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Grand DanceSport Cup

Jolene — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:44:20 +0000

When dancing, you are free to let go of all your stresses and paint a picture with your body and feet. That is the reason I dance and the reason I love it so much. There is nothing better than after a long day of school and/or work than to just go out onto the dance floor and practice with your partner. Through this process of practicing and working out problems in connection between the two bodies, you and your partner become one entity. You form a bond with your partner that cannot be replicated even in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

Individual Event #1: Cultural Shock @ Columbia University

im.mattlaw — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:07:56 +0000

On November 21, 2009, I attended a event in one of the auditoriums of Columbia University. Firstly, the campus was very grand and beautifully made. It’s a realm of nature with large green fields within the concrete urban surrounding it.  

NYC STREET PERFORMERS

im.mattlaw — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0000

Traveling from Staten Island to Baruch College, I always get to see at least 2 street performances. This is why most of the time I end up with no change for my bag of chips or the extra dollar to buy myself a drink between breaks. It's because I love the street performers and performances so much, I am bound to give them some support/ contribution (money). Whether the the performers are playing an instrument, doing magic tricks, dancing, or singing, they're usually not given the attention as they deserve, which upsets me many times.

BAM: Quartett (I Wish I Knew French)

im.mattlaw — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:42:37 +0000

I wish I knew French while watching Quartett. If I did, I would have been able to concentrate on the actors more as well as understand the content further. I did notice the performers moved very subtly to the music and made sudden movements and gestures according to the music, as learned that Muller followed the score of each music piece. Also, the text itself was amazingly well thought out in making the adultery and hatred and love, smash together at the center of the character's dialogues and monologues; least to say, I loved the entire play.

My thoughts on The Nutcracker

Alex Greetham — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:48:08 +0000

I was able to watch The Nutcracker today in the library, and I remember from the various other times in my life when I saw the ballet, I loved it, and it was sort of a Christmas tradition for a few years. However, at least for the version I saw, I really didn't like it. It was sappy and insipid, overly sweet and gaudy like watching It's a Wonderful Life while listening to Pat Boone singing Christmas songs, and reading a bunch of Hallmark cards.

CHINESE LION DANCE

im.mattlaw — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:44:28 +0000

Living in New York City, we are really fortunate to able to see so many different cultural practices and traditions and diversity at large.

Casual Dancing within Cultures

Laura Abreu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:53:20 +0000

Throughout this week, I had a lot of celebration to do. Not only was it my birthday, but also my dads and little cousins. For my birthday, I went clubbing and had a very interesting experience. I also attended a family party for my little cousins birthday party. Both were two extremely distinct experiences, and I would like to address the kinds of dancing that occur within cultures and the dancing tendencies that certain cultures have. I will be making general assumptions and stereotyping but also making keen observations as a dancer.

fall for dance

aimee_xoxo — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:25:26 +0000

I realized I never wrote about Fall for Dance which I really enjoyed ! I love to watch dance and so I was naturally excited to go see Fall for Dance. Out of all the performances, my favorite was the reinterpretation of Afternoon of a Faun dance just because I thought it was really unique and different. It was quirky and odd and I was just staring trying to figure out what it all meant. I know a lot of people thought it was homoerotic, but I saw it different I thought it was more like two fauns loving and nurturing each other regardless of gender.

fall for dance

deborah.sebrow — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:42:55 +0000

Even though we saw the ballet performance a while ago, the third act is still very vivid in my mind. I had never seen a ballet before, but I had certain expectations about what ballet would be like. I was not particularly interested in ballet, or in dance in general. I did not anticipate seeing anything like the last act – the more modern dancing. Instead, I had imagined the third act – the traditional ballet routine. When the couple came out and started to dance, or “float,” as I saw it, I was speechless.

Structure and Freedom

sarasanders — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:42:25 +0000

Joan Acocella states in an essay about music and its importance to Mark Morris, “Structure gives us freedom,” (166). Structure and freedom, however, appear to be in opposition of one another. Acocella contents that it is with knowing and understanding structure that we can learn to break it. In Mark Morris’ choreography, he loves the clarity of structure that is afforded by working with a composition of music. Moreover, his work is a, “physical act of musical understanding,” (162).