I went the performance of The Nutcracker by Ballet West. The theme of the concert was the Nutcracker/Christmas. I saw this concert because I wanted to see a Christmas dance and a profession dance with profession dancers. Before the show started they dimmed the lights in the audience and when the show started they lit the stage up. The costumes in the show were a mouse in a normal mouse costume, a bear in a normal bear costume, the snowflakes in light blue dresses, the snow queen and king where dressed
beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” are chanted by the boys in William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies, while they decide to hunt after the ritual or do the ceremonial dance. The rituals are one of the most important elements in the story that had considerable influence on the establishment and disruption of boys’ group, and led to Simon’s death. Golding presents rituals represent different stuff under the dissimilar situations. He first points out that rituals could heal others by describing
days. At 4 p.m., I started to dress myself up for the 8th grade school dance. My sister came back from college that weekend to help me do my makeup, since this was the first official school dance I was attending. It was exciting to go to the party, but I was a
Elegant dresses swooshing across the dance floor and the buzz of excited chatter in the distance fill a long white hall. At one end of the elongated room there is a circle in the middle of the dance floor with each person holding the hand of the next. As for me, I’m a part of the circle, my hand being nervously clung to by the girl next to me who is wearing a beautiful deep violet antique dress that matches her glasses. Her eyes are darting around the room full of people, her breathing becoming more
I have been involved in various volunteer groups such as Indian Student Association, Pre-Dental club, and Rotaract club. These clubs have given me the opportunity to explore my interest, demonstrate my leadership abilities, and give back to my community. Recently, I was persuaded to join Indian Student Association (ISA) by my friends; the first thing that I volunteered to participate in was the India Night dance. I had never participated in a dance group before, so it was a new experience for me
extracurricular activities. In high school I was on the varsity Dazzler Dance Team all four years. I was recognized as a leader on the team not only by the team, but by my coach. I helped lead our team my senior year to a 2nd place finish at nationals in lyrical. I also trained and was on a competitive dance team outside of school, at Miller Marley School of dance. Both of these dance teams were very time consuming. The Dazzler dance team practiced on an average of ~ 10 hours per week and I was at
to Ballet. I adored being a little ballerina and would read the same dance booklet everyday, practicing the five positions and gracefully positioning my tiny arms and fingers to match the little girl in the illustrations. This opened my heart to the world of dance, which made me embrace the activity at such a young and impressionable age. Because I loved dance so much, my mother enrolled me in Donna Hammond-Phelps Centre for Dance while I was in kindergarten. In the studio, I stood out and had a lot
When people listen to their own traditional music or dance their cultural dances, show their rituals or share their food with others, they give a voice not only to their souls, hearts and thoughts, but also to their traditions, morals and manners. For Venezuela, one of the most important reproduction of their culture and their traditions is Joropo, which is a folkloric and popular genre with many regional variants that is performed at rural dance occasions where friends and relatives come
cheerleading for varsity football and basketball. For cheerleading we all work together and create cheers and dances that we perform at games. We also are assigned to compose cheers by ourselves to teach the whole squad. I have been a cheerleader for three years now. To be on the cheerleading squad there is a required try out. For the tryout you perform a dance, cheer, and three chants within a small group. The other requirements are that you assemble a cheer and perform it by yourself along with three to
get to choreograph dances as a unit in Physical Education(PE), I was excited. I mean, why wouldn’t I be? I have loved dance since I started in kindergarten, and my love for it continues to grow with each passing day. Then came the surprise which made all of my excitement come crashing down like a pile of bricks. Everyone - I mean everyone, including the teachers- believed that the gym dance was just a chore. Everyone just wanted to get it over with. Apparently, this gym dance was merely a “li
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote’s presentation focused on the development of art and dance in the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. Through the use of art and dance, the native american peoples of the Kiowa tribe have long explained their histories, told their stories, and created biographical accounts of their lives. These forms of expression made for the basis of the Kiowa culture and identity, centuries before extensive contact was made with the european colonists. Traditionally, the “kiowa ideal male” was a strong
Archeologists delivered some traces of dance from prehistoric times such as nearly 9,000-year-old Bhimbetka rock shelters paintings in India and the Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing figures from c. 3300 BC. Benefits Of Dancing Dancing isn’t just an activity that provides a way of dealing with your emotions. It’s also a way of improving your health and meeting new people who share the same interest with you. The number of people taking part in dance classes all around the world is increasing
pioneer of the Modern Dance movement, released a performance called “Lynch Town.” The dance reflects Wiedman’s experiences of a mob lynching that he experienced when he was a child, and in a broader context it symbolizes destructive, primitive human instincts. “Lynch Town” is about how humans react when they encounter the actions of hate crime and encourages its viewers to revolt against hate crime; Weidman portrays this social issue that prevails today by using Modern Dance elements such as angularity
The dance performance in February Dance 2016 was does matter choreographed by Sophia Levine with twelve dancers who are members of Dance at Illinois. This performance happened at the Colwell Playhouse on February 4 to February 6 in 2016. The group of twelve people (all females) appeared in loose white shirt and black leggings, in sync with one another, and the movements of each dancer followed the rhythm of the music. Then, the group started separating with some running, some fast-walking as
contact with professional dance training but they had natural instinct for movement, brought hip-hop dancing to the streets. They contributed to the development of the early street and hip-hop dance styles, such as breaking, locking, roboting, locking, popping and boogaloo. Hip hop moves were inspired by the movement style of African dancing and complex rhythms. Movement and music came together to form a new art. Although there are vestiges of tap, modern, swing and African dance found in hip hop, it
Rebuilding Rwanda through Dance Therapy Children were orphaned, people were left without homes and without families.More than 800,000 people were murdered. This devastating event, the genocide of 1994, left Rwanda traumatized, and in terrible condition. Rwanda, has since done many things to try to rebuild and retire after the genocide (Adekunle 20-22). One of the thing they greatly focused on to help the people of Rwanda was dance therapy. Although dance as therapy might not be for everyone, Rwandans
earned her bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in anthropology while pursuing dance as a topic of interest at the University of Chicago. She originally attended college at the request of her family, whom persuaded her into a teaching career. She later, became the first African American women to attend and earn these degrees at the school. During her time at the University of Chicago, Dunham began research into the dances of the Caribbean, which would later prove to be a heavy inspiration
One day when I was 10 years old. I was in dance special lesson in summer. These are hard schedule for accept SHIKI audition. The curriculum are made of jazz dancing, ballet and singing in all day summer vacation but I started dance 3 month before this. I do all things with effort and passion. The day of audition I was so nervous because I have not audition ever. I didn’t dance well and wrong lyrics. I cannot do anything my really power. I fail the audition. I was only person fail this audition. this
watched the USC student dance company Xpressions. This dance company is a contemporary dance company that is entirely comprised of USC students. The show was choreographed by students as well. The show that I saw was their end of the semester fall showcase. I assume that this was show a culmination of work that the company worked on for the entire semester. This show was comprised of several different dances that were not really connected to tell a story. They were dances that went along to the music
think my group and I executed a successful final performance on stage. I think we communicated the theme of our dance to our audience very well by using the five elements of dance (relationship, body, energy, space, and time) effectively. Throughout the performance, there were aspects of the dance that were showcased excellently, as well as, aspects that needed some improvement for further future performances. After practicing for a very long time, and working very hard over our dance, my group and I