RESEARCH PROJECT SUBJECT TITLE: Choreography TOPIC: Choreograph two dances in the school musical‚ High School Musical ASSESSMENT TYPE 1: FOLIO PROPOSAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT Weeks 1-4: (Background Research) • Plan for the year. Background research – history of choreography • Send letter to Kenny Ortega and Mia Michaels in America • Analyse DVDs of musicals‚ Grease‚ High School
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Girl Can’t Dance and Good Enough Have you ever been judged or humiliated for who you are or what you wear? Well stories “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” each are about a teenage girl having a tough time at school. “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” are both great stories that not only girls but boys will be able to relate to such as being humiliated‚ being judged‚ and having people treat you differently because of who you are. One similarity between “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” is
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In the Carol Rifka Brunt novel‚ Tell the Wolves I’m Home‚ Junes Elbus has a niche for finding people that she loves‚ but when she losses her first love and her second love is on his death bed‚ she realize what love looks like. At the hospital‚ when June is next to Toby’s bed she says‚ “Toby had closed his eyes‚ but mine were wide open and I couldn’t stop staring at him. This is what love looks like‚ I thought” (TWIH 344). At first‚ June is hesitant to interact with Toby‚ but soon enough she meets
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The Growing Field of Dance Therapy In the world of therapy‚ there are many routes that can be taken by college graduates to lead successful lives. There are the “norms” such as physical therapy‚ occupational therapy‚ and recreational therapy. There are also the therapy types that have not been exposed quite as much as the aforementioned and should be because they are definitely exciting and should be explored. Among these is the lucrative field of dance therapy. Dance therapy is one of‚ if not
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HISTORY OF SOCIAL DANCE Social dancing (dancing for pleasure) really starts with the Cotillion and Quadrille. These are set dances for four couples‚ and their descendants are still around today in the form of English and Scottish country dancing and‚ of course American square dancing Dancing in couples came along in the form of the Galliard‚ Minuet and Gavotte (each developing from the other)‚ but each danced essentially at arms length‚ and in repetitive sequences. Imagine trying to get close
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What were the innovations in ballet under Diaghilev? The Ballet Russe was an American Ballet within the first period of the 20th century that was called “Russo-American era”. Dance scholar and author Lincoln Kirstein coined the term because touring Russian dance artist made a huge impact on American audience and dances. The Russian influence was because of Anna Pavlova‚ Mikhail Mordkin‚ and Serge Diaghilev. They showed the American audience what a legitimate ballet looked like. Serge Diaghilev
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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There is quite a bit of controversy over cheerleading and dance. Some may confuse them‚ or even think they’re the same thing‚ but they have their similarities and differences. Many people say cheer is better‚ and others may say dance is better. They may have some deviation‚ as in physical ability‚ technique‚ and choreography; but one thing they do have in common are the competitions. Both cheerleaders and dancers have physical requirements they need to meet in order to exceed in their sport. For
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03). The same "Dance of the Young Girls" presents another rhythmical device preferred by Stravinsky‚ which is the ostinato‚ the constant repetition of a rhythmic figure. In this case‚ it is the insistent pounding of two juxtaposed chords: the Dominant 7th on E flat and
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Newton’s laws accordingly. By utilizing key physics concepts‚ a dancer can improve by locating the center of balance and determining the force vectors of a Grande Jette jump. Maintaining a strong center of balance is one of the key principles of strong dance technique. Whether dancers are working to control their turns or maintaining a position while standing on their toes‚ they are always instructed to “hold their center” or “keep a strong core.” These instructions may seem foreign to non-dancers‚ they
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