Dance Concert Essay

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Recommended: Music concert experience

Nguyen Nguyen
Melinda Lee Bailey
HUMA 1301.P07
04/13/2016
Music concert field trip:
Day Of Emotions
Dance is my favorite hobby when I was a child. I used to watch dance concerts on TV shows, but I had not even watch it on stage. On April 08th, 2016, I attended a dance concert called Make Your Move like an audience. It was performed at John Anthony Theatre – Spring Creek Campus of Collin College. The concert consists of many styles of dancing from different College and University such as Collin College, West Texas A&M University, and Illinois State University. Three performances that I like best were Intus, 9.28.11 and Havana Dream.
Intus was a production of choreographer Sara Mott with the music theme called Tied Knots by The Album Leaf. Intus is a Latin word meaning “inside, within, from within”. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside you” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). That sentence kind of expresses what Intus wanted to perform. As the title suggests, the dance, as a whole, portrayed a series of picturesque …show more content…

In contrast with two pieces above, Havana Dream was a very jazzy and playful. The music, the costume, and the dance were all very colorful and full of energy. All of that made this piece very fun and entertaining. Seven girls with seven colors on their tanks as well as the colorful of the theme made me so excited with this performance. As the title suggests, this was a dream of almost people who want to go to the colorful and beautiful place – Havana, Cuba’s capital. All the dance steps and movements of the dancers were rehearsed well. The music was enough upbeat and fast to depict the playful and youthful of this performance. Although there were many dancers on stage, the dancers had utilized the space well and the present of them had created a full and dynamic stage. This piece was a best colorful performance in this

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