On Friday, April 29, 2016, I attended the Soulmatic Rhythm Dance Company’s recital titled OO Dance at the Campo Verde High School Auditorium. I personally thought it was an entertaining show that showed off the strength of Campo’s dance team. And due to the use of stage, lighting, and excellent choreography, I do think I am the only
In the jazz piece, “00 Dance” choreographed by Heather Booth and Lexee Crandall I found that the lighting and the costumes really accented the dance. The dance started off great with a table at the center of the stage and all the dancers wearing masks. I thought that it really enhanced the spy theme. Also, the lighting was very interesting. At first, it started off with a pink cyc then it switched to a spotlight
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Such as the use of pathways on stage. Since the dance group was so big it was hard for them to all fit on stage at one time, so what they did, which I thought was really creative, was that they split up the dancers in mini groups and some of them stayed on stage while others left to the wings or vice versa. I also noticed a lot of use of suspension throughout the dance. At one part, in particular, there was a group of six dancers that ran on stage in a staggered formation and on beat with the music, the three dancers in the back jumped in the air while the three in front collapsed and rolled onto the ground. I also really liked the use of tempo that this dance had. For example, in the beginning of the dance the music started off slow so the dancers on stage were dancing slower,but when the music got faster that’s when you’d see the dancers pick up speed and start running onto the …show more content…
To me, it seemed that the dancers were people reflecting on their life, and in the past, they had been little girls that had experienced a loss. I remember hearing the lyrics “tore my yellow dress and, Cried and cried and cried” and I noticed that all the dancers were wearing yellow dresses. It also conveyed the loneliness felt with loss of a loved one by showing one dancer on the stage while all the other dancers came onstage one by one. Then, at the end of the dance, all the dancers left the stage one by one, while one dancer stayed on the looking back at them. It created a sort forlorn feeling, almost as if that character was used to getting
I had the pleasure of being in Western Kentucky University Dance Department’s concert, An Evening of Dance. The performance took place on April 29th through May 2nd in Russel Miller Theatre. It consisted of many works from faculty and guest artists. I felt like the concert was a success and that the choreography was all unique in its own way. I enjoyed the pieces that I performed, and the ones that my fellow company members were in. Through the analysis of “Petrichor”, I found that each production and chorographic element plays a large part in the successful outcome of a dance and emotional responses can be evoked by the simplest ideas.
The dancers begin in unison in a large clump. They dance together with slow movements; reaching up with their arms straight and palms open. It is to be noted that when they stretch their arms up, they tilt their head and look up as well. Throughout the piece the dancers repeat this movement, which represents reaching and praying to God. The dancers are constantly reaching up, embodying their despair and their yearning for help. As the dance progresses, the dancers repeatedly break out of the clump in the center and do different movements and their own sequences. After this, they always go back to their clump and do synchronized movement. Their constant breaking away from the group symbolizes their continual want to be free, as well as their persistency. On the other hand, their constant going back to the group shows how African-Americans will always be joined together by their culture, prayer, and hardships. Additionally during the piece, multiple dancers will run up to another dancer and jump or hold onto them, and then they do a couple of movements together. This shows how they are reliant and dependent on each other, and how they need each other throughout their suffering. Lastly, Much of the movement in this section possesses the downward energy characteristic of African dance, which symbolizes a connection to the earth. The choices Ailey made choreographically communicates all
... social dance. Many people in today’s society enjoy social; dancing. Chapter eleven dance concert, properly planning and establishing a dance concert is of the utmost importance. The partnership with the lighting designer usually takes priority over all other factors. One of the most important issues concerning customers has to do with mobility. The dancer must be able to move comfortably in the costume. The task of producing a dance concert is an overwhelming and tiring one. Chapter twelve dance in education and career in dance, many dance educators present the argument that teaching and learning dance as an art form is obviously absent from the American student education. There has always been and always will be people who have a love, desire, and passion to instruct and learn the art of dance, will ensure an important place for dance in higher education.
However, New York Public Schools offered ballroom dancing classes to low-income students of color, which allowed the arts to be included in their curriculum. Watching the film, I observed the positive reaction the children had to the dance classes. Overall, they were exposed to different cultures, made new friendships, became more confident, and aware of different career options such as professional dancers or singers (Agrelo, 2005).
...ical and close together. This dance involved a lot of spinning and pelvic motion, which added to the flirtatious mood; all of these movements were done in sync with the tempo of the music. Furthermore, Rhoden did a wonderful job of conveying trust in the relationships. Rhoden did this by having the danseurs catch the ballerinas in motion while in the air. The female dancers did a lot of leaps and sashays, which also added to the happy mood.
The sequence starts with a woman who is part of the Dead searching frantically for something, shown through her facing the audience and bringing her hands towards them, then breaking down sorrowfully. A man from the Dead then joins her and they embrace, performing a series of lifts. This symbolises the bond between the characters and the emotional connection they share. The dance then turns into hiding and ducking movements as the couple tries to escape from an unseen force. Accompanied again by the dripping sound, the Dead perform reaching, circular movements, as if attempting to escape. The woman performs her movements with a sense of sorrow, focussed on the man, as if she knows he is going to be
Her movements a very angular and repeated. She continuously rocked from side to side and had very sudden, sporadic movements. Grief isn’t an easy thing to experience so making her movements like that had a purpose. The movements play a big role in making people feel sadness and grief. The movements are very unusual and abnormal, people don’t think of Lamentation when they hear the word “dance”, dance usually flows beautifully but this dance doesn’t. The angular shapes create an uncomfortable feeling just like grief does. At one point in the dance she has her hands pressed together as she looks up as if she is begging, then she suddenly drops her weight towards the ground just an inch as if she is weak and can’t hold herself up. The feeling you get when this happens makes you feel the grief she
Steve Paxton: Speaking of Dance – Conversations with Contemporary Masters of American Modern Dance. Academic Internet Video. Directed by Douglas Rosenberg. Oregon: Alexander Street Press, 1996.
At some points the dancers would move fast and quick with swift motions but in the
Overall, the dance is a sorrowful and despairing performance. Personally, I think Martha Graham did a great job capturing the emotions and feelings of the historic tragic event of the Great Depression. With less than two minutes of a video, Graham was definitely able to tell a story of an individual’s struggle and sorrow. With the shooting of the gun to wiping tears down her face, Graham captured live and real events that occurred. The Great Depression was a tragic event that caused the whole country to become unhappy due to financial crisis and food. Graham was able to create a big picture and a true moment that she had experienced during this time. Lamentation definitely represented a person’s emotions of melancholy, gloom, low spirits, and more. Martha Graham’s work will always be considered legendary, and will always have
This section opens with the ghost dancer exiting the stage and three female dancers and three male dancers enter the stage. One female is wearing an old dirty old flowy dress that is ripped up, the second female is wearing a nice frilly red skirt and flowy white top, the third female dancer is wearing a button up grey shirt with a black mid-length skirt. As for the male dancer, one male is wearing a grey suit, the second male is wearing a nice business shirt and pants. The last male dancer is wearing an old long white t-shirt with baggy pants. These costumes represent how everyone was affected by the Pinochet regime and it wasn’t just the poor who suffered. They used folk lament which is a very happy upbeat song. They use space and levels in this section, space and levels gave structure and interest to the section. The ghost dancer return and violently grab the male dancers and throw them to the ground, and take their place in the partner work. The female dancer and male dancer are moving in unison, they run down the stage to either left or right. They then begin to do their motif, which is where they swing their shoulder forwards and backwards, and they then jump and turn around and began walking slowly in the other direction. The ghost dancers return at the end of section and repeat their motif, this motif represents victimisation (Jane Pritchard, 2000, Ghost Dances Study
In the heart of Miami, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) dance majors put on a performance called The Art of Dance. Under the direction of Michelle Grant- Murray, guest choreographers challenged the students of MDC. The students were also able to exhibit their own work, as this was also their student choreography showcase. The evening consisted of diverse styles such as – African, contemporary, and world dance; unfortunately, I cannot say the all of the pieces impressed me.
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,
Dance is a part of every culture. Whether it is the fire dances of the native Hawaiians, or the Tango from Spain, dance is a part of every culture. This event is not an event I would usually attend. I am not into art of any kind except music. At first, there were two reasons I went to this performance.
“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.”