Dance Ethnography

There are many things that I have learned throughout this course. At the beginning it was difficult for me to learn movements and the new vocabulary, however as the semester went I was able to figure out the non-verbal communication and indicating feelings that is fundamental when performing a dance. Although I do not perform as well as the other dancers, taking into account technique and experience I have certainly enhanced my technique and learned that much effort is required to become a great dancer. Professor Baggs showed me how passionate, committed, and motivated one can be when there is genuine love for dance. I feel that dancing is not to impress others but simply to express your emotions and feelings through motion. Dance is the

The motivation behind this song is that it identifies with me. It is a moderate melody that contains a love story and I feel that I can genuinely connect with this song. After learning and training in ballet and modern dance I was able to apply the techniques and movement into my choreography. After listening to the lyrics of the songs I was able to come up with ideas on the best way to approach this choreography. The song is saying things that balance each other out. The interpretation that I get from this song is that at the same time you are giving everything up, you are gaining everything, and that’s what the whole song is about. If you’re in love and you connect with someone there is such a strong feeling that one always feels that they are gaining everything. This is another reason that motivated me to choreograph this song. I feel that occasionally it is hard to express how one truly feels around a significant other and I think choreographing this song is an incredible way express feelings and emotions. My dance is fundamentally taking into account an expressive structure to let out emotions and sentiments that individuals in their everyday relationship

I have never really come up with a choreography on my own, so it was difficult for me. I thought that a three minute dance was going to be easy and simple, but in fact it took a lot of time and effort. To begin with I needed to get familiar with the song, in spite of the fact that I’ve listen to the song many times, I never really pay consideration on each and every verse and the meaning behind this song. I had to concentrate on different aspects of the music, for example, rhythms and harmonies which allowed me to get inspired and come up with the choreography. I basically divided the song into sections and identified the repeats and volume. In the wake of doing this I made a rundown of steps, moves and frequency that were taught in class. I also looked up at different dance videos to get more ideas on the best way to incorporate different moves and steps into this dance. It took some time to think of the right routine and I was finally able to come up with the specific message I wanted to get across the audience. I realized that keeping track of thoughts and ideas in a journal or computer is critical and can help not to overlook steps. Contemplating the steps and movements was simple, however actually moving and putting the steps, moves, and sequences was difficult. I found it helpful to do counts to recall the distinctive combinations of the dance. Creating sections by combining the different steps was very