Music: Song Analysis

The hand clapping is always on the off beat, yet still accented, and the bass line is constantly on the beat. These layers of rhythm being played simultaneously create juxtaposition. This gives the atmosphere of energy in the piece.

When the concert first began, the three instrumentalists walked with energy despite their age. The first song, “Sonata I in G-Major Op. 2, Nr. 1” by Michel Blavet, was a Baroque Sonata. There were five movements and was played by the harpsichord, flute, and cello. All movements of the song were polyphonic because of the three instruments that had different parts and equal importance. In the first movement, I noticed that the flute tended to rise in pitch. In the second movement, I noticed that the melodies often repeated. Throughout the rest of the song the tempo changed from fast to slow and the flute would usually take the lead. On the last movement, the cello and the harpsichord

Some of the movements executed by the dancers are similar to those executed by dancers in a stepping performance and also in a tap dance presentation. This presentation falls into the group of the new trends of modern dance, in which the choreographer are taking more and more liberty with various dance combinations, and including strong messages in their work. I would definitely attend other dance performance, not only from this company, but also by other companies; and would also recommend this performance, especially to people going through a dark period in their life. This performance finished convincing me that dance is surely the most communicative of the art forms, and that a single presentation can convey more than one

As we moved further along, the bass player, Chris Kozak took over. He slowly emerges from the silence as he carefully tapped the cymbals. The dynamic remained piano as the tempo gradually gets faster (accelerando). This heightened the tension before they all began to play together at 12:26 and returned to the initial mezzo forte dynamic of the piece. Towards the end, a characteristic of African music was highlighted where they performed a series of call and response. It was thrilling to hear this.

The overall time and energy of the dance is what I will be discussing next. The time of the piece, it seemed to have a certain pulse to start with. The beat of the music gave the dancers a pulse to listen for to move positions. The overall energy of this dance was sharp and the weight was strength because it was an impact and most of the dancers were pushing to been seen (not literally but usually). Lastly the energy flow was bound because it was whoever the spot light was on is who held all the

But the thing I am most amazed is the dance of ensemble. From those videos I can see they are almost always on the stage dancing around the main characters. I think their dance plays an important role in promoting the development of the plot and setting the mood. The light effect and the background music played by Alex Lacmoire’s band are fantastic as well. Each piece of this musical is magnificent, and because designers, actors and director understand each other’s part and collaborate with each other well, a master piece, a musical as a whole has appeared in front of the

The song "The message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five depicts the struggle of young black adults growing up in society. The struggle to make it out of poverty can be compared to survival of the fittest in a jungle. Only the strong would survive and adapt to the changes to fit in. Trying their best to make a betterment with whatever little society offers. Being a young black African American in the early 1980's was not easy. It was easier to live the fast life and gain fast money by being part of the drug community. Drugs, guns, and money was glamorized and this is what the young adults looked at as a means of getting rich. In the songs, a young man talks about how he is trying hard to hold on to the little bit of sanity he has left in his soul. He talks about the struggle he endures while trying not to get pushed over the edge. He was born an innocent child who's blind to the ways of mind kind. Growing up he faced many challenges and had to fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODP7gf94-E Also this rhythmic and melodies give people laid back feeling also. However, the rhythm interspersed gives people an unsteady feeling. The first part contains main theme in G major, it is in 2/4. The solo part comes really early which is on 38 second, the violin and piano both sound solo but they accompany each other also. Especially, the violin sounds more country music. The saxophone’s dissonance notes bring out a new peak and the flute brings to

This was used as inspiration and energy to play the music, and to transfer the feeling of the instrument for the piece being played. It also expressed visually the music. The conductor in particular sometimes would even jump while conducting the orchestra, he was very good with his gestures expressing and conducting the piece. I have never seen anything like that, he was amazing. I mentioned that I enjoyed the most the beginnings and endings of the movements because this was when I would hear the melody introduced and brought together to a finale, through the changes in dynamic, which were quite rapid. Some movements where a bit slower, calm and long throughout the middle.

At the beginning of the performance, a singer Omara Portuondo began to sing that make everyone cheering for her. When she dance, it is different and rare because few people in America know how to dance latin. Most performers didn’t sing emotional, but stories because audiences didn’t feel anything. They used stories to connect the moves like waving hands or shaking hips shows the audience that they are proud to be Latin or Cuban. Tempos are really interesting because they can balance the speed and it sounded the right. When a performer using rubato, a new different kind of music starts playing or talking while instruments start to play. Eliades Ochoa made the music fast pace, but the strange thing is when a lady began to dance in slow, unique dance moves. The performers’ body motions shows the music more enthralling and it is powerful than

As he begins he does this movement with his feet and legs where he is bent but slides his leg towards with the opposite leg back for support almost as if he is going to go into a split. As he does this movement with his lower body as he slide his legs he lifts his arms up with his hands facing the sky with a happy smile on his face looking towards the sky. Then he goes into a jump spin and hops backwards on one foot (left) as he is using his right foot to swing back and forth in front of his left leg. He then hops up and down then goes into a tight spin; he then goes into the same movement as the beginning. As he is finishing his piece he faces the women and he hops forward with the right leg and kicks towards the back with the left leg

In the first half the stage is filled with 5 lamps, and each of the dancers claim one. Taking turns the lights each flicker on to showcase each individual. I was captivated from the moment I watched the first man dance. His body torted from side to

As I watched a tall woman, stumble blindly across a crowded stage in silence, the last thing that crossed my mind was what kind of music could accompany such mundane yet ethereal movement. If I were to have guessed what musical score would be used for Pina Bausch’s abstract choreography, I surely never would have imagined Henry Purcell’s arias from Dido and Aeneas. On a basic level, Pina’s choreography seemed to have no correlation to the music. The sporadic rhythm of her choreography never seemed to follow the trembling voice of the soprano or dramatic cry of the violins. In fact, as furniture and dancers unpredictably crash around the stage, her choreography almost serves as a second, contrasting musical score. At first, the choice of seemed as random as which chair the sleep walking women ran into — yet her musical choice still seemed to fit perfectly.

This movement started out with woodwinds family playing in allegro vivace. Then the violas, cellos, and bass jump in and start to slow things down. At around 27:07 the tubas and triangle chime in and give this movement a fine shining. And at 29:00 this movement comes to an end with woodwind family leading the way out.

The amount of emphasis and impact that the noise of a breath has in this piece is very unique. For example, the dance begins by having the audience walk into the room, but instead of walking down a hallway, separate from the stage, the audience is forced to walk around the two dancers. The performers are looking directly at one another, inches apart, breathing deeply for everyone to hear. Then throughout the routine the dancers proceed to breathe heavier and heavier with every