Alvin Ailey became interested in dance at age 12‚ he moved with his mother to Los Angeles‚ where he was introduced to dance by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. His formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend‚ Carmen de Lavallade. Horton‚ the founder of the first racially integrated dance company in the United States‚ became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s
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Traditional dance from the Caribbean Abakua - Afro-Cuban Beguine - Guadeloupe‚ Martinique Bellair - Trinidad Bongo - Trinidad Brukin’s - Jamaica Caribbean Quadrilles - Jamaica Dinki Mini - Jamaica Gere - Jamaica Gumbay - Jamaica Goombay - Bahamas Igbo - Haiti Jonkonnu - Jamaica Kumina - Jamaica Tambu - Afro-Curacao Abakua is an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity‚ or secret society‚ which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of
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The Metaphor of Dance in Fugard’s “Master Harold”…and the Boys In Athol Fugard’s play “Master Harold”… and the Boys dance becomes a metaphor for how society can work harmoniously together‚ yet there are conflicts that prevent it from happening. Specifically‚ ballroom dance becomes a metaphor to show the conflict between a cooperative society and the disappointment associated with life and our inability to force change. This is expressed by Sam teaching Willie the mastery of dance and also educating
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Gabrielle Marie C. Prado English 10 The Reflected Values in Filipino Folk Dance Introduction Many Filipinos do not appreciate the Philippine dance culture because they always see hip hop‚ ballet‚ ballroom and other dance genre. What if they could be wondering how are the Filipinos interpreting their dance? Let’s recall from more than three hundred years ago‚ the Spaniards came and made a huge influence to the Filipinos. Spain brought with them many different aspects of their culture to the Philippines
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networks to earn more revenue. So You Think You Can Dance is a Fox-produced competition style reality TV show in which the viewers vote to choose “America’s Favorite Dancer”. Contestants audition and must go through various rounds in order to prove they have what it takes‚ allowing the audience to get invested in their backstories and progress through the season. In order to examine to examine the various cultural codes found within So You Think You Can Dance‚ I looked primarily at season 12‚ the most reason
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Question: Explain how the elements of dance are used in Alvin Ailey’s Cry to engage the audience. For example space/time/dynamics‚ relationship In 1971‚ Alvin Ailey created one of his best-known ballets ‘Cry’ as a birthday present for his mother Lula Ailey. Ailey dedicated it to ‘all black women everywhere‚ especially our mothers.’ The three-part ballet was to popular and gospel music by Alice Coltrane‚ Laura Nyro and Chuck Griffin. The Ballet is interpreted to display the hardship and servitude
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Jazz Funk Dance: Soul Jazz Aka Funk Jazz When soul jazz was the beat of Hearts in the 1960s‚ somewhere in the disco at the mid-1970s‚ Jazz funk dance born. Soul Jazz was the need of the hour but people also wanted a rock touch in it to groove so Funk Jazz was introduced with a dashing inject of Rock sense with the similar taste of Jazz. Actually‚ Funk Jazz means making your soul dance on the beats that are truly meant to shock and rock you. What is Jazz Funk Dance? Jazz Funk Dance is a subcategory
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One of the first things that our class learned was the western definition of dance‚ which is that dance is representational. Aristotle believed that “art is imitation of nature” and the 19th c. ballets agreed. To represent nature‚ ballets used gestures and mime to tell their stories‚ with each movement correlating to a similar real world action. Fast forward a couple hundred years to the 1940s‚ choreographer Jerome Robbins followed the 19th c. ballet tradition. Robbins placed an emphasis on
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In the movie “Dances with Wolves”‚ communication was both a barrier and a bridge for John Dunbar a white man of great standing in the white community‚ and also for the Sioux Indian’s who were misunderstood and stereotype often. They relied on multiple forms of communication to break down the barriers that stood between them‚ and create some bridges toward becoming friends. Stereotyping on both sides was a huge barrier as well as the bridge between John and the Sioux. If it had not been for the
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Every year‚ the University of Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville has a Student Dance concert put on by the students apart of the university’s dance program. This organization is an extremely diverse‚ unique‚ and talented group of dancers. The dance concert had nine different pieces that were all different styles of dance. All pieces were choreographed by different student dancers and had different themes and messages. Two pieces stuck out from the rest. These two were Today and Despondency
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