Dance Analysis As the lights went off‚ the audience went silent‚ curiously waiting to see what was going to happen next. All we knew was the performance name‚ Agwa‚ the Portuguese term for water. Even if I had not been given the title of the performance‚ I could have guessed it after seeing the dancers perform.The performance Agwa portrayed the many dimensions of water through dance. The essence of water was clearly painted on the stage by the bodies of the dancers through fluid movements‚ powerful
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Expression Carrie Noland Dance Research Journal‚ Volume 42‚ Number 1‚ Summer 2010‚ pp. 46-60 (Article) Published by University of Illinois Press DOI: 10.1353/drj.0.0063 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/drj/summary/v042/42.1.noland.html Access Provided by University of Manchester at 07/08/10 10:18PM GMT Photo 1. Merce Cunningham in his Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three (1952). Photographer: Gerda Peterich. 46 Dance Research Journal
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War Dance is a documentary with a unique perspective on the tragedies that are going on in Uganda‚ during its seemingly never ending war. The story follows a group of young kids who have dealt with more sorrow in the pubescent life than anyone should endure. These kids tell the story of how their lives were destroyed by the war in meticulous detail‚ but that’s not the real story of the film. The real purpose of this documentary was to explore how a national dancing event has inspired the children
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Part A Safe dance practice is the guidelines and principles put in place to reduce risk of injury and help prolong a dancer’s career. We need an understanding of body placement‚ kinaesthetic awareness and coordination to perform to our full potential if wanting it to be successful. Dance as an art form is trying to communicate an idea or concept intent to an audience. The movement will partially communicate that‚ but it is how you express the movement that will tell a story. Our core performance
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Page 1 Kiana Pizzo Professor Jarvis Composition 101 09 November 2012 Dance: There was a time in my life when the only thing I wanted to do was dance. It was like I couldn’t get up and start my day without releasing those wonderful endorphins. The instant high I would get just by moving my body and sweating really made me feel alive. There were days that I did not dance. I felt extremely lazy and my feet felt heavy like they were dragging across the floor as I walked. What a difference
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difference between ethnic and folk dance? Answer: A1: An ethnic dance reflects the peculiar characteristics of a specific tribe‚ especially their cultural‚ racial‚ religious‚ and traditional similarities. A folk dance is a traditional dance that expresses the thoughts‚ ideas‚ and feelings of a group of people in connection with everyday activities and experiences of the people who developed them. A2 fr: Yahoo Answers: Well ethnic dance is a dance that is based on ethnicity‚ and may
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SWANGE DANCE Introduction. Benue State is state of the historic Benue river‚ a State renowned for the valiancy of its progenitors‚ a State of notable political gladiators and hardworking people who rightly brand themselves as ‘the food basket of the nation’. Benue is also a State of rich cultures and traditions‚ as exemplified in the world acclaimed SWANGE DANCE which has brought fame to both the State and the nation. Meaning of Dance Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement
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Is Dance a Sport? The endless debate between the dance world and the sports world is trying to decide where dance fits in. Dance does require athletic ability for the technique needed. However‚ dance does not fit completely into what is typically considered a sport. Some people say it cannot be called a sport and that it is an art instead. In this argument‚ it is important to distinguish what type of dancing is being discussed‚ as there are many different types of varying levels of difficulty
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The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it
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History of Dance Speech INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time there was dance! In dance there are many forms. There is Ballet‚ Jazz‚ Tap‚ Hip hop‚ partner dancing‚ modern‚ and country and western. Dance originated many‚ many years ago. People used it to express emotions and stories. As time went on so did new dance techniques. Ballet came into the world around the 15th century Italian Renaissance and it slowly became the backbone for all dancing styles. As Albert Einstein said “dancers are the athletes
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