I was three years old, and still continue to dance today. I love dancing because it is fun; it helps to relieve stress and allows any individual to use creativity in a diverse, moderate and entertaining way. I particularly chose this book because I wanted to go more in depth on how dance originated and also learn…

March 2017 More Culture than Color The Latin Dance Club at the University of Oklahoma is an active student organization that exists to promote Latin dance, music, and culture on the OU campus and around Oklahoma. The club’s dance teams attend socials and perform choreography pieces, and put on several events throughout the year such as dance parties and classes where anyone can learn to salsa and bachata. I attended the Salsa Ball sponsored by the Latin Dance Club on Friday March 24 in the…

Genre 1: Ballet Ballet is an artistic dance form which was introduced in the 1500, It includes lots of technical movements and slow paced music. A ballet routine is made up of soft flowing movements from the arms and legs and can be performed with what is called pointe shoes which is made up of layer of materials. Pointe shoes allow ballerinas to dance on the tips of their toes which make their movements look slower and softer. Ballet is an artistic form of dance performed to music. A type of…

fulfill her dream of becoming a professional ballerina? What are the steps she must take in order to be on stage, gaining recognition one day? Ballet dancers take joy in controlling their bodies, but they can only perform difficult steps after many years of training. Normally, dancers…

Dance is a form of art that is shown through the movements of the human body. The two dances I observed was a beginning Latin technique dance class and a Choreography III dance rehearsal. I had never seen a rehearsal or technique class like the ones I have watched before. When I was observing the rehearsal and the technique class, I noticed that they had many similarities and differences. Reasons why I chose to watch a beginning Latin dance class and Choreography III was because I thought it…

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…

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…