Rotational Interia

1.1.1 Before starting this chapter it might be useful for you to write out your definition of dance. Let’s pretend for a moment that aliens landed on earth looking for intelligent life. Obviously they ended up at your apartment and asked

A new performer starts with a very low wide stance with hands tucked under the arms, like short wings. He stands erect and crouches back down, like he’s stretching his legs. The right arms and right leg is extended while he spins a full turn clockwise; what is interesting is that the leg is leading the turn, but the extension is backward (i.e. he is facing away from the turn). The turn ends with a rotation of the extended arm and a very deep bow, head facing his knees. As he gets up, his left foot step forward and both his arms push upwards with palms up, like he is lifting something. He immediately follows with a clockwise pirouette of 2-1/4 turns, a counter-clockwise pirouette of 1-1/2 turns, and an ending pose with right leg bent and en pointe, arched back facing behind him, and arms extended forward (left hand palms-out fingers up, right hand palms-in fingers down). He proceeds to do more en pointe work that leans more toward classical ballet: a series of turned out wide steps with port de bras, a 2-1/2 turn pirouette (CCW), and a 2 turn en pointe spin (CW) with left leg extended forward and toes pointing. The initial low stance made me think he was going for a bird or a frog. But the subsequent movements made him more human than animal. Between the low confined stance and him playing in the rain is the lifting palms-up motion, which may represent displaying and then breaking of shackles. Alternately, the

The bronze material of the Dancer creates drama through shadow and light; areas where the fabric is pulled taught emerge into the foreground, while softer shadows send the pleated fabric into recess. Each fold and pleat evolves out of the movement of her body, no line or curve runs separately from the others. Tracing the folds of her clothing draws the eye to all areas of her figure: her foot extends from her hip, which is molded out by the veil, and the veil reveals her eyes which gazes back down towards her foot. Both her foot and head are titled outside of her center, but this is offset by the opposing motion of her arms held up on the other side of her body. Likewise, the dress and veil are gathered up in one hand to reveal her pointed foot, but flare out in an oval on her opposite side.

A pretty, perfect ballerina with a pink tutu, twirling with her arms above her head; ladylike hair with a Barbie-like face—these are the stereotypical images of dancers that come to most people’s minds. The real image is a sweaty dancer with ripped shoes, broken toes, blood coming out of her tights, and that’s really what dance

always been known for the risky and powerful movements which are often why dancers retire from the company. The dancer’s movements were often very intense and emotive, such as the “throws” across the stage in which the dancers would, almost violently, launch themselves across the stage in different forms (leaps, falls and flips to name a few). Another section where the movements were emotive is where the dancers were thrusting their hips in different positions to perhaps show sexuality in “self”.

Dancing is a recreational activity that has been enjoyed by millions of people for centuries. There have been countless styles of dance and thousands of memorized steps that have been performed in front of people or even just simply enjoyed alone without and audience. When a handful those thousands of steps come together, it creates a routine. Even though there are countless dancers that are breathtaking when they perform the routine in front of and audience, most dancers cannot be proficient without someone to assemble those countless steps together to create something awe inspiring, beautiful, and entertaining to watch. Dance is a world of constant change due to the want of awe, the need to produce something unique, and the necessity to catch the audience’s attention. Although many people believe some dance styles have not changed for centuries, innovative choreographers flip dance styles upside down with their unique approaches.

The body systems that I saw on the dance show which was muscles, bones, organs, breath, balance, and reflexes. The inner on this dance was senses, emotions, though and intentions. Therefore, the elements of actions that I saw during the dance show which was the movement pauses, and movements of relative stillness. In other words, I also think that from the elements of action it shows their doing the same movements and the rhythm.

Alese and I are on the ground in between the windows given by the other dancers. We incorporate a contemporary style to start off with by doing a spin and extending the leg. During studio days we learned the sparkle, step-touch, swing dancing, improvisation and hip hop. We applied each of these movements into our dance. We had many level changes, from rolling on the floor to jumping into our sparkles. Our rhythmic changes varied from medium tempos in the beginning of the song to fast tempos towards the end. Space was an issue with our group because we had to have enough room to do our spins and roll on the ground while still staying in

The directors endlessly drilled their individual pieces down to the very move in order to make sure that every dancer picked up the essentials. Like engine components, everybody was required to work together seamlessly and undergo maintenance in order to produce the greatest visual effect. To achieve the desired image, our directors casted us into their designed formations, deciding which part of the machine we would be. From there, it was a matter of repetition in order to ensure that the overall choreographic set kept its fluidity and would not rust over

Many everyday activities, and sports involve physics. During the Olympics, you saw the graceful performance done by the figure skaters. Figure skating involves a lot of physics. These principles include friction, momentum, and Newton’s Third Law. These core principles plays a big impact on the performance of figure skaters. Before understanding the physics of the ice skater’s motion, the first thing to comprehend is the skates itself.

Another common feature of all the dances is that the music is an irregular rhythm, creating suspense and standing out as individual. Kylian’s choreography uses the ability to isolate and coordinate different body parts as well as the use of hands to communicate meaning in all of his dances. Humor is often created as a result in over the top facial expressions like in ‘six dances’. Kylian as a contemporary choreographer uses stillness as a choreographic device in all of his dances. Another unique element to his dance style is the entrances and exits of the performers. He explores space’s limitations and capabilities making the entrances and exits part of the dance. In all of Jiri Kylian’s dances, the dancers enter and exit the stage into darkness rather than through wings. The dancers in all Jiri Kylian’s Black and white ballets, dance predominately in a large group, with individuals or pairs breaking off to do their individual movements before soon joining back in with the group.

c) Balance is a vital part of dance. Dancers must have strong core muscles. Men need strong shoulders for lifts, since they must not only support their own body weight but also their partner's. “Dancers are some of the toughest athletes in the world,” claims Dr. McNitt-Gray.

Dance began as a form of communication and storytelling. Thousands of years ago dancing served as a way for people to tell a story and helped distract themselves of the hardships they faced. Furthermore, dance was a form of storytelling through communication, which then turned into using storytelling through dance as entertainment. According to the History World, many dancers during the BC time danced in front of only a few people to get a story across. That later turned into hundreds of thousands of people as dance was used by many. Today, dance is also a form of entertainment and storytelling, but in a modern sense. However, today perfection and technique are stressed more than they were in the past. Yet, the passion for dance has not changed. Many dancers who share this passion also have many of the same qualities. Among a discourse community of trained dancers, one expects to find individuals who are healthy and active athletes, expect perfection from themselves through competition, and religiously attend dance performances.

Also, injuries are less common. Therefore, dance should not be considered a sport. "Dance is not a sport because there are no winners or losers, also there are no limitations or rules" (Guarino). These people are mistaken because, dance competition judges score each performance based on Technique (1-25 points), Style and Execution (1-25 points), Showmanship (1-20 points), Costume (1-10 points), Choreography (1-10 points), Degree of Difficulty (1-5 points) and Age Appropriate Performance (1-5 points) for a maximum possible 100 points. A final adjudicated score is determined by an average of all judges scores. After this all dancers are put on stage and awarded with trophies 1st-10th place depending on the 1-100 average scoring from the judges. Therefore, dancers do have a set of rules and scoring just like any other athlete. Regarding injuries, they do occur. Most dance injuries are long-term because of the physical stress constantly being put on a dancers body. There are also instant injuries that happen while dancing, most commonly occurring in the knees, ankles, back, neck or hips. "The physical ability and discipline expected of a dancer can be easily related to those of an athlete and increasingly, dance critics are describing dancers as athletes" (Ailey). Ultimately, dancers are consistently proving, even to the critics, that they obtain the skill needed to be considered an

There are some dance poles that are designed with multiple parts, a few models with dual capabilities, and there’s also one type that spins freely while secured in a high-quality mount. The latter is known in the industry as the rotating type of pole, and gives you that spinning action, even you don’t pull off a spinning move. Using this type of dance pole can be daunting at first since the unit will feature a faster spin, especially if the dance moves requires you to take a few spins. While the spins can be faster and appears to be complex, this type of dance pole works for certain dancers who want to show off their fancy tricks and dance poses. If you use this type of pole to showcase the dance moves, your audience will enjoy the performances