The Raggle Dance

Is Dance Considered a Sport? Three laps around the gym, minute long planks, crunches, sit-ups, and pushups in a matter of thirty minutes. As a dancer, experiencing and realizing the strength that needs to be present in order for an athlete to grow is vital. We go through long hours of choreography sessions, pain and strain on our bodies, and vigorous training. Many people will disagree on the status of if dance is a sport or not. Both Mary- Elizabeth Esquibel, in her article “Why Dance Will Always Be a Sport” and the infographic entitled “Is Dance a Sport?” attack this controversial dilemma. Even though these arguments use different formats, they use rhetoric similarly.

Tap dance is an uniquely American dance form. The percussive use of one’s feet combined with the use of rhythms and amplification of sound, has a complex history that involves the intercultural fusions of English, Irish and African musical and dance traditions. The evolution of tap dance in America is further complicated by issues of race, class and gender. Unlike ballet with its formal technique, tap dance emerged from people listening to and watching each other dance, in a variety of settings, where steps were shared, stolen and reinvented. Through its metamorphosis the dance form has progressed from local entertainment, to Vaudeville shows, to Broadway shows, to the Silver Screen and to Concert Halls across the world. The legacy of the art form is characterized by the rise, fall and reemergence of popularity. Savion Glover, a 21st century American dancer, is credited with bringing tap into a new era of popularity as he has wowed the masses with his unique style focusing on African American rhythms. Tap dance, uniquely American in that it is a true melting pot of dance forms, is a dance form rich in rhythms, sounds and amplifications and has transcended social and cultural barriers.

The elements used in this concert were videos of a timeline of African-American dances. This was very helpful because it allowed the audience to know what time period they were looking at for a certain dance. There were different varies of costumes. There were costumes from the tribes danes, spiritual dances, 1902' dances as dancers, and etc. The dancers did an excellent job with combine the costumes to the era and it actually looked like pieces from that era. The lighting was very good and it allowed for the mood to be seen in the dances as well. When a dance needed to evoke a spiritual mood, the lighting would evoke that mood by only allowing light on the dancer and no one else. If it needed a joyful feeling, all the lights were on showing

Jenna D’Antimo Ms. Faye ENG 4U Monday, September 25th, 2017 Should Dance be Considered a Sport? After repeatedly being asked over and over again, “So what sport do you play again?” I am now completely prepared for all the confused looks I know that i'm going to get when I say, “I dance” As an individual who has been dancing for as long as they can remember and has participated in local, national, and international dance competitions, I am a dancer and dance will always be my sport. So yes, I guess you could say that i might be a little biased, but before answering the questions whether dance is a sport, it is important to define what makes a sport a sport. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a sport is the “participation in activities involving physical skill and regulated by set rules or customs in which an individual or a team competes against another or others.” It is clear now that dance definitely fulfills all of these requirements.

Question 1 2 out of 2 points A pas de deux is a dance for _________. Selected Answer: two Question 2 2 out of 2 points _______________ are what link one movement phrase to another, allowing a dance to flow smoothly from section to section. Selected Answer: Transitions Question 3 0 out of 2 points During the Medieval period in Europe, the

During the year, Student Council members have been behind the scenes of events like Homecoming week and the blood drives.

Throughout the world, there have been several different dances created and people do not fully know the origins of the dances. For example, the twist was created by Chubby Checker in the 60s. There have been several different ways to show the rhythmic ability as a whole and the most different thing that people were doing was several different ways of dancing. In the late 1700s and the early 1800s, African Americans were starting to do different dances as a whole. However, they were not fully called as a dance or as they were referred to as contra dances, reels, and jigs when the cadence was called out. The difference was when there was a change in general if there was no cadence, then the African Americans would be dancing. African Americans

The Ghost Dance was a sign of hope for the Native American that they truly believed in. The fact that many of them would dance till unconscious shows the determination and faith that the Native Americans had in the hope of being free once again. Not many citizens in this

“It was once believed that the name came from the stomping down of the terrain; however, legend tells that the dance was created by a handicapped Northern Plains boy who wished to dance” (Legendsofamerica.com,

In the article “Biologists Discover Sophisticated ‘Alarm’ Signals in Honey Bees”, Kim McDonald talks about how scientists have recently discovered that honey bees can deliver warning signals. She discusses with James Nieh, a scientist studying bees, about the experiments that were conducted at The Chinese Academy of Science and Eastern Bee Research. Nieh says how they used hornets such as the Vespa Mandarina and Vespa Velutina to encourage the Apis Cerana honey bees to emit their signal. When talking about the signals produced, Nieh says, “Our experiments showed that these different types of stop signals elicited different and appropriate responses. Bees attacked at food sources by bigger hornets produced a kind of stop signal that more effectively

Jazz dance is a form of dancing that can be very well identified by the emphasis on offbeat rhythms and body parts moving in isolation. Jazz dance has various dance styles that are characterized by fast as well as slow, smooth as well as sharp, hidden as well as large movements.

Up until the late 1900’s, the American populace on the whole had assumed a very optimistic view of American history. Glossing over disgraceful events, emphasizing the brighter points in our history, our culture has attempted to ignore the obvious fact that we have had, and still have, our fair share of problems. In Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow unabashedly exposes some of the worst aspects of American life in our more recent history. Doctorow doesn’t hold back anything, providing detailed examples of human cruelty and sacrifice, and the evolution of American society. While critiquing American society was not the sole purpose of his novel, Doctorow does expose and examine many issues that people tended to ignore like the

One question of the process is how the bees eventually all perform the same waggle dance. For this to happen, the scouts that dance for sites that are not chosen have to stop their dances for them. It is unknown what makes the bees stop dancing for the sites that are not chosen. There are two hypotheses for this question. The first hypothesis is that the reason the bees stop dancing for sites is because they are influenced by the dances of other bees. This assumption is based on Lindeur’s study. He found that the dances of scout bees for poorer sites are easily changed into dances for better sites. The other hypothesis comes from the studies of Lindeur (1955), Seeley and Buhrman (1999), and Camazine et al. (1999). It may be that scouts stop performing waggle dances for inferior sites without being swayed by the dances of other bees. This may be because it was found that the bees perform longer dances when they begin

out with various species. Bees for example, communicate with each other through a dance once

The Power of Dance Dance has been a natural movement form since the beginning of time. The origin of dance is unknown, just as the knowledge of the benefits of dance are unknown to many in our society. Many people do not enjoy dancing and also do not fully understand the