Cited: 1. Bodmer, Sir Walter. "Laban Guild for Movement and Dance." Http://www.labanguild.f9.co.uk/ - 5k
Cited: 1. Bodmer, Sir Walter. "Laban Guild for Movement and Dance." Http://www.labanguild.f9.co.uk/ - 5k
Initially studying to be a painter at the University of California, Limón did not see his first dance concert until 1928. This performance had a profound effect on Limón and inspired him to pursue a career in dance. From the age of 22, Limón studied dance with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman at the Humphrey-Weidman School, where he was said to be a hardworking student with plenty of talent.…
Leni Riefenstahl was born on the 22nd August 1902 in Berlin and in her young life grew a developed skill in classical dancing which led to many of her experiences throughout her life. Riefenstahl’s dancing career began in 1921 and continued until 1925, it was in this time that the expressionist movement was booming in Berlin and Riefenstahl became a central figure of this movement. She persuaded the leading theatre manager and producer, Max Reinhardt to sign her up as a professional dancer. Her dancing career although only lasting 4 years saw her travelling all across Europe, it ended abruptly after she suffered a major setback injuring her knee.…
Alvin Ailey is a multicultural modern dancer known for his great accomplishments in dance and choreography. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and throughout his lifetime created some 79 ballets, many of which have appeared in the repertoire of major dance companies. It was on a junior high school class trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, he fell in love with concert dance. He became inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and classes with Lester Horton. Alvin Ailey would go on to create a legacy of versatility and cultural expression.…
All three components need to be present for an individual to exert the kind of effort needed to be considered an intense motivation for action and performance of a duty or task.…
Nacho Duato was born in Valencia Spain on the 8th January in 1957. His dream was always to study ballet but due to the lack of prestigious dance institutes in Spain, at the ripe age of only 16 he travelled to London and auditioned for the Ballet Rambert School. At the college he was told that he was too old to start dancing at the expected level, and had no technique and or sufficient training. However after seeing something special and unique in Duato’s dancing, something that captivated the audience and the deep emotions he expressed, he was one of two boys selected to train at the school. In 1980 only three years later, he signed his first dance contract with the Cullberg Ballet in Stockland, where he commenced his dance career. A year later he transferred to Nederland’s Dan’s Theater in Holland, were he worked with many famous dancers and choreographers, as well as the artistic director Jiri Kiliάn. In 1983Duato created his first dance piece title Jardi Tancat, which resulted into his major success; inspired by both his Spanish culture and passion for music.…
Jerome Robbins was a New York City born and raced dancer and choreographer, born in October 11, 1918, New York. Although, before he was recognized during the 1950’s he studied the chemistry for one year in college, until the money ran. Robbins chose to start working at his parent’s corset factory, but he realized he did not like it. Moreover, Robbins decided to go back into theatre since he has always loved the arts. “Talent is really a gift from nowhere… but if you’ve got it, it doesn’t mean it will come out clear, that takes work and technique” (Jerome Robbins) Motivated by his decision he began to look for jobs and ways to pay for his dancing lessons.…
Dancers dedicate immense amounts of their time trying to preserve dance history. They are constantly studying the past and educating themselves on the greats, till names such as Leonide Massine, Rudolf Laban, and Pina Bausch become a part of their everyday vocabulary. Although the previously mentioned names may not mean much to the traditional ‘non-dancer’, there are dancers and choreographers that have become everyday household names. Bob Fosse is one of those names, “He became a brand. There are few dance figures who attained this one-name status among the general public: Astaire, Balanchine, Baryshnikov, Robbins, perhaps Graham.” (Billman).He was born Robert Louis Fosse on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Today he is best known for his success as a dancer, choreographer, and director. Fosse’s parents possessed a passion for music even though they both took different career paths in order to support a large family. Fosse shared his parents’ love for the arts and he decided from a young age that he wanted to go further into the field. It did not…
focus on one aspect of the movement at the expense of less focus on others and this makes…
1961 was a pivotal year for the fine arts from a media stand point. Up until then, reviews, commentaries, advertisements or just basic information were usually relegated to the fine arts publications and channels. However, on June 16, 1961, the Art of Ballet was on the front page of newspapers all around the world because that was the day that Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union1. His dramatic departure to the West, in essence, created its own Cold War crisis and turned him into a celebrity overnight. This, however, was just the beginning. Nureyev, a Russian dancer known for his ground breaking contributions to the world of ballet, spent the remainder of his life tearing down barriers and reinventing male ballet technique. What he brought to dance was a new role for men. No longer would men be just the frame holding or accentuating the picture of the female as the centerpiece.…
Everything I do, I remember the simple word, effort. Essentially, if we think of ourselves as naturally…
Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Ballet is one of the world’s most graceful and elegant forms of dancing. The first ballets were danced in Italy but it eventually developed in France under Louis XIV. Ballet thrived in St. Petersburg, Russia and developed most of the ballet dancers. Choreographer George Balanchine was the first person to bring ballet to the United States. He was born on January 22, 1904 as Giorgi Meltitonis dze Balanchivadze and founded the School of American Ballet on January 1, 1934. He is a very prominent and talented choreographer who has created more than 300 ballets.…
Volition (our motivation to choose to engage in an activity) influence by: values, interests (preferences), and personal causation (knowledge of capacity). This is gained through experiences or dispositions, and is continually changing as new experiences are developed. Habituation develops from repeated actions that form into patterns/routines with a consistent environment in place. Roles are influenced by interaction with family or friends, and by activity or tasks of our daily routine. Performance capacity is a person’s ability to perform an act.…
I. Motivation A. Motivation – the process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigor of goal-directed behavior. 1. interplay between nature (the physiological” push”) and nurture (the cognitive and cultural “pull”) B. Theories of Motivation – 1. Evolutionary Theories (biological)– a. Instincts – fixed, inborn patterns of response that are not learned and that are specific to members of a particular species.…
Effort intensity in weight training is how much energy you put into an exercise, or for lack of a better word, how much effort you put in.…
2. How has the intensity of your effort varied in different sport, physical education, or exercise settings? Provide some examples.…