Our year 11 contemporary dance assessment for semester 1 consisted of dance exercises taught by Rachel. Due to a dance injury I sustained 14 weeks ago I was unable to participate in the assessment but‚ instead was asked to asses my peers and write corrections and strengths they demonstrated throughout the class. In this class I really feel‚ as a group‚ they lacked an effective dance vocabulary. In answer to the question What do you feel you need to work on in this exercise?’ there was only really
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Why does man treat others so harshly and with such cruelty? Since the beginning of time man has shown inhumanity to his fellow man. This was shown especially throughout the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s to get rid of segregation. Man’s inhumanity to man was even shown as early as the beginning of the 20th century. In some parts of the world today you can still see remnants of racism and other acts of cruelty that man does to his fellow man. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper
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strived to expose the awareness of the African Diaspora through her choreography. Her dance technique shows a collection of many cultures since she herself was a very cultural ethnic person. Dunham’s work has brought a great influence in the world of dance. Her hard work is still honored and appreciated to this day. Katherine Dunham was born on June 22‚ 1909 in Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois. She fell in love with dance and theater as a child‚ but didn’t have the opportunity to explore her interests until
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History of Step Dance 1. Where did stepping begin? How far can it be traced back? Stepping began during the early part of African American experience. Its roots may be from Africa because it can be traced back to slavery times. 2. How was step dance used during slavery? Step dance was used as a means of communication during slavery times. Because slaves were often unable to communicate in their native languages‚ they incorporated stepping into their cultures and were able to communicated
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EATING DISORDERS AND DANCE Observation Paper on Eating Disorders and Dance On June 14‚ 2006 an observation of a Weber County School District drill team took place during their summer training session. The team consisted of 24 adolescent‚ high school girls; each girl differed from the next by way of hair color‚ skin color‚ height and weight along with other character traits. When the group first walked into the dance room for their morning training session they all had on the same outfits
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gender-nonconforming bodies in dance. To begin that discussion‚ it is imperative to examine the exclusion of queer and dance knowledge that leads to the omission of queer dance from academic discourse. When the reason behind these exclusions are understood‚ it becomes easier to see the roots of the gender-nonconforming bodies that are excluded from the academic dance-world. This piece is divided into eight sections‚ each providing background into the reasons that gender nonconforming bodies in dance are excluded
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Over the past few months at Marymount‚ I have noticed my major flaw in dance is lack of awareness‚ both mentally and physically. In general‚ I need to break the habit of simply executing the “correct” movement. Instead‚ I need actively think about what am I am doing and why I am doing it. For this assignment‚ I was directed to watch Melissa. Watching her allowed me to find new ways to think about applying different movement concepts to my body. Although my current goals are related to my last ones
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Leroux School of Dance. Mrs.Karen was a patient and encouraging dance instructor. My mom was a big part of this life changing event because she was generous and caring during this experience. She worked full time and dropped me off and picked me up at dance practice five days a week. I was kind to my fellow dancers and was open-minded about the outcomes of joining the team. I was happy throughout this whole experience and had no regrets. Furthermore‚ I did not realize that starting dance was the best
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The word is perceived as an alternate for exciting or as a dance. The dance was created by a Dallas‚ Texas kids who was just creating a video and became a dance phenomenon. The internet saw the word and took it as the name of the dance. Then people started to use it in sentences‚ it was manipulated by society as a now a word of excitement. Society has a general way of explaining that the word was loud‚ exciting‚ and a type of dance. “YEET!” said Emma as
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Ghost dances Describe in detail the themes of this dance ‐ Christopher Bruce’s choreography around this time ‐ how the themes link together. How does the movement support these themes (2 parts) and how has Christopher Bruce used costume to enhance the communication of the themes. Christopher Bruce created ghost Dances in 1981 with the Dance Company Rambert dance company. Christopher’s first inspiration for the dance was when he was given some records by a chillian group into‐Illimani
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