Upon entering the small performing arts theater at Chandler Gilbert Community College, the eye was drawn immediately to three of the performers, who were working out some confusion for everyone to hear at the piano centered on the stage. The seating area resembled that of a movie theater. It's cold cement floors, worn green carpet and gray fold up seats, a dramatic contrast to the warm wood tones of the walls and the soft lighting above. The lineup for the Instrumental Majors Recital contained only solos and duets from students, all very well dressed in their formal concert attire, representing a total of four unique instruments, (piano, saxophone, guitar, and clarinet). Each student presenting their craft with a piece of music that should …show more content…
Chanson et Passepied was not a familiar piece to me but its smooth somber beginning captured my attention immediately. After a few moments of that, the performer held his note and paused breaking into a up-tempo, almost bouncy beat. The piano accompaniment leads the melody and then breaks into, what almost seems like a conversation with the saxophone, where the saxophone asks a question and the piano replies. This piece made the biggest emotional impact because it almost brightened up the whole experience. It was music to play on a very good day walking down the street. Almost as if it was meant to lift spirits, since there is such a dramatic change from the almost depressed quality from the beginning to the long hold and tempo change, where it is like a character has found a new reason to live. This is only emphasised by the performer, as he sways his instrument and body slowly through the first part and then as he leads the conversation between the instruments, each staccato promptly creates a quick jolt as he hops a little in his spot, lifting the saxophone with him. Each time it is like he raises the level of happiness the listener feels a little at a time until the conclusion when the audience is left with a simple and subtle joy. With the combination of the music and the performer, it is like he has inspired people to take on a new
Different Dance Styles by Doris Humphrey and Maud Allen that Presented New Dances that Displayed Innovative Movements.
For my first concert report, I have decided to attend the Applied Music Student Recital. The musical performance was at Palomar College on February 27, 2015 from 1:00P.M.--2:00P.M. at the performance lab room D-10. The type of music that was presented at the concert was a brass ensemble, chamber music, classical, contemporary, jazz, opera, percussion, and many vocal arrangements. There was a total of eight musical Palomar College student performers who are majoring in music theory. I am only going to focus on a few of the musical pieces that I enjoyed most. The majority of the performers were dressed in formal attire. As the men were dressed in a dress shirt, a tie or bow tie of their choice, black slacks, and dress shoes. As for the women, they wore dresses, skirts and dress shoes. Also there was a pianist, accompanist who is a Palomar College music teacher named Ruth Weber. The performance was in a music concert hall with roughly fifty audience members.
...th wood in all directions. The platform was in shape of semi-circle and the entrances and exit for the musicians were built right into the wall without them being noticeable. Moving on, clothing that most people preferred was business casual attire. The musicians were disguised in black on black suit and the lady chose to wear red gown, trying to emphasize the professionalism in them using the instruments to their perfection. The audience behaved very elegantly. After every piece of music the audience would stand and give a huge round of applause, giving the musician a sense of honor. Musicians in response would bow down their head acknowledging the audience 's kindness and appreciation. The audience regarded the music as classy. The concert portrayed the use of different instruments that were prevalent back in the time creating different textures, harmony and rhythm.
I have always been fascinated by the many arts. Around September of last year, I discovered a show that had to do with dancing and singing, which caused me to have a slight interest in the former. In November, my best friend showed me a band that is talented in dancing, and this group has fueled my curiosity. Furthermore, I have already taken a few steps towards learning their dances. I aspire to accomplish the ability to dance because of this group, I am trying to learn the choreography to their songs, and I want to perform in front of people who enjoy watching others dance.
Humans have expressed thoughts and emotions through movement long before the development of speech. However, the origins of ballet can be traced back specifically to the Renaissance period and the early court dances in France and Italy. Any celebratory occasion, such as the birth of an heir or an influential marriage would call for social court dancing. All ladies and gentlemen of the court learned these rather intricate dances as part of their grooming for society. Around the 1400s, as the court dances became more detailed and complicated, it became necessary to formally codify these dances to maintain consistency. Special dance instructors or “Ballet Masters” began to appear. These men were highly revered and considered to be the finest dance teachers. They also served as dance makers or choreographers, creating dances that were used throughout Europe. King Louis XIV had a profound influence on the progression of ballet. Not only was he an avid supporter of dance, he was also a beloved performer. In fact, King Louis XIV is commonly referred to as the Sun King, a name he received after appearing ornately adorned in gold as Apollo, god of the sun, in Le Ballet de la Nuit (The Ballet of the Night). Many other highly respected dancers include: Giovanni Battista Lulli, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine, Vladimir Malakhov, and many more, all being men. It wasn’t until the early 20th century where women were finally respected in the dance world. Women like Martha Graham, Angela Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman, Gret Palucca, Harald Kreutzberg, Yvonne Georgi, and Twyla Tharp were the first dancers and choreographers who began to create a reputation for women that changed the image of dance all over the world. Today, one renounced Africa...
The similarities that I observed is that modern dance pioneers placed emphasis on body movements. Martha Graham stated that modern dance is easy, glamorous and delightful. To me is a dance that is difficult to perform even when some of the body movements appeared easy for people do such as arm movement, falling and getting up. Moreover, the differences that I observed were the techniques of movements that each choreographer/pioneer used. For instance Martha Graham technique includes the used coordination, "contraction and release". Duncan for her part used simple gestures. Furthermore, Humphrey created dance entirely without musical accompaniment, she also used imbalance as the base for her movement such as fall and recovery. The modern dance
Over Halloween weekend, Dance TCU in concert, performed at Ed Landreth Hall on the TCU campus, was a mid term showcase performed by the students in the TCU School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. The overall mood was very professional. These college level dancers performed various pieces from Giselle to video edited versions of dance to contemporary dances inspired by swing dancing. Each piece was unique and whether the style was classical or contemporary, the execution was very good. The quality of the performance was spectacular and showed all the work that everyone involved in the production has put out to perfect all the aspects of the show come together. While there were some minor technique errors, the staging, costume design, lighting,
For my final project I decided to do a form of dance and that form of dance I chose is ballet. I decided to choose ballet because every since I was a little girl I always admired the how graceful and elegant the dances carried themselves on stage. Throughout growing up I gain knowledge from friends who did ballet and pointe that it is not as glamorous as it is perceived. Ballet dancers go through excruciating lengths to be as elegant they can be on stage and I condemn their strength and persistence to do this form of dance. I believe ballet is one of the most beautiful forms of dance because ballet dancers practice to perfection and on stage you can definitely see how passionate they are about this form of dance.
I love to dance and through google and wikipedia I discovered ethnochoreology. It is the study of “ethnic” dance in it's social and cultural context. One famous dancer and pioneer who inspires me greatly is Katherine Dunham. She was able to study dance and anthropology in college and developed dance anthropology. Dance Anthropology can also be referred to as Ethnochoreology where it studies why people dance and what it means within various cultures. Since dancing have originated it has been refined and modified excessively by many different cultures to fit their form of communication or expression. Dance is not static, but instead dynamic and has the ability to change, evolve, or even fuse with other works of movement. We, humans, aren’t always
The beauty of Nature has been an inspiration of artists, authors, and poets for a long time. The delicate beauty of the wild flowers, especially roses that are fresh, gentle but strong under the brush of French artist Paul de Longpre. The painting “ White Roses” is one of his famous works. It is drawn in water color and created on the canvas in 1898. Right now it is being exhibited in Irvine Art Museum in Southern of California.
Contemporary dance first originated from ballet, however changed when Isadora Duncan decided that she didn’t want to dance ballet. She disregarded the refined technical Classical ballet and thus the concept of Contemporary dance was born. This style incorporates movements where the body moves freely and doesn’t have restrictions, embodying raw human emotion. Pioneers of contemporary dance comprise of the internationally known Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham (The Conversation, 2014, online) + (Bibliography, 2012, online). These three dancers helped to revolutionise contemporary dance and express their interpretation of it, all unique but added layers to the genre. A range of movements that originated from these dancers are
Have you ever thought about the history of dance, or how long human life has known it? Dance has been here longer than we actually think. We can take dance back all the way to 600 BC to Now. Dance has made very big changes overtime. It went from doing it in honor for only the dead or religious situations to now just doing it for fun. The way or different moves have also changed over this big course in time. It ways and moves have changed, and the outfits used to perform these different types of dances. There has been clean and dirty dancing all along, some of things in those dances have stayed, others haven’t. Dance has been a very great thing and will stay being a great thing during human life because it expresses a lot. It expresses itself, and a person can express their feelings, in the different kind of moves. It does take time to get to know the moves but you can get through.
On the night of the DancePlus performance, I saw numerous little performances. There were six of them in total and the one I had most reactions and favors to is the last one of the first half, which is called Swampin. It was choreographed by John Evans with additional material by Oluwadamilare Ayoride, Jennifer Payan and surprisingly, the dancers. Usually what I would expect from a piece of dance performance is choreographers dominating the process of being creative on the grounds o f coming up dance moves. However, this time, it is nice to see how the dancer actually participating first hand in the creating process of the whole performance which would definitely benefit the quality of the dance, since the dancers would their own choreography
The Northern Territory is known for its culturally diverse population and some would say it is the ‘multicultural hub’ of Australia. With all of these cultures comes distinctive customs and traditions. Throughout history dance has been used to help people develop a sense of identity, the younger generations are also taught social patterns and values through the different dances. The significance of these traditional dances was to reinforce and celebrate cultural law and practices including the celebration of the passage from child to adulthood or spiritual worship. The predominantly Western culture in Australia often causes minority groups to struggle for recognition regarding their beliefs and traditions. This is parallel to the Australian dance industry, where many cultural dance groups feel they have to justify who they are and are often
“Dance, the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action.”