Essays on Dance

It’s undeniable that dance is one of the oldest and most popular forms of art. In every part of the world, from the streets to the stage, we can easily find people dancing. Regardless of age, race, gender, and social-economic status, everyone can learn and practice this art form. Though having little experience with dancing, I personally have always had a special love for it. Dancing is meaningful to me in a great number of ways. There have been many…...

I wasn’t really familiar with the dance, I was always heard about it but never took any interest in it. According to dictionary.com Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances by men and women, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment characteristics, ballroom dance is also enjoyed on stage, film, and television. The dance originated in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It is once known as the…...

Many people believe that dance can not be made into a professional career, Misty Copeland proved them wrong. Misty Copeland is a principal ballet dancer, and she has been dancing since she was a teen. Achieving the American Dream brought Misty where she is today. The American Dream for her was to put a stop to the race borders in ballet, showing others that not everyone in the ballet industry has to have the same skin color. Having an astounding…...

Did you know dance has the ability to act as a stress reliever? Celebrity Ballroom proved that when you dance you feel less stressed and you feel relaxed. While you’re dancing you can free your mind and you don’t have to worry about any schoolwork or your grades. According to The Dance of Essence, the scientific reason dance has the ability to act as a stress reliever stems from the idea that when the body feels good, the mind does…...

One important factor in life as a human being is dancing. Dance is a form of arts, or it can be also a form of entertainment that puts sounds together in order to people find it interesting. Dance has different types. Since Philippines was colonized multiple times, it led to Filipinos to created a lot folk dances. One of famous dance in the Philippines is called Tinikling. This dance was a emerged during the Spanish colonial era and Tinikling eventually…...

In this article, I will attempt to outline the economic issue of the dance industry in Ireland. There has been a huge increase in demand for dance in recent years in Ireland. This has resulted in many aspiring dancers attempting to be successful in the industry, which is not easy. Unfortunately, in Ireland, we lack the funding and resources to provide adequate training and education for those who wish to work in the competitive industry of dance. As a dancer…...

Burbank High school fall dance festival 2019 was one of my favorite shows I have been to. The show was a combination of several types of dances with Unleashed and Advanced dance performing. With the first routine Strike a pose, and the last routine Improv, I started loving contemporary and jazz because I find them to be the most relatable and interesting to watch. However, the dance of my choice would be Roxie, since the choreography was beautiful, sassy and…...

Mmanwu Dance The Mmanwu dance is for masquerades and recognized as the most-popular dance in Igbo culture, according to Nigerian writer Jovago. Traditionally, masquerades represent gods or messengers who imparted punishments and judgments to those in power. They were untouchable; feared to be spirits. It was assumed that during the Mmanwu dance, the spirit of the deity possessed the person wearing masquerade. The Mmanwu dance was and is still featured in most Igbo carnivals, celebrations and funerals including the new…...

Dance art is not different from a variety of other arts, the dance has been designed to entertain, enjoy, practice and mastered it. It can be used in parks, offices, buildings, museums, urban streets and stadiums as a way for people to express their feelings of joy as a celebration. Tango is one of the Passionate, sensual, influential and famous dances of the world, it is originating from the people on the streets of century 18th in Buenos Aires Argentina…...

Have you ever heard of bamboo dancing or experience dancing using bamboo stick? I bet you don’t even know what a bamboo dancing looks like or what bamboo exactly mean. Dancing with bamboo stick is inspired by the nature. While some expressions mimic the swaying of tress, others resemble the flying of birds. It is not wrong to say that bamboo dancing is surely interesting and entertainment. Also, it forms with a recognizable history, the purpose of this dance, and…...

Re-read Dancing at Lughnasa from the end of Act 1, page 38 (the stage direction 'Father Jack enters') to page 42 (bottom of the page). Discuss the importance of 'ceremony' and its effect on an audience in this extract and in the play as a whole. Brian's Friel "Dancing at Lughnasa" portrays the use of ceremonies within the play. The play enables the audience to relate to the different cultures portrayed within the play and the contrast between the Irish…...

This quotation shows the vanity and snobbishness that Pip now possesses, we see that Pip has lost all the compassion that we noticed in the start of Book One. Pip does not seem to care about Joe and Biddy's feelings, thinking he is better than all of them. In Book One of Great Expectations we notice that Pip's snobbish character has derived from his yearning ambition to become a gentleman and a person of a higher class than he is…...

On Friday December the 10th at 8 o’clock, I had the great pleasure of sitting in on a viewing of the Mason Gross School of the Arts performance of DancePlus. The performance took place in the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The piece that really caught my attention and made a huge impact on me was the MiniEvent of Merce Cunningham’s pieces. A MiniEvent is an uninterrupted sequence of excerpts drawn a work, in this case it was Merce Cunningham’s works.…...

In The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay, the brief passage that unlocks the poem for me is "The light gauze hanging loose about her form. " The metaphor of light gauze suggests that the female dancer had wounds from her past nevertheless she is still beautiful, and her heart is pure and chaste. This implies McKay felt sympathy and admiration for the dancer. These meanings connect to the rest of the poem in these ways: First, McKay describes her voice…...

In this evaluation I am going to talk about the process to the performance and my strengths, weaknesses and targets that I have made through the process to the performance. I will talk about how I overcome minor and major problems throughout my process. I will talk about how I developed my performance skills for this Unit, and in doing this unit how it has helped me gain experience and confidence. Also in this evaluation I am going to be…...

Moreover, having studied these three stories thoroughly I have realised how observant Holmes can be. This is emphasized by minor incidents to show the readers how good Holmes is at his job and how good his powers of deduction are. There is minor incident to emphasize Holmes abilities, for example The Speckled Band Holmes tells Helen how she arrived in specific what transport she used to approach Holmes. " I observe the second half of a return ticket in the…...

In your view, how have literary techniques been used to reveal memorable ideas in Li Cunxin’s Mao’s Last Dancer? Li Cunxin’s effective use of literary techniques provides us with a valuable insight into the most memorable ideas of his life experiences. In the novel ”Mao’s Last Dancer”, Li uses characterisation to express the key themes of inner strength, determination and courage, change and journey, and traditions and beliefs. Inner strength, determination and courage have played a major role in Li’s…...

During 20th century, there was a new dance signifier that was looking in American, which was modern dance. It was to hold a important influence on the dance instruction. Modern dance has broken the regulation of classical concert dance. `` The subject of modern dance plants might embrace Greek mythology ; Ancient or modern poesy or other literary plants ; American folklore and legendry ; major societal issues ; interpersonal relationships approached psychoanalytically ; historical events ; or, merely, abstract…...

The play “Master Harold”... and the Boys”, by Athol Fugard, illustrates life in South Africa under the apartheid rule. The play is written in the South African context and the issue of apartheid is central in the play. The play is an informative and autobiographical one-act play about the relationship between Hally, Willie and Sam. Throughout “Master Harold”..... and the Boys, Fugard describes many emotions that take place between the characters, to which different reactions are noted. The primary emotions…...

Since Rodolfo and Marco first arrived at Eddie's house, Miller has shown how Eddie is desperate to get rid of Rodolfo and to discredit him, and is prepared to go to any lengths to do this. In the case of Rodolfo, he quickly comes up with several excuses to do this, he says that Rodolfo is, Platinum Blond, "slightly built," Platinum Blond, a good singer and dancer and can make dresses. Moreover, both Mike and Louis from the docks seem…...

Dancing had been Madhavi's life. She has been taking barathanatyam, an Indian classical dance since she was five years old. Her dance teacher was the famous dancer Mrs Sheila Devi. It has been thirteen years since then. She was in her school's dancing team and had already represented the school in about eighty-nine national competitions. Her parents wanted to send her to India to further study the art of classical dance because that was where barathanatyam came from but Madhavi…...

When you ask a person to picture being on the Titanic the night it sunk, they will likely have no problem doing so. It was dark and a bit foggy. The band sounded wonderful and the dining room was beautifully decorated. Jack painted Rose’s portrait. Movies are powerful means through which people can imagine times and places that they will never visit. It is through films that many people develop their understanding of the past. Thus, we must carefully evaluate…...

By the use of improvisation, rehearsal and performance we compiled a number of sequences, which essentially led to a structure of a dance. The work reflected the knowledge and understanding of the purpose of performance that we had acquired of the genre of contact improvisation. Steve Paxton was the founder of contact improvisation he saw potential of fusing together athletics, gymnastics, martial arts and movement. The focus is on the physical sensations of touching, supporting, leaning, falling and counterbalancing as…...

Your reaction paper must be type-written, a minimum of 2-3 pages, double-spaces with a clear and legible typeface (Times Roman is one that I prefer). Font point size should be 12-13 points, not larger please. Begin your paper by including the name of the performance, where and when it took place. You should include your overall impression of the concert. Choose at least 2 dances to discuss in depth, using the following questions to stimulate your critical and evaluative skills.…...

Childhoods suppose to be the best moment of one's life. Usually when we recall our childhood, we see naughtiness, eagerness to learn something new, filled with questions and most of all being happy. Children love dancing whereas the writer, Gwen Raverat author of 'A Cambridge Childhood' used to hate them. She did not enjoy at all and she dint jus have problems with dancing, she mentions "dancing class was the worst of the social events which I dreaded as a…...

This paper is focused on dance as a signifier of executing humanistic disciplines. The paper lokks at the history of dance and it looks at the life, parts to the dance universe and achievements that Mikhail Baryshnikov ' has had thought his carrer. This paper is a research paper aims at looking at the history of Mikhail Baryshnikov and how he has influenced dance. It has besides highlighted his varius accomplishments that have been the high spot of his dancing…...

Jiri Kylian's 1989 choreography, Falling Angels', the last piece to his black and white' six-part series ballet, attempts to communicate the concerns surrounding gender roles and to convey the dominant theme of sexuality during the 1980s. Accompanied by Steve Reich’s energetic and moving piece for percussion, with its highly associative title "Drumming Part 1". 'Falling Angels', is multilayered choreographic work which is representative for Jirj Kylian's choreographic style showcasing the socio-historic context of his work. In 1980 Jiri Kylian created…...

Much of Fosse's darkly, sensual and syncopated choreographic style comes from his early experiences as a child performer in the sleazy vaudeville shows and his exposure to more adult preoccupations performing in burlesque clubs and strip clubs in Chicago. In Bruce Handy's interview with Sam Wasson (the author of 'Fosse'), Wasson suggested that in Fosse's film 'All that jazz' he referenced in a flashback scene at a burlesque house 'where the young Joe Gideon is molested by a trio of…...

When you mention the name Alvin Ailey, the first words that come to mind are talented, gifted, dancer, choreographer, and inspiring. This amazing man was born in Navasota, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles, California when he was twelve years of age. He started studying modern dance in 1949 from Lester Horton. He joined the Horton dance company in 1950. His inspirations came from the black church services in Texas and music at the local dance hall. He stated some…...

The title of the performance I had the pleasure of witnessing was Carmen Suite. Carmen was performed at the Fine arts Hall at Santa Fe on November 9, 2019. Going into this play I already had background knowledge on the ballet itself, so it was easy for me to pick everything up. Alberto Alonso created this piece for his wife, Maya Plisetskaya. Maya was a premiere ballerina. I knew the tone was going to be meaningful going into that and…...

Recitatif and The old men used to dance are two short stories that both reflect on how past decisions affect one's future. Both of the authors find unique techniques to express their ideas. In Stewart's story, we can find a heterodiegetic narrator. The author tells us the story in the third person and he does not take part in the story world. We can see an example of third-person narration from the very beginning of the story: "Now that Simon…...

Hi, I'm Misty Danielle Copeland and yes have had a tough life but, its helped shape me into the amazing person and dancer I am today. Now lets take it way back to when I was born. I was Born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri I was born with 4 older siblings , and our dad leaving me and our family before I got a chance to meet him which made it way harder for my mom…...

INTRODUCTION The name of the show is "Super Dancer Chapter 3". It is one of the popular reality show in India. It was aired on Sony Television during weekends. There are total 3 seasons. It is considered in top reality shows of India. VALUES The main prospect of the show is "Dance". It is a children dance reality show. The age limit between 4 to 13 years. The little ones from all around India Participates and show their talents in…...

Since I was three years old, I have been a dancer. At eight years old, I decided to explore a higher level of difficulty and seriousness by dedicating my time to a competitive dance team, doing so all the way through my senior year of high school. Looking back, I now realize how essential dance was during those formative years, playing a pivotal role in developing me into the individual I am today. How different might I have been, had…...

Christopher Bruce, born 1945, is an English choreographer and performer. He started dance tap dancing and ballet training at the age of eleven. After studying at Rambert school, in 1963 Bruce became the leading male performer of the Rambert Ballet. He was the resident and associate choreographer for many dance companies including Rambert Ballet, Houston Ballet and the London Festival Ballet.Although Bruce received classical ballet training he was also greatly influenced by the Picasso of Dance', Martha Graham. This is…...

THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN MY LIFEMusic is sound, composed in certain rhythms to express people’s feelings or to transfer certain feelings. Dance is physical movement also used to express joy or other intense feelings. It can be anything from ballet to break-dance. In my life music is much more important than dance. I prefer experiencing most things inside my mind. I don’t need psychical movement to experience joy. Sometimes I use music to escape from reality, there…...

Ailey used his culture and many childhood memories to base his choreography on. Church and worship played a huge role in the lives of black Americans and was the center of Ailey’s community. “The exuberance and poignancy of the black experience are well served in Ailey's splendid. “The church was always very important, very theatrical, very intense. The life that went on there and the music made a great impression on me. ” (A. P Bailey 1997 pg. 8) He…...

Hello, I’m your one and only,____________ I’m running for this year’s NJHS president. Like all of us, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for hard work, good grades, and good citizenship. I think I fit the roles of an NJHS president because I have experience in leadership, dedication, and determination. A true leader seeks effective activity, inspires others to follow in their footsteps, and leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great ambition. I fit the roles…...

Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha, the art of story-telling, “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”, which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams, Katha denotes conversation, story, speech, tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’, ‘to say or inform something’. Thus, kathakars were originally a caste of story-tellers who were attached to temples in certain parts of Northern India. These kathakars used to go around…...

What is a scar? A scar is something that can be covered but never erased. Scars can change a person’s self-esteem and self- worth, relationship with people, and your perception of yourself. A scar can help you find beauty deep down inside just like Alice Walker did. Scars cannot tear you down you are the only one can, its either you live a lie or just accept the true you, which one would you choose? Walker also had problems with…...