Dance Performance Analysis Paper

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For my performance analysis paper, I went to the BFA Senior Dance Concert on Saturday. The entire show included five pieces and they were all marvelous. Throughout the show, there was a lot of body contact and the dancer seemed as if they didn’t mind another person being in their kinesphere. We had dancers carrying each other across the stage and others on the ground touching back to back then stomach to stomach. Many different levels were being explored too. They had moments where they would go through all three levels within a time span of thirty seconds. All of the dances had a meaning behind them. For instance, the first piece which was portraying the downfall of the Icarus. The leading dancer started off standing on a high platform but …show more content…

There were eleven dancers on the stage. The most out of all the other dances. They all spaced the stage and started dancing. It was different from the other pieces. This dance was more modern, hype and just all around fun. The choice of music was great and the energy I sensed as they danced was high. They all had smiles on their faces as they were dancing. They weren’t as serious and it was as they were letting all their problems go and just having fun. It really made me feel comfortable and relaxed. That’s why I chose to talk about this piece. Their elevations relatively the same throughout this piece. Locomotion was active the whole time. No one ever stayed still. They were too energetic to stay still for more than a second. Their flow was restricted but only because there were eleven dancers on a small stage. Other than that, they find ways to cut through each other without interrupting someone’s motion. The speed and pace of the dancers' motion were quick. The length of their motions were not long then two seconds. They all danced as a group, there were some parts where ten of them left the stage and it turned into a solo, but the majority of the time it was a group …show more content…

Knowing my body, I felt envious of the fact that there were dancers doing handless cartwheels while I can’t do a regular cartwheel. After I remembered that they worked hard to get such athleticism I couldn’t be mad anymore. So I started to become energetic watching them dance. I wanted to get out of my seat and start doing my signature shoulder shrug move but I didn’t want to disturb anyone. It came to the point that the ferocious energy they were dancing with transferred to me. Dance is about making your body release an energy and transferring that energy into feelings. The energy released depends on the dancer but that what it’s about. Making every last move make either yourself or other people feel different. That’s what I learned from watching this show.it’s about. Making every last move make either yourself or other people feel different. That’s what I learned from watching this

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