Sun King Dance Paper

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The dance performance of “The Sun King Dances” created and directed by a graduate student that I observed was remarkable. All the dancers performing this piece were women. There were a total of five acts in this performance; Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV and the Grand Ballet. The dancers were recreating the Sun King’s dances from the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Each act had an different set of scenery, choreography, costumes, music and along with a number of dancers performing the dances. All the dances had a similar theme that connected to one another, but each act was unique and had a special story behind it. My favorite act was the first act because when the dancers were performing, their synchronized and repetitive movements reminded me of the hour and minute hands of a clock. My favorite part was when four of the five dancers are holding hands and dancing in a circle while the fifth dancer is in the center of the circle turning and going up and down at the same time. …show more content…

All of them related to the performances. Some of the outfits that the dancers wore were billowy, lose, a bit oversized with poofy puffed up sleeves. And there were costumes that were portraying men during a the seventeenth and eighteenth century. In a few of the dances, the dancers wore ruffled collars that brought the costume to come all together. Other costumes that the dancers wore were leotards that are form fitting and tight. My favorite costume in the whole performance was in the last act. A dancer was portraying the sun, she wore a gold leotard what had an attached skirt. The leotard had an emblem of the Sun King. In addition, the dancer wore a sparkly pair of gold shoes that matched the costume. The costume was shiny, bold, dramatic and goddess-like. As a result, the costume made the dancer stand out tremendously from the other dancers in this

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