In fBallet 422 the film follows a choreographer by the name of Justin Peck. He been with the New York City ballet since 2007. He became the only current dancer to choregraph for New York City Ballet. He was commissioned to create the only ballet in the 2013 winter season. He chose three of the company’s elite principal dancers and it has ballet to a musical composition form 1935.…
The Paper Fan is a piece of art that in its time has been in the presence of princesses, ninjas, and college students. Taking on several roles both in an imaginary and reality. Each experience aging the paper that stretched across bamboo frame. Opening it reveals a water color and ink print covering the face of the fan. Painted is a family of birds before a background of greenery. Fully expanded the width reached to fourteen inches and standing in length at nine inches. Width shrinks drastically down to one and quarter inch when closed. Unlike the length with is virtually untouched, remaining at nine inches. Surrounding the edges of the fan are tears in paper and chipped shafts. Falsifying the actual age of the fan. Attributed the constant use throughout its time. Overall, the fan gives a sense of calm and delicacy. The origin of provenance reaches across the Pacific Ocean, my father would travel to Japan returning with various Japanese art pieces. Bequeathing me the Paper Fan at the age of eight. Notably, the significance of this piece stems from the calm and still that surrounds the simplistic form. In that calm the…
First major Choreography “Jardi Tancat” which is Catalonian for “enclosed garden” by Nacho Duato performed in 1983 is based on Catalan folk tales. The work explores the hardship and sorrow of the Catalonian people as they struggle working in the barren, water stricken Catalonian land. Throughout Jardi Tancat you can see the presentation of contemporary dance, with a background of classical techniques; this is evident through the training accompanied. Throughout the performance you can see the influence of social, historical and cultural climate. Also the choreographer’s background, philosophical underpinnings, experience and intentions have an impact on the way the Nacho Duato’s piece came together.…
B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among African American and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1980s. People who dance break dancing are usually called “B-boy” or “B-girl” distinct from their gender. Although the term "breakdancing" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the more mainstream entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" are the original terms. These terms are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners.…
The dancers in the earliest ballets were highly skilled professionals capable of feats of strength and agility.…
Although most scholars simply define it as the art of designing and arranging dance, American ballet icon George Balanchine distinguished dance choreography as “an expression of time and space, using the control of movement and gesture to communicate,” (Anderson 5). This definition puts emphasis on the rigid structure and body control required to successfully produce a piece of choreography, an idea not uncommon in the ballet community (Conoley-Paladino). Like Balanchine, modern dance icon Merce Cunningham defined dance choreography as “an art in space and time.” However, in contrast, he stated that “the object of the dancer is to obliterate” that art, drawing on the importance of…
According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, “ tap dance [is a] style of American theatrical dance, distinguished by percussive footwork, [which] marks out precise rhythmic patterns on the floor.” Also, “Tap is an exciting form of dance in which dancers wear special shoes equipped with metal taps. Tap dancers use their feet like drums to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats,” Treva Bedinghaus, graduated from Holli Barron 's School of Performing Arts and The Ballet Academy, writes in Tap for beginner, “The term "tap dancing" is derived from the tapping sound produced when the small metal plates on the dancer 's shoes touch a hard floor or surface.” In 125 Years of Tap, Jane Goldberg, a dancer-writer who is considered as one of the most prolific voices in the filed of tap dancing, writes: “What distinguishes tap [dancing] from most other dance forms is that it is two arts in one: music and dance. The dancers are ‘playing their feet’ and moving at the same time.” In another article - The Art of Tap Dancing, Amy Brinkman-Sustache, artistic director of Dance-works on Tap (DOT), describes, “A step is a word. You put steps together to make a sentence. Questions are raised and answered through rhythm. It’s like listening to a conversation.” Literally, tap is America’s unique contribution to dance.…
Ballet dates back hundreds of years into the 15th century. It is the most common style of danced and is familiar in all parts of the world. Ballet is best known for its elegance and every style of dance has some moves and positions that come from ballet. Ballet from the very beginning still influences so much of todays work in the theater.…
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“The Importance of Fine Arts Education” focuses on how fine arts are an essential part of development in every human being and are part of the cultural heritage of every American. It also notes the impact fine arts education has on improving learning throughout all academic areas. The article is published on the Katy Independent School District's website and lists many credible sources. Therefore, the article itself is highly credible.…
Ballet and Hip hop are two types of dance that are studied by dancers all over the world along with many other types of dance. Ballet is a type of dance that originated from Italy and was shaped by the French. Hip-hop is a more modern type of dance that was first discovered in the late 1970’s in America. Both ballet and hip-hop are specific types of dance that uses different types of music, technique, and have different dress codes.…
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“If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let 's face it.” –Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey was an African American dancer and choreographer, born in 1931 in Rogers, Texas. Ailey was responsible for creating one of the most popular dance companies of the twentieth century, known as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The forming of this company began due to Ailey’s life long passion for dance, and his dream to give African American dancers the opportunity to display their talents and express their experiences and heritage (Bodensteiner). Ailey’s goal and achievement was to make black bodies visible, if not dominant, in the discourse of modernist American dance (DeFrantz, 21). His choreographic style and inspiration came from his childhood memories of growing up in segregated, Depression-era Texas, as well as his attentiveness to human movement (DeFrantz, 4). “To understand Ailey’s achievement, we must look to the world he inherited and the degrees to which he transformed that world through his work” (DeFrantz, 5). Alvin Ailey used dance as a form of expression in order to represent African American culture, and to illustrate a successful, Black Arts institution fighting for Civil Rights and slavery abolishment against a racially segregated society.…
Style and fashion has always been at the heart of hip-hop culture. Break-dancers (or B-boys) inspired by hip-hop wore clothes that were functional for dancing such as loose fitting jeans or tracksuits.…
Variations of the novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils have taken many forms such as being acted out through dance in a ballet and performed in the opera La Traviata. Although telling similar stories of heroine Marguerite Gautier and her lover Armand Duval, the artistic vision portrays different tones of these characters through emotion and stage performance. The ballet and opera remain to the original text through the display of affection between Armand and Marguerite, however, differences include how the characters are represented by their actions toward one another and atmosphere.…