Spring Dance Essay

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I had the pleasure of attending this years Spring Dance Concert. As a dancer I love being presented different types of dance, I feel as though it broadens your views as an artist. What I appreciated the most was the boundaries pushed by the dancers and choreographers at this years spring recital. The first piece “A taste of Majorette” was very upbeat piece that began with the dancers in the aisle alongside the audience. The piece was very upbeat and the dancers were wearing royal blue leotards, it was visually stimulating, the spins and kicks reminded me of the “New York City Rockettes”. This piece was a great start to the show and left the audience smiling. Another piece that I found exciting was “Alien” choreographed by Emylice Landestoy,
The ‘Dance Hall’ inspired pieces were exciting to watch. I felt the dancers and choreographers were letting the audience see inside their world because perhaps that style of dance may be their roots. The piece “MaSala” choreographed by Rashida Lyles was fun to watch with the different types of dancers performing a fun, lighthearted, ‘Dance Hall’ inspired dance. Katelyn Temel was one of the dancers in “MaSala” it was great to see her preform a style of dance that she may not be used to but she did an excellent job she really performed well in the piece “What’s Trending”, choreographed by Shakeena Randolph. “What’s Trending” was an urban styled dance with a lot of synchrony, I found it fascinating. One of the most captivating pieces for me was “Spirt of Carnival (Not the Where, But the Who)” there was beautiful lighting and costumes were breathtaking. The movements were fun and when dancer Stephen Galvan was killed the piece turned into a carnival type piece, Stephan must have died and gone to heaven because there were wonderful dancers dancing in with headdresses shaking their hips to the beats of the music, this brought the entire piece to another level of enchantment.
I had friends who attended the spring concert last year and they had mentioned that it was very modern but I was glad to see a variance of dance types in this years spring concert. The entire performance was full of various dance types such as Modern, Dance Hall, Contemporary and Urban. Each choreographer and dancer had diverse backgrounds this made for a great show full of various dance styles and thus was very visually

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