Dance is an expression of the soul. Jazz dance is by far the only style of dance that has its own spiritual‚ physical and emotional evolution. Jazz dance is a lifestyle; blended cultures and personal impressions; the connection with the music‚ harmonious balance between all its’ elements‚ and the manifestation of freedom through the rhythm combining jazz and dance. New Orleans is thought to be the birth of Jazz dance. The origin goes back to the days of slavery. Ripped from the motherland‚ detached
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effects of Dance Imagery and its contribution towards healthy body alignment and positive development in dance. This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture‚ achieved by holding sections of the body in line with one another and using minimal muscular work”. Body alignment is about how your head‚ shoulder‚ spine‚ hips‚ knees and
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GET HIP Give your internal hip rotators more attention and excel By Phil Wagner‚ BS‚ CSCS MAX FLEX MAX FLEX hip joint. External rotation will allow you to open up the hips to turn your body‚ furthering your ability to react to any change in play. H The deep muscles of your hip both help finetune the orientation of your pelvis on the legs and affect your spinal curvatures. This is an important addition to the straightforward and powerful capabilities of the other‚ more massively
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So you think you can dance is a television show that airs every year with a new cast. The point of the show is to look for “America’s favorite dancer”. Many men and women from across the country audition to be on the show and only one of them can be “America’s favorite dancer”. For the last few years‚ at the end of each season‚ they travel on tour with some of the dancers from previous seasons the “all stars” and that seasons final dancers. They perform many of the dance routines from the show‚ and
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Dance is such a beautiful art because it is not only something that we‚ in America‚ share with each other‚ it is practiced world-wide. In Baghdad‚ there is one dance in school in particular that focuses on using dance to bring people together. The Baghdad School of Music and Ballet has given decade’s worth of children the opportunity to purse their dreams in the arts. The country of Iraq‚ which Bagdad is the capital of‚ has been at war for years which causes a lot of fear in the children who are
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African Dance Types Africa is a vast continent‚ consisting of many countries and hugely diverse cultures. African dance mainly refers to the collective dance type of the Sub-Saharan Africa‚ which is the African tribal dance. There are many aspects that affect the African dance types. Here are some glimpses of African dance types... African dance types are distinct from each other because of the diversity‚ of the nomadic groups and the indigenous tribes‚ that practice them. The African dances symbolize
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Evolution of dance Purpose: To inform the audience on the evolution of dance. Thesis: Dance has unquestionably came a long way and it is important that we know what the initial purpose of dance was when it was first introduced‚ the many benefits that dance offers and how dance is used today in many ways such as recreation and entertainment. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: “Dancing is the loftiest‚ the most moving‚ the most beautiful of the
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Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements
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dancer since I was 5 years old. I was a recreational student at Gayton Dance Studio for 7 years. I took hip-hop‚ jazz‚ turns leaps and extensions‚ ballet and production for the 7 years I attended Gayton. Then I left Gayton to go and attend Artistic Fusion Dance Academy. As of right now I’ve been with AFDA for 2 years‚ and I train in ballet‚ jazz‚ hip-hop‚ and poms. I am also on the competition team at Artistic Fusion. Outside of dance‚ during school I am involved in orchestra‚ and outside of school I
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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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