creative and well thought out and perfectly tuned to the song. This dance was the epitome of the phrase,“Less is More.” The costuming, stage, and everything was extremely stripped down and simple leaving just the dancers to prove their skills. No theatrics or ornate stage design to cover up lack of technique. This dance definitely proves itself to be a semifinalist dance. They moved gracefully and smoothly transitioned throughout the dance making use of the whole stage executing the moves almost perfectly
Ackerman, K. (2013). Song and dance man. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Summary: The book is about a Grandpa, once a song-and-dance man on the vaudeville stage who is re-energized when his three grandchildren came visiting. The grandpa decides to make the grandchildren know why he was known as a song-and-dance man great. Throwing open an old trunk, he arranges a stage while the children try on hats and attempt a few steps of their own before start playing the banjo. Strategy: The teacher should
Hip Hop and Roots: Study of the New York-Born Dance Culture Summary This paper traces the roots of Hip Hop culture, particularly focusing on the form of dance known as Bboying, Bgirling or Breakin'. This dance form is also known as breakdancing in general. It does this by conducting interviews on pioneers and practitioners of breakin', while analyzing some previous research at the same time. By doing so, the paper attempts to achieve three goals: arguing the importance of personal accounts of
summarize the story behind the nutcracker. Next, I will analyze the two most notable and my personal favorite parts of the performance. Those parts were the battle scene and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Finally, I will summarize the melody of the music throughout, and the general feel of the entire performance. Summary of Story The nutcracker is a classic Christmas story that originated in Russia set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and brought to life with the art of ballet by
Dances With Wolves Chapter Summary, Chapter 1 The first chapter introduces the protagonist of the story, Lieutenant Dunbar, a soldier who is posted to the frontier. The time is during the American Civil War. Dunbar is at Fort Hays, but talks to Major Fambrough about being posted on the prairie. Major Fambrough, who appears as a little insane, agrees and sends him to Fort Sedgewick. He goes there with a peasant called Timmons. In the meantime, the same fort is being abandoned by Captain Cargill,
Passion for salsa (HEAD) A dance school Thursday-at-each becomes a source of health and positive energy to dozens of people found in this type of dance more than moving and sweating body (SUMMARY) The notion of salsa has two major purposes: first, it is the mixture of various edible substances used for seasoning or garnish meals, on the other, is a dance music genre, with Afro-Cuban influence, which is run by Caribbean traditional instruments. Dance instructor April Muñoz has 9 years of experience
Summary of "Shooting An Elephant" In George Orwell's essay "Shooting An Elephant," Orwell works as a sub divisional police officer in the town of Moulmein. One morning Orwell receives a phone call from the sub inspector at a police station from the other end of the town telling him a tame elephant has escaped and is causing chaos. Orwell begins his short journey towards the elephant bringing a gun with him, expecting the noise to scare it away. Once he arrived at the destination, he would find the
Overall summary of the entire essay In N. Scott Momaday’s essay “The way to Rainy Mountain,” He shares his experience of returning to Rainy Mountain after his Grandmother, Aho passes away. He learned that during her death she had the face of a child, this him made remember the time period she was born. Around the time his Grandmother was born, his people, the Kiowas were experiencing the last moments of their rich history. He shares the story of the last Kiowa warriors who surrendered to the U.S
African story-telling, dance, and even religious practices. Music is especially important for African dance because in some cultures there is not even a spoken language, they tell their stories through songs and dance. When discussing the impact of music in Africa it is important to also mention the power of dance as well. In the African culture, music and dance mean so much more than just something done for a good time, it has a much greater purpose. In the African culture, a dance is usually done by
favorite section of the entire dance was the food section, the fruits were designed into different shapes, and the drinks were place in these very nice see thru bowls. It was a very nice scenery and the atmosphere was great! At this dance there was people from ages 18 to about 25. There was people who really could not dance, and there were also some who were great dancers. I also got see the different sororities and fraternities dance and step throughout the entire dance. My friends and I also danced;