Dance has always been an integral part of social gatherings and it is likely that it evolved before or autonomously of music as we know it today‚ as the human body contains rhythms of its own in heartbeat and breathing‚ therefore it is somewhat a natural instinct of movement. The earliest social dances were circular and linear chain dances‚ dating to 1400-1200 BC‚ of these the ‘ring’ dances‚ which used a sacred tree or stone as central focus - are most likely the oldest. Couple dances arose in
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Dance differs from sport in that it is not concerned with movement purely as a means of performing but rather with the artistic intent and quality of the movement (Macmillan‚ 2010). The Jive movement originated from the USA in the early 1930’s. It is a very energetic‚ boppy dance that encounters a number of fast tricky steps. Biomechanics is an analysis process that detects ways to improve athlete’s performances and techniques. It allows the athlete and the coach to understand how force acting on
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Dance Paper ARTS/100 February 28‚ 2011 Dance Paper Dance is used as a form of expressing how you feel through the movement of your body through music. Through the different styles of dancing‚ it can be slow paced‚ fast paced‚ mellow‚ seductive‚ fun and enjoyable at the same time. The different styles discussed in this paper will show that jazz‚ ballet‚ folk‚ ritual and modern dance are different but similar. Whatever style of dance you choose they all have repetition‚ form and rhythm
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Dance‚ movements orchestrated with music‚ to express the way you feel. The first forms of dance came around in 6000 B.C‚ originating from India. The Hindu dance Gods Krishnu Shiva is the most common God portrayed through dance‚ especially found in Bharata Natyam and Nyark Sharky‚ also known as Belly Dance. In Southeast India‚ it is normal as a young female to learn the ways of Bharata Natyam. Bharata Natyam is widely known for its sculpturesque poses and art of story telling‚ mostly performed only
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Dance is something that everyone knows about‚ but not many people understand. As an avid dancer and competitor for over ten years‚ I’ve learned to embrace the many forms of dancing in this world. It’s hard to put a single definition on dance – ‘it is graceful‚ it is feminine’ – because there are just too many types of dancing‚ each with a unique style. What I can say right now‚ is that dance is a discipline that requires immense control of the body to accurately communicate the intent of the dance
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Dance Critique: Jubilation Dance 2012 In Fall 2012 there was a production called Jubilation taken place in El Camino College in the Campus Theatre. The Dance consist of many different styles of dancing from African dance by Nichole “Nittche” Thompson Spirit Within‚ to Tango as demonstrated in La Revancha Del Tango‚ choreographed by Imara Quinonez. One of the most common and best performed dances that was presented in the production were The Gift and Broadway Bound‚ choreographed by Bernice Boseman
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Indian Dance: Antara Bhardwaj- Kathak styles Kathak is the one of eight forms of Indian classical dances perform by men and women‚ originated from northern indian‚ known as kathakars or storytellers. The styles of dance have its unique character from the rhythmic footwork with rhythms that he or she stomps out barefoot on the floor‚ accented with many bells worn around the ankles ( and from seeing the guest artist I can say there were more than 100 bells around her ankles making lots of
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Late last Saturday day night‚ on April 14‚2012‚ I attended the very first dance concert at John Anthony Theater at Collin College Spring Creek Campus. This concert was performed by Collin Dance Ensemble‚ which is a vibrant company that performs innovative contemporary modern dance. Their goal is to produce dance works at the highest level of artistic excellence. The dance company attends and performs at the American College Dance Festival annually and has been selected for the Gala Performance at the
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Modern dance What is Modern Dance? Modern dance in my eyes is a form of dance which focuses on the serious expression of the inner emotions‚ using a free-flowing‚ interpretive style‚ rather than following the rigid rules characteristics of many dance disciplines. When modern dance first developed at the turn of the 20th century‚ it was considered extremely radical and iconoclastic; over the years since‚ modern dance has become more closely mingled with other disciplines like jazz dance‚ ballet
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Dance: The Art Inside A Sport For many years there has been the great debate of dancing and whether or not it is a sport. Most athletes look at dance and say “That’s not a sport. Anyone can dance.”(Is Dance A Sport? para 1). Dance to the majority of the population is considered to be an art and no more. I’ve heard countless times where people would say “Dancers aren’t athletes” and this paper is dedicated to proving those people wrong. Although dance is a performing art‚ there are other attributes
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