Dance Dance revolution: Before my eyes the screen flashes with colourful arrows: left‚ left‚ right‚ right‚ front‚ back‚ left and right. My feet swing forwards‚ backwards and sideward‚ again and again. I am playing by interacting with the sounds and imagery which the arcade game is broadcasting. The tension is rising and the beat of the game is accelerating. Behind me‚ my friends watch me perform and I hear the enthusiasm in their voice while they cheer me on: ‘Got it‚ got it‚ got it. Nice one!’ While
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argument on whether or not dance is considered a sport. The definition of the word sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment (Dictionary.com). People say dancers are not athletic and just about anyone can dance. That is true many people can dance‚ but there is a lot more to it than that. I am a dancer and I have been for eleven years now‚ through all months of the year. I think dance is both a sport and
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just mainstreamed in to a lot of radio play and exposure. Once you tune on the radio you will hear some sort of Techno music or in other words electronic. It has changed the way people get together to dance‚ dress‚ and the music that we listen. Raves or Electronic concerts as some people may call it are the way that people are getting together to listen to music and to dance. People go to raves to have fun and just to get away from their regular life. Electro Daisy Carnival (EDC) is one of the
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History of West African dance‚ different type of dance and the drum West African dance reached the Americas during the slave trade. Slaves were often prohibited from dancing‚ but African-based movements found their way into European dance styles‚ quickly evolving into popular American dances. The influence of African dance can be seen in early American dances‚ such as the Ring Shout and the Cakewalk‚ and later dances such as the Jitterbug‚ and the Charleston. The influence is still visible in
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10-12:18 Argument Paper Dance is a Sport America loves their sports and there is no hiding that‚ but what is the true definition of a sport? Sport /spôrt/: (noun) an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others. Now‚ for the great debate: is dancing a sport? Yes‚ according to the definition from Oxford English dictionary‚ dancing would be considered a sport. Every sport deserves the same respect and dance does not get the respect
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choreographer Pina Bausch‚ focussing on her contributions to the development of dance in the 20th century and discussing events and issues that influenced and effected her work in the late 1900’s. I shall also reflect on how her work is still influencing dancers today in the 21st century. Pina Bausch was appointed director of dance for Tanztheater (Dance Theatre) Wuppertal in 1973. She exposed her dancers to a mixture of dance and theatre which was extremely rare during this time. Bausch’s works consisted
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entire Caribbean. The musics of this vast area are perhaps most efficiently discussed in terms of ethnic components--European (especially Iberian)‚ Amerindian‚ African‚ and mestizo ("mixed" or acculturated). Amerindian Background During the colonial period in Latin America (16th-19th century) many Amerindian populations were decimated‚ and much traditional Amerindian musical culture was destroyed or syncretized with Iberian. Little evidence remains as to the real nature of music in the Aztec‚ Inca
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Association for dance medicine and Science was founded in 1990. The members apart of this association are concerned with the psychological‚ physical‚ artistic‚ and overall welfare of all dancers and the dance community. Most of the presenters who present at the third annual meeting are university level dance teachers or are in the medical field that focus on dancers and dancer health. This article covers what happens at this meeting‚ and how dance can effect people. Many people feel that dance isn’t a sport
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Research Paper December 3‚ 2006 Irish Folk Music A “punctuated equilibrium” is a term used by biologists in reference to a “theory that claims that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change” (“punctuated equilibrium”). The origin of Irish music seems to have occurred in a similar fashion. Music in general can touch many areas of our lives. We have an endless array of purposes for music today; to grieve the loss of a loved one
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movement in ballet and contemporary dance as the symbol of body shifting by the theory of anthropology‚ in particular‚ through an in-depth study of the sense of touch‚ kinaesthesia and the essential of movement in ballet and contemporary dance to further explain the
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