After watching the video clips, do you see connections between these styles of dance? What connections do you see? Can you describe some social dances that have inspired film and musical theater dancing? After watching all the video clips, I can definitely see a connection between these styles. They are all related by rapid and strong hands and feet movements. Also as our book says, “Tap and jazz dance, Broadway and Hollywood dance, and hip-hop are considered truly American arts, though often they draw from older from and other cultures”.
In our videos there were two people inspired by choreographer Bob Fosse. First was Michel Jackson, which was pretty weird to see him do most of the moves that I thought were Jackson’s moves. And than Beyonce,
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Jack Cole (1914-1974) had a major influence on the growth of jazz dance. He set the style for Broadway jazz, demanding a high level of technique from his dancers. He used not only ballet in his choreography, but also East Indian and oriental motifs. He is my hero! When I was about to choose a school for my carrier, I wanted to study musicals; unfortunately, my mother picked business as my major, and my dream vanished. But I still keep watching musicals, and singing in my shower or apartment when I am alone.
What do you notice about the dancers? How are they costumed? How does their appearance compare/contrast to the modern dance and ballet costumes from the last modules? I notice that the dancers have very high level of technique and can dance almost anything. In the videos we can see, ballet, jazz, break dance, hip-hop and some contemporary. It really depends on which video we talk about. Same goes for the costumes. Some has costumes for play in musicals, which can me sexy, funny or just elegant. In one video the dancers end up almost naked. I believe, in these genre and also in modern dance there is almost anything possible with costumes, on the other hand, ballet was pretty simple with no
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What do you think? I am not sure the they were the inspiration. If I was looking for the inspiration for Michael Jackson’s moves I would go more with Bob Fosse.
Hip hop: Do you see a lineage from the early vaudeville acts to today's hip hop? I can see some lineage from the early vaudeville acts. If the dancers are good they will always go back to the beginning and use it as their ground for the choreography. Of course everything is evolving and dance as well. Today’s hip hop is different the when it started, but nobody can avoid where it came from.
How has hip-hop been "copped"? Is hip hop part of your life? part of your culture today? I am not an American so I am not sure about the term hip-hop being “copped” and what that means, but in the article “Who Cooped my Hip-Hop” the writer talks about Japanese boy who dresses up as a hip-hop dancer, but has no idea about the culture and what it truly means. Hip-Hop was and is part of my life and culture. I am 34 so hip hop was in my life since I can remember, but I started to like it more like in my twenties. My favorite genre is Musical
...re of different dance cultures within the vocabulary of their scope, then the results would be so astounding as to give that dancer an unspoken quality distinguishing them from among their peers. Movement knowledge is cultural knowledge and remembering that each culture is beautiful and different in its own way can help create a dancer that will resonate with any audience member.
After watching the videos most made me feel same as in our book Bill T. Jones says, “Make something beautiful…Make something that comes honestly from you. Dare to fail.” That is exactly ho I felt after watching most of the videos. They were full of emotions and contact. The movements were very touchy feely and emotional with a story to tell; especially, the one called “What is contact improvisation?” I did reminded me of some of the previous choreographies we watched. I most of the videos there was a lots of ballet movements except the “Rennie Harris Puremovement │ Jacob 's Pillow Dance Festival 2009," which I actually enjoyed the most. I also did see some jazz, and musical, but not tap. If I look at previous video from Bob Fosse and his “Sweet Charity”, I don’t really see any connection between the videos we have see in this chapter.
Learning about Dance: Dance as an Art Form and Entertainment provides visions into the many features of dance and inspires scholars to keep an open mind and think critically about the stimulating, bold, ever-changing and active world of dance. Learning about Dance is particularly useful for those who do not have a wide and diverse dance contextual, such as students in a preliminary level or survey dance course. This book consists of twelve chapters. Chapter one dance as an art form focuses on the basic structures of dance. Dance is displayed through the human body, it has the control to communicate and induce reactions. Dance can be found in many different places, it enables the participants and seekers to touch and knowledge the joy of movement. Dance is discovered as being one of the oldest art forms worldwide. Dance existed in early cultures was recognized in a sequence of rock paintings portrayed dance. Since this discovery of rock paintings, several other forms of art have been found that depict dance. People used rituals in order to worship the gods and believed that the rituals held magical and spiritual powers. During the ancient period civilizations sentient decisions began to be made with regard to dance. Other periods that had an impact on dance were the medieval period, the renaissance period, and the contemporary period. Chapter two the choreographer, the choreographer is a person who comes up with the movements created into a dance routine. The choreographer expresses themselves through choreography because this is their way of communicating with the audience. In order to be a choreographer you must have a passion for dance. Each choreographer has their own approaches and ways of making up a routine. Choreographers ...
There are these two video examples representative of their respective ballet eras are twenty. A presentation of dance, Contemporary Ballet. The show still had basics skill and the traditional dances are also included. These two video still have basics move like classical ballet. The dancer begins in a Classical Ballet 5th position of the feet, but her arms, instead of a soft, rounded shape, are dangling limply at her side like we studied in this chapter;
1.Jack Cole thought that dance wears are fantastic and the dancing itself is like a body architecture. Dancers are body architects. Then he studied how to dance from Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Cole learned a lot of dancing styles and tried to mix them together. He was known as the father of “theatrical jazz dance”, and he influenced many other dancers afterwards. In his dance, one of the most obvious features is that there was a small group of dancers on the stage rather than a large one. Cole instructed many actors and dancers after he retired from dancing.
There are many performers, choreographers, and artistic movements that have greatly impacted and influenced today’s American entertainment industry. One man in particular led a revolution of modern dance which created the dance style as it is now known and recognized today; this man is Ted Shawn. As an innovator of modern dance, Ted Shawn impacted today’s American entertainment industry through his emphasis on masculine rather than effeminate qualities in male dancers, and the creation of his nationally renowned dance festival and institution known as “Jacob’s Pillow.”
The freedom of the American life and culture of the 1970’s overflowed to make a major impact on music and dance during this period. American culture flourished. The events of the times were reflected in and became the inspiration for much of the music, literature, entertainment, and even fashion of the decade. Choreographers wanted to motivate the dancers to leap into the unknown and experience the contact of dance in their own way.
Though relationships might seem ordinary on the outside, when taken a closer look at, they may have underlying issues. It is similar to when a book is narrating the story of a relationship, and until it reveals the problems concerning it. In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator Humbert Humbert is a high-middle class man who starts the book by declaring his love to a character named Lolita. It is soon acknowledged that Lolita is in fact a 12-year-old child who is being sexually abused by Humbert. A similar story makes up the plot of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The hip hop culture began in the suburbs of New York over 30 years ago and has gone through drastic changes over this time. Hip Hop contains four different elements including: graffiti, rap, disc jockey and break-dancing. In the 1970’s, musical artists began to express themselves like Kool DJ Herc. Rap music began to spread through the urban neighborhoods of New York City and people used a new form of expression that gave a chance to sing about anything.
Ramsay, B. (2000). Dance theory, sociology, and aesthetics. Dance Research Journal, 32(1), 125-131. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1478286
The dance that I will be focusing on is entitled: thinking sensing standing feeling object of attention. The dance, to me, symbolizes the socialization of persons in Western civilization concerning gender roles. In the beginning there are gestures that are separated from emotion and full-embodiment, but as the dance progresses the gestures become more meaningful and recognizable. The lighting starts out very specific and narrow, then the light encompasses the entire stage, and eventually the dancers are silhouetted as they return to a familiar movement motif in the end. The music is mainly instrumental with occasional soft female vocals, and the lyrics suggest emotion, which is interesting because the dancers do not convey emotion until the end of the dance. Also, the showing of emotion is directly proportional to how much clothing the dancers have on at specific points in the dance.
New Dance is described as a developing art form; this dance was articulated in the early 20th century. According to Chapter 8 in History of Dance book, “the new dance emerged as a response to the ballet that populated the variety shows and music halls, which had a rigid formula of steps and poses” (Kassing). The New Dance was a product of several strands that interlaced together dancers’ studies and backgrounds; these strands and others were woven together in a historical, political, and societal framework. For instance, one strand of New Dance consisted of the concepts, techniques, costumes, and stage settings from around the world. These strands influenced major dancers and choreographers, such as, Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn.
Hip hop was spurred in the late 70’s. The man credited as being the first rapper ever, DJ Afrika Bambataa, was the first to “talk” to his music. His unorthodox style quickly became very popular in the disco and funk clubs. For the lack of a better word,
The longevity of Hip-Hop as a cultural movement can most directly be attributed to its humble roots. For multiple generations of young people, Hip-Hop has directly reflected the political, economic, and social realities of their lives. Widely regarded as the “father” of the Hip-Hop, Afrika Bambaataa named the cultural movement and defined its four fundamental elements, which consisted of disc jockeying, break dancing, graffiti art, and rapping. Dating back to its establishment Hip-Hop has always been a cultural movement. Defined by far more then just a style of music, Hip-Hop influences fashion, vernacular, philosophy, and the aesthetic sensibility of a large portion of the youth population (Homolka 2010).
Hip hop culture has been around since the 1970s. Multiple sources all come down to the South Bronx in New York City, as the origin of hip hop culture. The culture began to take its shape within the African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Latino communities. The father of the start of this culture was a Jamaican-born DJ named Clive Campbell but also known as DJ Kool Herc. He brought forth a new sound system and the Jamaican style of “toasting.” Toasting was when Jamaicans would talk or rap over the music they played. This whole new style soon brought what is now known as DJs, B-Boys, MC’s, and graffiti artists (Kaminski).