Dance Concert Critique

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Dance concert fall 2015, an evening of music and diverse styles of dance performed by students that are enrolled in dance class. The dance was a mix of either the choreography is the professor Mina Liccione or the students, which was their midterm exam performance. The dance took place at the American university of sharjah, specifically at the arts building. The dance started by an opening then 5 dance performance followed by 10 minutes break. After the break we had 2 other dance performances next a special guest and finally the final dance. What added to this performance professor Mina Liccione her talks between the performances until the students gets ready. They made everyone laugh and like makes you excited. Also, she interacted with the …show more content…

The pianist was mainly as a background for the vocalist but in few parts it was the emphasis. The vocalist was confident and had a smile the whole time the voice was soft and smooth and had several dynamics. For the second part, which had the same pianist, and female and male vocalist/performers it was really nice watching them the voices and the movement was extraordinary which made it great. The pianist showed expression while playing and played different dynamics in both of them she was reading the notes it was memorized. Overall the pianist playing, posture, and expression was perfect.

Moving on into the dance, the first one was a traditional Indian dance. The students where dressed nicely connecting to the theme and their movement was smooth they danced with the music beat so it was a nice combination. My only comment was the last part of the dance, which is carrying the girl it showed they were really scared and unsure. I think they could do another movement that would work. Overall it was good both the movements and the …show more content…

The student movement was smooth and easy. Just like the over dances this dance had a special feel due to what they are dressing now how they use it to their advantage.

After that we got a 10 min break and we came back to a Bhangra and Bollywood dance that had all of the audience to interact and clap with the music beat. The dance ended with a fake proposal, which made us laugh. Movement with the music was well thought off in this dance.

Moving to the well know performance the Palestinian debka. It was the most disappointed dance. Debka is wells know Palestinian folklore and the way they showed it was weak personally past years students showed a better performance in this part. Evey year they tried to add something to the debka this year it was just normal one and the movements of the students was slow compare to the music.

After the debka we got to see the special guest Beatbox ray, which was amazing. He preformed some of this beatbox and than gave a brief about beatboxing and how does it work. I felt it’s strong and that this talent not anyone can master it. Watching him play was extremely

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