Dance‚ the art of precise‚ expressive‚ and graceful human movement‚ traditionally‚ but not necessarily‚ performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. The Origins of Dance The earliest history of human dance is a continuing mystery. From the evidence of illustrated ceramic fragments‚ some archaeologists have speculated that dance originated some 5‚000 to 9‚000 years ago in early agricultural cultures located in a swath
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location for the professionalization of American performance art‚ understanding the complicated negotiation of gendered and racial identities on the Broadway stage provides important background to the development of an American identity in concert dance through the rest of the century. As you watch these videos notice how musicals come to represent American ideals such as abundance‚ opportunity‚ pluralism‚ optimism. 2.1 Give My Regards to Broadway: 2.1.1 Some of the images from the Follies look like
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Dance Critique The dance performance that I watched was by the San Diego Dance Theater‚ Library Dances. The dance was taken place at the Chula Vista Civic Center Library. There were 3 different dances during the event. The two dances that were choreographed by Jean Isaacs were “Two Forms” and “Water Lilies”. She is also the founder of San Diego Dance Theater. The other dance “Blot” was from a young choreographer’s showcase named Gina Bolles-Soresnsen. The dance occurred at a library‚ which was
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She has left a huge imprint in the dance world. Despite her parents dismay‚ she continued to chase her dreams which led her to become one of the most important dancers of the 20th century and the mother of modern dance. Her name‚ Martha Graham. Born in Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania on May 11th 1894‚ she was the daughter of a psychiatrist‚ born into a Presbyterian family. Graham had first discovered her interest in dance after her family moved to Santa Barbara‚ California in 1909. In 1911 Martha Graham
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Nov 5th 2010 Dance Critique “Beyond the Reflection” On Thursday October 28th at Cardinal Carter Academy of the Arts the grade twelve’s performed their ISU pieces in the theater. It was 3:30p.m after school hours. The piece I chose to critique was called‚ “Beyond the Reflection.” This piece was done to the song called Primavera. Adelaide Batuk‚ Julianna Bissessar and Jacalyn choreographed this piece. The dancers were Josephine Di Cosmo‚ P.J. Elisha‚ Melanie Ferrara‚ Lauren Paul and Chelsea
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Tiffany Miller Professor Stickney Intro to Humanities 23 June 2013 The type of dance I attended was a mix of ballet and modern. This involved group performances as well as individual performances. For the purpose of this paper I will narrow my observations to an individual performance of both ballet and modern and a group performance of both. Dance has the ability to draw it’s viewer in‚ by captivating the audience with the amount of grace‚ coordination and talent it’s dancers display
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Types of dances Ballet Ballet serves as a backbone for many other styles of dance‚ as many other dance genres are based on ballet. Ballet is based on techniques that have been developed over centuries. Ballet uses music and dance to tell stories. Ballet dancers have the ability to transport an audience to another world. [pic] Country and Western Country and western dance includes several dance forms‚ usually danced to country-western music. If you’ve ever been to a country and western
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Outline –Dance Criticism (Step Up Revolution) Introduction: -Describe more about dancing. -Briefly talk about the movie “Step Up Revolution” Hook: Dancing is one of the art form that is the mixture of human passion and body movement to create every single move Thesis: This protesting dance mob dance to be turbulent for the business man‚ criticize the project in the middle of the conference‚ and to show the culture of Miami. Topic: Dance Criticism (Step Up Revolution) Scope: protesting
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Hybrid Dance Appreciation Quiz 3 1. Describe the social classes in the Middle Ages. Which class did not exist during this time period? [pic] No middle class existed in society. You were either a peasant (surf) or a member of the royal class 2. Describe how the Church used dance. Please give examples. The Church used dance as a teaching tool to bring more people to salvation. This dance was very subtle and often took place in the church. Codified arm gestures and movement
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Emily Ahrens Kathy Gorman Dance Appreciation-05 Dance Performance Critique 14 December 2013 Nutcracker Ballet December 14‚ 3013 On December 14‚ 3013‚ I attended the Nutcracker Ballet at Viterbo University in La Crosse‚ Wisconsin. This ballet was put on by the La Crosse Dance Center’s. When critiquing a dance performance there are lots of things to take into consideration. You should pay attention to the following: number of turns‚ speed‚ coming up and down and on and off point‚ direction of turns
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