Dance Analysis Essay

The dance started out with soft subtle music with a young lady lying in the center of the stage, while the whole stage is dark except for a light shining on her. As she is lying there many women enter the stage gracefully and peacefully. The mood that was being portrayed at that moment was peaceful and relaxing as if the women who were entering the stage were of the lady dreams. As the lady arises both the music and the dancers movements and rhythms picks up and the use of space is increased. Music continues to pick up and the dancers choreographers becomes more ecstatic and rapid than what they were when the first entered the stage. Later on the men run out onto the stage unlike the women who had gracefully entered onto the stage and the music
The dance is extremely narrative it is telling a story that is deeper than what it showing; I believe it is telling a story of a couple who may be enduring a physical, emotional and mental abusive relationship that they are in. The woman had all worn long loosely fit garments of a pale color to show purity and innocence while the men wore nothing but black loose pants which showed strength. Each set of dance movements seemed random but they perfectly had fit with the music in a untrained matter. The energy throughout this entire piece drew the audience into wanting more and more it felt
To tell a story of a young man and young woman who fell in out of love continuously and who dealt with many of problems and solutions throughout their entire time being together. I would say that this dance piece would have to be Classical Modern Dance. The reasons why I say this is because for one the dancers used a lot of expression while dancing up on the stage as Isadora Duncan did with Classical Modern dance. They made the audience feel what they feel while they were dancing giving a piece of themselves almost. The dancers had a Duncanesque which is basically an authentic way of dancing which comes from with the