Social Dance I begin to move my body side to side with the music. No boundaries‚ restrictions‚ or rules to abide by when I’m dancing. I chose to dance because it’s a way of expressing myself through whatever movements I want. However‚ social dance was not always this causal. If we traveled back to a certain point in time we could find ourselves in France doing the waltz. On the island of Rarotonga among the Cook Islands‚ the men would be flapping their legs in and out while the women would
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GNED 199 Mid-term Assignment Ballroom dance in social community of China Professor: Gel Messinger Date: March 10th‚ 2013 By students: Ballroom dance was from Europe‚ and it refers to set of partner dances‚ which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects‚ ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed in stage‚ film‚ and television. Ballroom dance may refer; at it’s widest to almost any type of social dancing as recreation
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Evolution of dance Purpose: To inform the audience on the evolution of dance. Thesis: Dance has unquestionably came a long way and it is important that we know what the initial purpose of dance was when it was first introduced‚ the many benefits that dance offers and how dance is used today in many ways such as recreation and entertainment. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: “Dancing is the loftiest‚ the most moving‚ the most beautiful of the
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Types of dances Ballet Ballet serves as a backbone for many other styles of dance‚ as many other dance genres are based on ballet. Ballet is based on techniques that have been developed over centuries. Ballet uses music and dance to tell stories. Ballet dancers have the ability to transport an audience to another world. [pic] Country and Western Country and western dance includes several dance forms‚ usually danced to country-western music. If you’ve ever been to a country and western
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Dances of Luzon ( see side bar for pictures of many of the dances ) 1. * Dance: Idaw This dance sometimes has many names and different versions. Most common is this dance depicts the hunting ritual performed before a tribal war. The tribes men would go out and look up and watch for the scared Idaw bird. Which is said to lead the tribe to victory. Also look at the clothing‚ Philippines being a very hot climate‚ plus the use of as little material as possible‚ the traditional clothing was not
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Introduction Dance therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that uses movement to promote the social‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and physical improvement of an individual. Dance is the most important key of the arts it involves a direct expression of someone’s self over one’s body. It is specifically a powerful medium for therapy. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person
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CREATIVE DANCE History of Creative Dance Creative dance is perceived differently by different sectors of the education system. In many provinces‚ creative dance is part of the physical education curriculum. More recently‚ two provinces— British Columbia and Saskatchewan— have considered placing dance under the rubric of arts education. The aspect of creative dance that is emphasized reflects the position creative dance is assigned in the curriculum. When in the physical education curriculum‚ creative
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Kanghua Chen Dance 270 Baker‚ Janice A 2/18/2013 Modern Dance Summary Modern Dance is tradition of theatrical dance unique to the 20th century. Modern dance flourished in areas that lacked strong ballet traditions‚ such as in the United States where ballet companies were imported from Europe. Although modern dance originated in Europe‚ by 1930 the United States had become the center for dance experimentation. Many early modern dances were miniatures—solos of highly compressed effect. They
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Brunswick‚ New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in
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What is dance? Why do we love to do it‚ and more importantly where did it come from? Dance is the way we move our bodies to the rhythm and sound of the music. It’s not just a form of exercise; it is a passion‚ the feeling of expressing yourself through movement. It is art. There are several types of dance such as jazz‚ ballet‚ hip hop‚ lyrical‚ contemporary‚ African‚ along with many other genres. I will give you a general history from where dance came from‚ and then be more specific when I talk
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