Phase I: Mini Artistic Biography Robert Joffrey wasn’t only a legendary American dancer but an excellent instructor, choreographer and producer. Acknowledged for his exciting modern ballets and passion to teach young dancers. Joffery was the founder of one of the most prominent international dance companies of all time, The Joffrey ballet. Robert Joffrey was born in Seattle, Washington, and was originally named Abdulla Jaffa Anver Bey Khan. He was the only child of a Poshtun Afgani father and Italian
freezing, or locking – hence the name –, in place while dancing in time with the pauses in funk music. Locking would pave the path for the dancing phenomenon known as the Robot. Popping is a dance style created by Sam “Boogaloo Sam” Solomon. Popping involves snapping one’s legs and flexing one’s body in time with the beat of a song, creating a popping effect. Popping also gained its name due to Sam saying “pop, pop, pop” every time he flexed while dancing. While popping and locking themselves do not have
In our class we executed some of the basic moves that are associated with house dancing. When you hear house music at a party or a club the first thing you want to do is move. Its almost a contagious wave of that “feel good” feeling that takes over your body and makes it difficult to just stand still, but its more that just a tap of the toe or a little bounce in your step. It’s a feeling, it a move, its a way of life that you share with not only yourself, but others around you. In class, we talked
cynical isolation, it is rather apparent that loneliness is the most conspicuous characteristic of all the outsiders. Throughout The Catcher in The Rye, Holden’s loneliness is a more concrete manifestation of his isolation problem, as he tells to his history teacher Mr. Spencer, he feels trapped on “the other side” of life, he seems to be excluded from and victimized by the society surrounding him. In Chapter 7, “It [makes] me too sad and lonesome...I put my red hunting hat on, and turn the peak around
best Broadway hits and Florence Ziegfeld's production with The Follies girls is not one to be left out. The women of his show were every man’s dream, and every woman’s desire to become. The Ziegfeld Follies are a part of Broadway's musical-theatre history, not only for the beautiful women in it, but also for the production behind it. The Follies image showed the ideal woman, as perceived by society, which is one of the main reasons why the show became so popular. The Follies girls had key characteristics
Through taking many dance classes at the University of Kentucky I have not only improved my dancing in a variety of styles from jazz to ballet to modern, I have also learned about the methods I prefer to learn from. Recently I learned I enjoy smooth graceful moments and to move through space slowly rather than what some would call energetic. This varies for every dancer and is just my own personal preference, there is beauty in every style. Following my readings of “How do You Learn to Dance”, “The
cultures. In Mexican culture the older you are the more wisdom you attain. For example, in my dad’s town if you wanted advice about live and the history of the ancestors of the area you go to the older gentlemen in the center plaza of the town. The older gentlemen would be there in the morning and you could go up to them without fear and find about history and wisdom. Being Older doesn’t make you less than another person but more wise. Old age represent you have lived through the hardship of life and
“The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance (Aberjhani par.1).”The Harlem Renaissance was the blossoming of African American culture, spanning between the 1920’s and 30’s. It was an artistic, literary, as well as an intellectual movement that kindled the new cultural identity and brought about many things like jazz, blues, dance, poetry, and musical theater. In the decades following World
low in openness, they are considered as simple, plain, or shallow (Friedman and Schustack 2006). Shirley Temple was nothing but high in openness. From the very top of her naturally blond bouncy curls, all the way down to her white and black little tap shoes, Shirley was a very gifted artist. Nothing about that little girl’s personality was plain or simple. All Shirley Temple had to do was stick out her little pouty lip and the audience, crowd, or producer would fall in love. Shirley was always ready
the “Pig Princess” of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana, Twila Thornburg. As a young child, Tharp spent a few months each year living with her grandparents on their farm in Indiana. Her mother insisted she take lessons in dance, mainly ballet, tap, jazz, and modern. Her mother also insisted she take lessons