The Dance Moms: A Critical Analysis Of The Dance Community

Women, grandmothers, girls, boys, grandfathers, and men are all depicted in the media differently every day. Each television show, movie, football game, commercial, and broadcast contains at least one of the individuals mentioned above. My main focus will be on how men and women are depicted in the media. Ultimately, I do not watch much television but, lucky for me two of my favorite shows that I do get the chance to watch, air back to back on Thursday evenings. I was able to watch both of them within the two hour time period requirement for this particular assignment. The television shows I chose were, Grey's Anatomy, on ABC and Dance Moms, on the lifetime channel. I am going to use these two shows to investigate further into the

“Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller will deal with the fraud charges slapped against her while trying to continue running her dance studio, based on the sneak peek for season 6.

Reality shows have been a staple of television for over a decade. Whether one wants to find true love or be Naked and Afraid, nothing is off limits. This remains true for societies most valued and formerly sheltered group, children. Two shows that have generated a lot of criticism over the past years are Dance Moms on Lifetime and Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC. Both reality shows include young girls being pressured by their own mothers, to compete in an intense competition, filled with sabotage and betrayal. Each show has been accused of regularly exploiting children and promoting a destructive up-bringing. Although I would argue both shows be pulled from the air, if I were to choose, Dance Moms has a few reprising attributes that make it a more worthwhile show than

In the documentary “Dance Exchange” by Liz Lerman I did not see any signs of the abundant community at first glance. However, after viewing it a couple more times I started to see some of the characteristics of an abundant community, as described by Peter Block in “The Abundant Community.” The first one that came to my attention was when the group was sharing what certain words meant to them. By doing so, the group should be able to break the ice, open the lines of communication, and establish stronger bonds. The second sign of an abundant community was when they all came together with a common goal, came up with a plan, and executed it. Additionally, I agree with Angela Rodriguez in that the they were not just dancing but that it was art,

Every single athlete on a team has a reason they chose that sport. Each individual athlete picks his or her specific sport depending on interest, enjoyment, or athletic performance; however, a majority of athletes in sports choose their sport from parental influence. Through elementary and middle school, children are usually involved in more than one sport. Once the children reach high school, they usually choose one sport to pursue and put the most effort into. This decision is usually swayed by what the parents would like to see their child doing. The relationship between parents and the sports their children play has been seen in movies and shows for ages. For instance, the television show “Dance Moms” is a show that has daughters on a competition

In one my classes; Dance Appreciation, I had an assignment to view a dance piece on YouTube. The dance that I viewed was called “She without arm, he without leg, Hand in Hand”. The dance was not only informative, but it was enlightening to watch.

Today, our third choreography day, my group was assessed by our peers. We did not finish the piece before the review, which I believe did contribute to some unusual mistakes. This contributed to many areas where we may had been forgetful and off time from each other simply because we were working before hand at a pace faster than our brains could comprehend, just to finish the dance. Realizing this, I definitely know that it is more beneficial to progress at a slower rate and remember the piece, than to vigorously finish the piece and tarnish all of our previous rehearsal time trying to remember other sections. Our peers had identified a very obvious flaw during the presentation: lack of expression. Again, I believe that because our minds were

Ballet “Cry” simply showed to us real life of all African women. Every single American people know what kind of life they went through. Therefore it touched their heard. Alvin Ailey’s “Cry” presented wonderfully combined movements, technique and emotion. Ms. Donna Wood uses tragic face, a mask of sorrow. It is a face born to cry, but when she smiles it is with an innocent radiance, joyfulness that simple and lovely. She never tries consciously to please an audience. He was not only concentrating in movements and physical performance, but also using flowing white gown

A community is a group of people that share a common or similar characteristic with each other. Some communities can also consist of people living together or practice worship. My essay will include the communities that I am part of which are my dance, school and church communities.

I am an aspiring dancer. I am also African American, thanks to IoT a black ballerina is no longer taboo, slowly sure society is becoming more aware of dancers of various races, cultures, and styles. With the world of dance evolving and technology moving even faster, I want to develop an organization that supports and exposes minorities in dance. The job of Encouraging young dancers of minority race will no longer be limited to just the student’s parent and teachers. This organization will help these dancers connect and find support in standing confidently in who they are. The dance community is already present however not connected a possible. Through social media and a website, this organization will bring together minorities in dance and highlight their accomplishments. In addition everyone can be informed of what going on in dance culture. Individuals apart of this community can get first hand advice from dancing professionals.

Ryan Heffington’s unconventional style has the public wide-eyed and craving more. From his choreographic work in Sia’s Chandelier and Elastic Heart videos, among many others, Heffington’s name is on the frontier of the commercial dance, film, music, fashion and film industries (“Sir Heffington”). His work parallels the definition of edgy. The public has experienced his work at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hammer Museum L.A.C.E. gallery, L.A. County Museum of Art, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Museum of Contemporary Art. He has choreographed over 10 music videos, reaching success and award nominations both in the U.S. and the U.K. Heffington can be compared to a modern day Jack Cole, as both artists delved into the world of

I'm very impressed with your detailed post. I actually learned some things from your post that I didn't hear while watching the video. I like how you put an example of economics, race, and dance.I feel like the community and others around the world had a big effect on the jazz and the swinging era. People would forget about what was going on in the world by relaxing to jazz music.

The dance community that surrounds me has been the most impactful in my life. My mother first signed me up for dance classes when I was only four years old, and now almost fifteen years later I am still dancing. I started out at a dance studio in Gresham, Oregon, where I then danced for ten years. I took classes, performed, and started competing against other dancers and studios around when I was nine years old. It didn’t hit me that I enjoyed performing until I started dancing in more and more shows. Dance was a struggle for many years at this specific studio. There was a lot of moves that I couldn’t do, and I got left behind, as the other dancers my age improved and became more flexible. I felt like I owed the teachers, staff, and other

Dancing is a historical tradition. Hip-hop dancing has been alive at social functions for centuries, and Popping and Break dancing are the old school days gone by. In recent years, Hip-hop dance has proved its long lasting presence in our lives. It is in our media, our music and day-to-day social functions. It isn't usually taught parent-to-child so people are seeking schools where they can learn. With Dance sport being considered as a medal sport in the next Olympics, more people will be exposed to Social and Hip-hop dance.

I attended DancePlus show On Friday December 2, 2011 at 7:30pm at night. It was performed in the Victoria K. Mastrobounno Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in the entire performance.