The Between Dance And The Self

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”.

In the movie “hair spray” the choreographer and director do a great job explaining not only the history of dance but also a main historic fact. With the classic musical- style story the director is able to introduce a part of history in a fun exciting way through dance and music. The story tells us many different things as well as shows us how dance can bring people from different ethnicities and color together. We can deeply connect with the story if we can understand and experience with story line. The story begins with a girl by the name of “Tracy” who is crazy about singing and dancing the, “new groove”. She is different then the rest in many ways but pursues her dream as a dancer without allowing anything to stop her. She shows her enthusiasm for dancing and singing from the beginning of the movie to the end. The story shows us a part of the 60s when segregation was in place. Whites and people of color where not often seen together. They were unable to live in the same neighborhoods or share the same friends, stores, and buses. At this time in history dance was very

In the salsa club she attended, she learned how to dance salsa, bachata and merengue. After getting over her shyness of dancing in front of other students, she discovered just how much she enjoyed dancing and how

Miss Farrell has a wonderful talent that allow her to let you vividly experience the true life of a performer. It is not a surprise that she has this wonderful gift. In fact, a ballerina is naturally a story teller, but instead of using words to illustrate her tale a ballerina will use movements and sounds to tell a story. Farrell does not hold back a single bit of her tragic but fulfilling life from us. She honestly puts her true self into the book showing us the somewhat odd but beautiful quirks in her

To find a true sense of belonging within a set world, one must have the courage to stay true to themselves. The protagonists in this film Scott and Fran gradually challenge and redefine the order of this community. Scott “the up and coming star” of the ballroom world becomes frustrated with only dancing the old traditional steps and wants permission to introduce his own kind of steps.

The space, time and usage of dynamics were powerful yet elegant-elements that added to the overall quality and tone of the work. The solo dancer used her body to perform various movements with specific ranges of motion, showing her ability to control, express and properly connect to the audience through her performance. In this performance, there seems to be a spiritual side when the dancer, Marilyn Banks, sits on the bench and starts to swing her arms in wide semi-circles to show looks of anguish and despair. Ms. Banks also varied movement by quivering her hands-movements such as a shaking or slight trembling with her hands when reaching outwards. She also used a lot of ornamentation or embellishment through her movements. Her body and her path of movement embellished her gestures since she was performing spins across the stage.

The dance that I will be focusing on is entitled: thinking sensing standing feeling object of attention. The dance, to me, symbolizes the socialization of persons in Western civilization concerning gender roles. In the beginning there are gestures that are separated from emotion and full-embodiment, but as the dance progresses the gestures become more meaningful and recognizable. The lighting starts out very specific and narrow, then the light encompasses the entire stage, and eventually the dancers are silhouetted as they return to a familiar movement motif in the end. The music is mainly instrumental with occasional soft female vocals, and the lyrics suggest emotion, which is interesting because the dancers do not convey emotion until

In a typical modern dance, fragmented narratives are predominant throughout the choreographic pieces. In Jones’ piece, a fragmented narrative elucidates the character Eliza in a section called “Eliza on the Ice” and Jones casts four women to capture different personas of Eliza; the four different personas capture Eliza’s facets of heroism,

Thea loves when Addison puts music on in the house, Thea will get up and dance till she drops, sometimes she even asks Addison and Lily do dance with her. Thea enjoys dancing because it's something that will take her mind off of the things that are going on in the house. When Thea her's music she runs out of her room and into the main room so she can have more room to dance because her room is small. Lily does not like to dance at all, she hates it she does not want Thea to dance in the room while she is in there.Lily just wants to stay in the room and not talk to anymore, she hardly comes out of the room for anything.

Dance was not a new element in the theatre realm. It had been used for years as a way of interpretation of feelings of a character that the writer or director wanted the audience to feel visually. Through movement, expression of those feelings was portrayed and helped the audience to somewhat

Fiona's childhood was nothing exciting. She had parents who doted on her, an older brother who would fight you for looking at her sideways, and a baby sister she adored. They were loving and wholesome. The type of family with Game Nights, and Saturday afternoon adventures, and Church on Sunday. The type of family that seemed to dominate the upper middle-class tax bracket she'd grown up in. She took piano lessons from an early age, and when school started so did her dance classes. Tap, and jazz, and ballet. She loved ballet, loved to spend an afternoon spinning in pretty circles around the studio on the tips of her toes. At five years old Fiona knew without a doubt that when she grew up she was going to be a ballerina. Throughout school Fiona strived to

I found it intriguing that her reason, her purpose for dancing, changed over time. There were many different reasons for Anna’s dancing that evolved over the course of many years. She mentioned how as a teenager she danced to rebel. As a mother she danced with children. At 50 she danced for peace and justice. Thus we see that with time and maturity, Anna’s purpose evolved, grew and developed. This taught me so much because as I read through this, I learned that a person’s purpose for dancing, or living for that matter, will change the older you get and that each time it evolves it will become more meaningful to the respective person. I also found it interesting that it took a traumatic life experience (cancer) to help her reach her

The performers danced to uplifting and complementing words. The messages were a mixture of parents of the performers and other students themselves. Having genuine compliments intensified the self-love message of the dance. In addition to the selection of music, the choreography also expanded on acceptance. The dancers had mini solos, but after they finished their mini solo, they became background support for the solos after their own. The dancers’ dance moves displayed an open tone; their moves mimicked a happy and accepting encounter. Near the end of the performance, two of the performers hugged as part of their choreography, which created a more loving and accepting atmosphere. The dance addresses a serious

At this point in time the controversy of what dance means and what creates good dance was a much debated subject. There was multiple ideas and theories of motion and kinesphere which have all contributed into the revolution seen today in dance. In the eighties the big idea was meaning. The question being does dance need meaning or can it just exist. The book The Intimate Act of Choreography takes the of meaning. Though they must prove how exactly that meaning must be shown and why meaning is essential to artistry. They does this through the support of

I am very glad that I was able to take dance composition this quarter. From the first few classes, I knew that this class would be what I looked forward to most. Reflecting back, there were so many times when I would run up to my friends at home after class and tell them about the mind-blowing things that happened in composition that day. What ensued during class time was always a fun and exciting dinner conversation topic.