Dance is an art‚ a creative portal‚ a form of expression; it is a sport. Atop all of the things that dance can be‚ it is also something physical. It takes work‚ power and effort. It takes stamina‚ grace and an extreme amount of muscle and flexibility. What do athletes need to have‚ all of those characteristics. When it comes to athletes‚ of any kind‚ dance can help with honing their skills. Something that most athletes do not seem to understand is that dance is just as much a physical and athletic
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dancing involves movements that are specially choreographed to West-African music compositions. The movements are termed as jazz‚ which is basically an umbrella term‚ and set to ’blues’ notes‚ polyrhythms‚ improvisations‚ the ’swung’ note‚ and syncopation. The Jazz form of dancing actually relates to several dance styles that are related‚ such as ballet‚ tap‚ and the African-American rhythms-and-dance styles. This dance form originated in the late 1800s. The trend took time to catch on‚ but eventually
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Creating and Enriching Cultural Awareness through Philippine Dance and Music The arts and learning of a race or a nation are in its culture. Philippine has a rich body of indigenous artistic traditions which make it well known all over the world. Pearl of the Orient Seas has already been rich in culture before we had been colonized by foreign countries‚ but Spanish colony influenced traditional Philippine folk music and dance‚ cuisine‚ festivities‚ religion and language. After the Spaniards‚ Uncle
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Dance‚ Girl‚ Dance is a film from the Classical Hollywood period that presents a complicated reading when viewed through a feminist lens. The 1940 film was directed by Dorothy Arzner‚ one of the most notable female directors and the only prominent woman in Hollywood at that time. Arzner presents her audience with an array of female characters‚ the main characters being Judy O’brien and Bubbles/Tiger Lily White. Judy is a dedicated dancer‚ honing her talents as a ballerina. Bubbles‚ on the other hand
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Medieval Drama Jugglers‚ folk- plays‚ pageants: The beginning of the Middle Ages started by the fall of the Roman Empire. The corrupt Roman drama had come to an end‚ and the actors became some disreputable jugglers and inferior minstrels who wandered all over the country. The performances of these social outcasts were crude and immoral. However‚ they continued for centuries‚ because they were the only source for dramatic spectacle. Other sources of amusement too can be found in the country
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Elements of Drama * Characters: Characters are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play. It is the characters who move the action‚ or plot‚ of the play forward. * Plot: This is what happens in the play. Plot refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play. * Theme: While plot refers to the action of the play‚ theme refers to the meaning of the play. Theme is the main idea or lesson to be learned from the play. In some cases‚ the theme of a play
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Do you think art and music programs should be eliminated or should the school keep the art and music programs? Yes‚ I think they should. It would be better for schools‚ teachers‚ and students. It would be so much more helpful on the school because of money crisis. The art and music programs need eliminated. First‚ me‚ as a person‚ I think they should be eliminated. Art and music programs make budgets tighter. The school needs their funds for other expenses. The school needs their funds for more useful
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DRAMA ESSAY – BOAL/MEYERHOLD Chelsea Carrick-Donahoo The new and abstract philosophical beliefs of theatre practitioners Augusto Boal and Vsevolod Meyerhold have greatly influenced the creation of their theatrical practices. Boal’s context within Brazil’s oppressive regime in the twentieth century developed his goal to use theatre as a therapeutic means of showing audiences how they could overcome oppression in his Theatre of the Oppressed. Meyerhold
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Dance Dance; a body of expression‚ a medium of communication‚ happiness and love. Dance is my passion. I am a trained Bharata Natyam dancer. I am proud to be an Indian because of its rich culture and heritage. In Bharata Natyam Bha i.e Bhaava (expression)‚ Ra i.e Ragha (rhythm) and Ta i.e Taal (beat) are the basic components of a dance. There are seven different classical dance forms in india – Bharata Natyam‚ Kuchipudi‚ Kathakali‚ Odissi‚ Mohiniattam‚ Manipuri and Kathak. I am blessed to be
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Elements of Drama The Essential elements of drama are present in any play that you see‚ but the ideas have changed slightly over the years. Aristotle was the first to write about these essential elements‚ more than two thousand years ago‚ yet we still discuss his list when talking about what makes the best drama. Aristotle considered six things to be essential to good drama. Plot‚ Character‚ Theme‚ dialogue‚ music/rhythm and spectacle. In modern theater‚ this list has changed slightly
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