Gcse Dance Performance Analysis

The first piece was entitled “You, Me, & Us”. Due to having troubles catching the MARTA bus, I missed a good portion of this performance and had to view the rest of the performance on the teleprompter. The dancers were moving in a circle with a person in the center and all of the dancers were wearing earth tones. The music was very serene and at the conclusion of the performance, all of the dancers hugged each other. From what I saw, this performance represented how all humans are interconnected on this Earth, this can be seen by all of the dancers hugging in the end and also the title of the piece.

Sometimes the music in a concert will be only one genre. Sometimes there will be several genres performed. Attach the program to your critique, and then refer to the titles in the program. For example: “Autumn Leaves” was performed by a small instrumental ensemble (guitar, bass, and percussion). It is a standard contemporary tune. The tempo was a moderately slow ballad. It had a very mellow sound… 4. Tell how well you think the performers interpreted the music that was on the concert. Were the singers in tune? Did the piano player play musically and rhythmically? Do you think the performers communicated the music as it was meant to be communicated by the composer? 5. Tell which pieces or part of the concert was most moving or enjoyable for you. If you didn’t enjoy the concert very much, tell why you didn’t enjoy it. What could have been better? Be as specific as you can when expressing your opinion of the performance – don’t just write generalities like “It was nice” or “it made me feel like dancing”. Tell why the music made you feel like dancing. Write about why you particularly enjoyed that part of the concert. 6. Conclude your critique by summing up the performance and telling us if you would go to hear these performers again – or would invite your friends or family to hear this performance/performers.

Through assessing the actual elements of these theatrical pieces, there are a lot of similar motifs advanced by both works. In both cases, there is an overarching theme of the characters being divergent from cultural expectations, the ideal of fatherhood is outlined as symbol of contempt and abandonment, there is prevalence of both

There were a total of four music pieces performed. They were “Overture from the Singspiel”, “Concerto in e minor”, “Concerto on b minor,opus 104”, and “Symphony#2 in b minor, opus 5”. I think pieces were performed belong to classical style.

For example, the ensemble was comprised of eight male dancers instead of the traditional female dancers. With regards to the choreography, unlike the previous piece, Ballo della Regina, there were palpable unconventional movements not seen in a typical ballet like the walking in parallel feet, using the heal instead of the toe to turn, and utilizing the body as almost an automated, fast-paced machinery instead of displaying it as feathery and delicate. Furthermore, using the element of abruptness and sharpness to exhibit exotic structures and shapes of the body like chains, twists, diagonals, triangles, and boxes. The sharpness of the movements were more prevalent in the ensemble. Interestingly, the ensemble embodied an essence of the Apollonian body displaying symmetry and coordination, whereas the central dancers embodies certain aspects of the Dionysian body displaying chaos and rapidity, which complemented the absurdity of the

Unlike other productions we saw this semester, this piece involved no talking. It is difficult to express oneself without words in my opinion. That why dance is one of my favorite art forms. The students did a great job at allowing themselves to become one with the music and achieve the visions of Joy Spears & Lawrence Jackson. I feel the overall message of the first piece, “Point of Contact”, were people trying to escape or win some type of battle, resulting in the being together. My interpretation could be wrong, but this is what I got based off of the movements I saw. The second piece, “Falling”, the overall message is not as abstract. The message is straight forward. The piece displays the love a couple has for each other. They even went as far as having a male in the piece to display this yearning to fall in love with

My general reaction to the composition is that without seen the ballet you can pretty much have an idea of what is this piece about. It doesn’t provoked you a feeling of tranquility as you would expect from the music of that time period, rather it makes you feel anxious and uncomfortable throughout the all piece, and especially the combination of high pitch and bass instruments.

I personally did not care for this piece. When listening, it sounded like a bunch of noises (ranging for shrill and high pitched, to lower pitched sounds). This piece reminded me of what one may hear when watching someone get abducted by aliens in movies and on TV. I could hear the musical elements in this piece, but I struggled to hear the entire piece as music. I really enjoyed watching the piece with the digital art elements because it gave me an idea of what Subotnick was trying to represent and at times was a distraction from the interesting

Sartre’s idea that “Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.” is a critical concept in existentialism. This art piece is symbolic of this idea through the portrayal of a hand, composed of Sartre’s negative words, shadowing the dancer, who is in a state of bliss, despite the harshness she has faced in the words behind her.

The theme for this dance was about the relationship between people and they need to manage the imbalance relationship with each other. Different people encouraged other people to face with different difficulties. They need to know their relationships with others were not always settled and same as before. They were flouting. The theme was abstract.

The piece is structured like a narrative with a clear beginning that sets of the scene, a complication, and then a resolution that finalises the story. The target audience is older teenagers and young adults who are both male and female. I intended for this narrative to evoke sadness and concern in the reader, whilst entertaining them with strange and interesting characters. I believe this met the audience’s expectations, particularly with the antagonist having an eccentric personality that entertained them; whilst the difficult choice the protagonist is faced with worried the audience.

Throughout the performance, the variation of music was expressed greatly. For example, the first song had three movements which were “With strength and vigor,” “Rather slowly and with freedom,” and lastly “Moderately fast, with energy.” Just by reading the tittles of the movements it is easy to notice they would all three have different harmony’s, melodys, tempos, ranges, along with movements. Overall, in all three movements the contour was wavelike, the movement was disjunct and the range was medium to wide. Since there were three movements, the song varied harmony’s of major and minor. The meter is this specific piece was hard to capture due to it continuously changing. However, in the second song performed which was “Concert in E-Flat” by Franz. Josef Haydn the harmony also varied from major and minor, and the contour was wavelike also. Something that made this piece interesting was that the tempo was andante so it was upbeat. Both the piano and trumpet had solo parts and performed together which overall is polyphonic texture. The last piece performed for the night was “Concert Etude” by Alexander Geodicke. This piece was performed as a wavelike contour which made the piece have a major harmony. Overall the range was medium to wide throughout. Although the piece was disjunct it was performed well

This week’s class was about visual arts in improv. The first exercise we did in class was draw on a long sheet of paper with our classmates surrounding us. We drew on the paper what ever came to mind based off of the music playing. We drew on the long sheet of paper three time in different locations with different songs. What I found to be interesting was that most of the drawings were related to each other for each song. Meaning that each song gave us similar ideas in what to draw on that long sheet of paper. The next drawing exercise we did was with a partner. My partner was Jackson, while other people in this drawing exercise where more coordinated in knowing what each other wanted to draw, Jackson and I’s ideas clashed, which I think made

Choreography refers to the art of designing dance moves to fit a given musical best. Mainly, it involves ordering sequences of body movements lain over the period of a song, often for ballet or staged dances (Sita 6). There are numerous choreographies created over the years, and the courses therein vary, depending on the tempo and mood of the songs, which in turn are informed by the genre of music in the play. In this regard, the essay seeks to offer an in-depth investigation of a The Sleeping Beauty, which is a piece of choreography replicated over the years. In its entirety, the theme shall detail a brief history of the choreography, its performances, facts, comparisons, and contrasts, as well as opinions about the originality and replication of the same.

In this essay I am going to be analysing the works of Vincent Dance Theatre and how they have used and practised different theories in their work. I am also going to be exploring different cultural concepts from the work and how they relate to society. The director of Vincent Dance Theatre is Charlotte Vincent, the founded the company in 1994 and has continued to create such interesting and powerful work which involves a very wide range of different concepts and cultural meanings.