Berea College for 20 years. This year the team celebrated its 20th by revisiting a choreography that was performed at the first Kinetics and were very purposeful of who they allowed to choreograph in this production. This will be a critique of some of the dances performed; it will go into detail about each dance‚ analyze the movements and reveal the message. The opening act to Kinetics this year was the choreography that was performed at the very first Kinetic Expressions. It is called “Birdland:
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December 19‚ 2011 The Life of Bob Fosse The legendary Bob Fosse began dancing at a very young age. He began at burlesque shows and watching strippers at the strip clubs nearby. He always saw himself living a life of dance and fame‚ so he moved to New York where his career took off. He went from choreographing small parts‚ so having his own Broadway shows and movies. The different stages in his life led him to some many ups and downs‚ but that did not stop him from creating more masterpieces.
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Buzz Dance Theatre ‘Look the other way’ How could you leave your country? The place you grew up in‚ how could you leave your loved ones in a place so bad you had to flee it yourself? The production of ‘Look the other way’ choreographed by Cadi McCarthy is clearly emotionally attached to the performers. Look the other way describes how people had to leave their home and become refugees‚ their fear and hatred needing the encouragement to move forward. The mixture of contemporary and hip hop really
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What is Hip Hop? Hip hop is a style of dance that combines movements such as popping‚ locking‚ breaking‚ krumping‚ and jazz-funk. Hip hop is used to express individuality and has often been credited with helping to reduce inner-city gang violence by replacing violence with dance battles. What is Contemporary Dance? Contemporary dance is a style that lets you express yourself‚ has a lot of versatility and improvisation‚ unlike the strict and structured nature of ballet. Contemporary dance focuses
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Rowan Rossi Mats Ek essay Mats Ek is a world renowned choreographer‚ known for his works adapting classic ballets into ground breaking‚ game changing modern works of art. Mats Ek was born in Malmo Sweden in 1945‚ son of the choreographer Brigit Cullberg and Ander Ek‚ a famous Swedish actor. The young Mats Ek did not particularly want to be a dancer‚ and he spent some years producing plays. Soon later Mats Ek trained in classical dance with Lillian Katrina and later with Donya Feuer in 1962. After
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Anna Kisselgoff a professional dance critic believes; Jiri Kylian’s choreography resulted in ‘scores of younger choreographers being influenced by the emotional and kinetic thrust of his signature style‚ a highly physical fusion of ballet technique with the idiomatic freedom of modern dance. As an artist‚ he has been remarkably deep and original.’ Jiri Kylian’s ‘Black and White’ ballets‚ premiered on May 7‚ 1988‚ have a number of defining characteristics which create a unique contemporary style.
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Ghost dances By Christopher Bruce. Performed by the Rambert Dance Company. Ghost dances was created in 1981. The performance was choreographed by Christopher Bruce. The piece explores the human rights of the people of chille and the depression that the lack of human rights caused. The inspiration of the dance came from a letter that Christopher received from a widow of a Chilean folk singer‚ who was murdered. Christopher felt sympathetic towards the letter‚ and after being asked to do a
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amazing as it was made out to be for example her choreographed performance; As mentioned above‚ Philippina was a ballet dancer from her adolescent years and the style of Modern Dance derives from ballet which is most likely what inspired her to choreography and teach this dance style. Despite her tragic death in 2009‚ Pina will always have a strong legacy in dramatic physical theatre and as she once said herself; “When I first began choreographing‚ I never thought of it choreographing but as expressing
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Based in Sydney‚ Bangarra Dance Theatre is Australia’s leading Indigenous Performing Arts Company. It showcases a fusion of Aboriginal culture with contemporary dance. Founded in 1989 by Carole Johnson‚ ‘Bangarra’ means ‘to make fire’ in the Wiradjuri language from south-east Australian tribes. Bangarra’s vision is to not only respect traditional Indigenous cultures of Australia but to relight the connections between Indigenous cultures and contemporary artistic expressions. Also Bangarra also strives
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This semester we have learned about many different types of dances. To start‚ classical modern dance has been around since the 19th and 10th centuries. This genre came out of Germany and the United States and is a theatrical dance style. Many choreographers rebelled against ballet and vaudeville in the 20th century and that is how modern dance started. Many Americans thought this dancing style was weird or odd because it was like nothing they had seen before. While watching the rite of spring‚ I
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