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People usually think tap dance does not need too much work, all you need is stamp your feet on the ground and make some loud noise. But actually, tap dance has two major variations, one is rhythm (jazz) tap and another one is Broadway tap. “Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Rhythm tap concentrates on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the Jazz tradition.” According to the Rhythmic Circus official website, Rhythmic Circus is…

B-boying is considered currently to be one of the mainstream dances of the Hip Hop genre. This intensely physical dance has a very interesting history and is a product of a subculture that was born on the streets of New York City during the early 1970s. Understanding the foundations and environment that created this dance is vital as well as its evolution into a modern dance form. B-boying and eventually B-girling can be divided into three main categories: old school, the freak and its…

This critique is based off the dance “Pods” the choreographer is Jackie Latendresse. The dance was done by free flow dance theatre, one of Canada’s leading edge dance companies. The dancers involved in this play were Erica Jack, Kelly VanDamme, and Maria Zimmerman. The way I interpreted the dance was nature growing. The way how they started very compact and near the floor and eventually would rise and pour out of their pods. The dancer’s costumes consisted of 4 parts. The outer fabric pod, a…

various styles of dance. Odyssey Dance Theatre is made up of 26 talented and passionate artists, who are under the direction of Derryl Yeager. The company’s repertory includes a wide variety of styles, which range from Jazz and Ballet to Hip Hop, Tap, and Broadway. Odyssey also explores the original roots of many of what have evolved into the popular dance styles of today. The company explores styles such as classical ballet of the Romantic era, as well as the roots that have evolved and…

Dance Introduction Response #1 Michal Moshkovich My hobbies include reading, photography, dancing, and travelling. I am really interested in chemistry, biology, and business as well. Dancing is a huge passion of mine, I love to dance, choreograph, and watch it on the screen or live. I have taken dance classes since I was 5 years old, and I have danced jazz, ballet, lyrical, and acro, both recreationally, and competitively. I stopped taking dance outside of school when I went…

Dance is just like an essay. In order to get better, each individual needs to practice. The biggest difference, at least for me, is that most of the time dance is fun and an essay is not. Well, enough of comparing. Lets go back 4 years ago when I first entered Woodrow Wilson High School. I remember myself being very nervous, but exited at the same time. Wondering if I was going to like my classes and my teachers. Every day when it was time to go to dance class, my mood changed from lazy and…

British Dance: Influential Black Dancers Made an Impact on Britain “Like Britain itself, British dance has been informed by different waves of immigration”, says dance history professor Ramsay Burt (Roy). Ballet “took root” through a determined Polish woman, Marie Rambert, and Irishwoman, Ninette de Valois (Roy). Modern dance was arranged by exiles form Germany in the 1930s and visitors from America in the 1950s and 1960s (Roy). The stories and history of black British dancers however, tends to…

My first dance class was at Accent on Dance in Waukesha. I did Ballet, Tap, and Jazz combo. As a kid, I always was shy. I joined dance at age 7 and quit dance this past year, but I got involved in new sports and activties. I also got a lot of positive outcomes from my dance expirence. Getting involved in different activities helped me open up to the person I am now, but all started from my first day of dance class. When I first started dance, I was very shy and wasn’t the kind of person to try…

James Brown once said that “The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing”. Personally I think that swing dance is one of the most fun forms of dancing. While learning this unit my two favorite dance forms were- West Coast Swing and the Lindy Hop. Both the dance forms are successfully able to combine elegance with speed and more of a jazzy rhythm. West coast swing happens to be the state dance of California.Some sources say that the west coast swing has roots in the Lindy Hop.…

a. William Henry Lane “Master Juba” • Master Juba is seen as and instrumental figure in the formation of tap dance in America. Master Juba blended the syncopated rhythms typically associated with African dance, with movement from Irish jigs and reels. This innovative, vernacular dance style is now recognized as the rudiments of American tap dancing. After being taught the Irish jig and reel at a young age, Master Juba went on to perform in a part of New York that was predominately African…