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dancing for a majority of their life. I had never before seen live dancers, so I was very amused that some of my companions could do the same moves as the actors on the dance films we watch during class. The one technique class that I observed was Tap Dance 1. I decided to watch this class not only because it was a perfect fit with my schedule but because I was motivated by the Academy Award Winning Movie La La Land. I was in awe when I saw the actors dancing together and making beautiful…

“I had a blue bicycle, they have my blue bicycle” is a piece choreograph by Marina Mascarell Martinez that includes three dancers and instrumental music. The dance starts out with only one dancer with minimal leg movements before a male came out onto the stage about one forth of the way into the piece. The last dancer comes half way through the performance. This piece, besides some grunts and breathing, was silence except for the instrumental background music. The piece begins with a solo…

and the up tempo music. Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time! It's a passion. And definitely a sport. On Mondays, Eden Snowden and I have dance. I take ballet and tap. After that Eden shows up and then we have lyrical and modern. I love ballet! But after that I have tap. Tap is hard for me, because you have to move your feet a specific way. I’ve excelled greatly and can do many things but, I still have trouble with it.…

The form of “jazz dancing” has altered a lot over the last several decades, much like the rest of American Musical Theatre. Choreographers like Steven Hoggett (Once) and Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton) have taken their new conceptual ideas and formed them into dance styles that are now being seen in musicals around the world. However, the classic names of Broadway like Jerome Robbins, Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse and Agnes De Mille have left their mark on the world of Musical Theatre dance forever.…

The essence of tap dancing comes from the tempo. Tap dancers have to “listen to the rhythm” to execute their paces. Tap dancing seemed to be particularly developed in America and especially on the East coast. This movie shows that this type of dance is unisex and that dancing is not only “for girls”. On the contrary, the only main character seen in the movie that is a female tap dancer is Amy; the other characters are a majority of males. When the characters are talking about tap they mention it…

Ever since I was about 4 years old, I was dancing. I had been dancing competitively for about a year when the reality TV show Dance Moms aired. I remember constantly hearing different forms of the question; “Is it like dance moms?”, or “Is your teacher like Abby Lee?”. Of course I shot it down because I always thought that the show was a bad thing...partially because my mom never wanted me to watch it. But, now that I am looking at it in a different light, they are similar in some perspective.…

together. For example, in the jazz dance module, movements first created during World War One were created and then changed moving forward. The creation of the lindy hop was one of the earliest swing dance forms that was a motion created within jazz and tap influences. This was created by African Americans in social dance settings. Connecting the lindy hop's movements, the movement of the jitterbug was influenced by Caucasian individuals. This caused more style influences and new movements to be…

Is bottled water inferior to tap water? Bottled water has a plethora of benefits and is constantly impacting our daily lives. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, increase in water intake, convenience, and the ability to be easily prepared for disasters. For these reasons, bottled water is arguably superior to the “municipal supply.” Americans spend billions of dollars on bottled water every year, but why are Americans drinking so much water? On Talk of the Nation, Ms. Royte says,…

Ballet dance therapy creates many benefits to the physically and mentally challenged. Ballet dance therapy is “The psychotherapeutic use of dance and movements to enhance communication of emotions and behaviors and also improve motor ability.” This form of ballet includes many techniques to help the person fight their disability. It involves mirroring the movements of the dance teacher therefore increasing movement vocab, the dance teacher imitating the patient, and touch therapy which includes…

In Compañía Sharon Fridman’s Hasta Dónde and All Ways, the pieces are based on the technique of contact improvisation, resulting in an intimate drive of human connection. The movement is carefully crafted so the dancers weave in-between and circle one another, get hoisted in the air, and crash down all in a harmonious tableau. Though the precariously teetering pairs or groups of bodies, the dancers move and balance in seemingly impossible manners allowing the audience to feel the connection…