The Historical Context of Performance‚ Dance. In this essay I have been researching and will be discussing the different contexts of west side story. This will help me to critically comment on the portrayal of Romeo and Juliet through the use of dance. West Side Story is a modern-day version of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ west side story however is set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between two teenage rival street gangs of different ethnic and
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each piece has its distinguished feature with reference to sound‚ time‚ structure‚ melody‚ tempo‚ and harmony. To be more specific‚ the report will examine each song within its different versions only. Before I start analyzing the pieces‚ I would like to give a brief introduction about Albeniz’s work. Composed between 1905 and 1909‚ Iberia is a collection of 12 pieces for solo piano‚ organized into four books of three pieces each. It is ranked universally among the finest works by any Spanish
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interests‚ and concerns. It can help children of all ages and races. According to the American Dance Therapy Association website (2009)‚ dance movement therapy is defined by the association as “the psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers the emotional‚ cognitive‚ physical‚ and social integration of the individual.” Levy (1988) described Dance Movement Therapy as “the use of dance and movement that allows the body movement to reflect inner emotional states and changes in movement
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Dance is a highly appreciated art form and sport that is practiced by hundreds of cultures‚ religions‚ and teams worldwide. It exists in many genres and is available to anyone with a passion and drive. Many people falsely believe that dance is just an art form and do not consider it a sport‚ but on the contrary‚ dance is very much an art form and very much a sport. Dancers must be extremely athletic‚ able to practice and train hard for hours on end‚ and train in an extremely competitive environment
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Director. Auditionees were required to wear black attires that show line and appropriate dance shoes. I wore my ballet slippers‚ a pair of stretchy gym pants and a black turtleneck‚ which turned out to be one layer too many that caused me sweating way too much. It was not a large dance call — with only 15 guys in the room — so each dancer got a lot of attention. We were asked to stay in the other room to wait for the dance call to start‚ in which I did some light stretching. The artistic director Ben Berry
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Like many Indian arts‚ Indian dance also has its root in religion. Without the religious and cultural background of India‚ the growth and beauty of Indian dance is not possible. In Natya Shastra’‚ there is a small story about the origin of Indian dance. According to Hindu mythology‚ dance first existed in heaven. There was always a constant conflict between the Asuras and the Devas for wealth and power. The Devas were tired of the Asuras’ greediness and jealousy. It was during this long
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very successful people in the tap industry. They both have made or are making their mark in tap dance. All just at very different times and in very different ways. But without them shaping the art form that is tap dance many believe that it would not be were we see it today. Michelle Dorrance started dancing at a ballet school that was founded by her mother. While she was there she studied all forms of dance and by the time she was 8 she was accepted into what is known now as the North Carolina Youth
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For my StoryCorps project‚ I chose to interview one of my dance teachers‚ Cheryl Ann White‚ because I knew that there had to be a story behind why she decided to teach dance. Also‚ I have known her for a very long time but never really knew anything about her life. I had always thought she went to college‚ but in our interview I learned that she did not. Cheryl told me‚ “I did not go to college...I wanted to take business classes so that I would learn to do the bookkeeping...that I would need in
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Luigi one of the Fathers of Jazz dance Luigi was born in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ on March 20‚ 1925. He was one of 11 children in his family. He was born with the name Eugene Louis Facciuto but‚ later was renamed Luigi by his mentor Gene Kelly because he told him “There are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra
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Good studio practice The warm up Name 3 reasons as to why you need to warm up at the beginning of a dance class 1. Reduce possibility of injury 2. Prepare you for the class 3. Raises body temperature and heart rate increases Fill in the gaps on what effects warming up has on the body: Warming up increases the heart beat ‚which increases the blood circulation. This allows oxygen to reach the muscles. The muscles can now work more efficiently. Warming up improves joint mobility‚ mobilising
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