Dance Therapy

For many people, dance is a form of expression and freedom. Dance and movement therapy has been a form of healing in counseling and therapeutic ways for years, but it constantly changing. Dance therapy can benefit one’s life and body in many ways, for patients with different backgrounds, ages, or diagnoses. Dance and movement therapy … Read more

Performance Arts Final Reflection

For the past few weeks in Performance Arts Class, we have worked on choreography pieces created by different people in the class. Each person in the class was given the chance to be a choreographer. The choreographers would choose other students to act as performers in their dance. The choreographers would choose the performers based … Read more

Dance Imagery Essay

The effects of Dance Imagery and its contribution towards healthy body alignment and positive development in dance. This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture, achieved by holding sections of the … Read more

Isadora Duncan Research Paper

Modern dance is the term used for the 20th-century theatrical dance movement. The movement was started by American dancer Isadora Duncan in a rebellion against ballet, which she felt was too constricting. Duncan based her dance technique and style on the Greeks. She identified with their ideals of human form and beauty. Although her way … Read more

Ballerina Research Paper

The perfect ballerina. This is an idea many young dancers strive to achieve from the moment they first lace up their pink, silk ballet slippers. But what is the perfect ballerina, what is the ideal they are attempting to reach and what are the consequences of dancing to an, ultimately, unattainable goal? These questions have … Read more

Tale Of Two Cities Passage Analysis Essay

In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the peasantry of Paris is transformed into a vicious ochlocracy by the Revolution they spark. Although this is clearly evident in passages that depict scenes of violence and fighting, this idea is exemplified in the passage that depicts Lucie Manette and her child coming into contact with … Read more

Waltz Of The Flowers Analysis Essay

During “Waltz of the Flowers,” a part of The Nutcracker selection, the mood of rebirth and growth sept into the audience. The piece started very calmly with the dancers doing jumps about the stage. As the piece progressed, the jumps and leaps got grander and the movements became larger and more impressive, as the flowers … Read more

Dancing In The Nutcracker Ballet Essay

The Paper Fan is a piece of art that in its time has been in the presence of princesses, ninjas, and college students. Taking on several roles both in an imaginary and reality. Each experience aging the paper that stretched across bamboo frame. Opening it reveals a water color and ink print covering the face … Read more

Essay on Neoliberalism In Canada

Nowadays. dance reality show is one of the most popular form of television program around the world, which draws considerable attention to people. Most forms of the dance show is competition between the individuals, and there will be a panel of professional judges to comment on their performance. In Canada, the dancers and genre are … Read more

Savion Glover

Savion Glover is arguably one of the best tap dancers to grace the world of entertainment in decades. His unique style has stunned audiences for the past eighteen years and most likely will continue to do so for many years to come. It is incredibly humbling to think over the list of accomplishments that Savion … Read more

History of Electronic Dance Music

Electronic Dance Music, also known as EDM (we at Poached Magma are not exactly big fans of that acronym), has in recent years, taken over commercial music by storm. Big name producers such as David Guests, Shriller and Arming van Burden have dominated airplay, and current crowd-friendly artistes Like Iranian and Lady Gaga have incorporated … Read more

Dance History

In this article, he expresses how Ruth SST. Denis danced her dances, “Figure from Angora-vat” and “Temple Offering”, “delightfully’, he says. But when the same movement is performed by Guy, he uses negative words to describe her performance. Negations such as “none the less acquitted herself” which suggests that he found her movement to be … Read more

History of Electronic Dance Music

Electronic Dance Music, also known as EDM (we at Poached Magma are not exactly big fans of that acronym), has in recent years, taken over commercial music by storm. Big name producers such as David Guests, Shriller and Arming van Burden have dominated airplay, and current crowd-friendly artistes like Iranian and Lady Gaga have incorporated … Read more

Dance HIstory: Isadora Duncan

One company in particular that draws many references to the African esthetics of dance, as well as satirical events is The Dance Theatre of Harlem. The Dance Theatre of Harlem is the first African American classical ballet company in the world. The company was founded by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, … Read more

Guidance History

A brief word about each of these bodies and organizations, as well as a note about how their respective activities served as a catalyst in the setting up of formal guidance and counseling services, will provide the reader with a sense of the origins and development of the field in the Maltese islands. Given the … Read more

History of Electronic Dance Music

Electronic Dance Music, also known as EDM (we at Poached Magma are not exactly big fans of that acronym), has in recent years, taken over commercial music by storm. Big name producers such as David Guests, Shriller and Arming van Burden have dominated airplay, and current crowd-friendly artistes Like Iranian and Lady Gaga have incorporated … Read more

The History of Jazz Dance

In Africa, natives danced to celebrate cycles of life such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death. Child, adults, and the elderly depended on jazz dance to express their culture and beliefs. People from Africa who were later sold into the slave trade around the late 1 ass’s to mid ass’s brought the dance with them … Read more

The History of Jazz Dance

In Africa, natives danced to celebrate cycles of life such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death. Child, adults, and the elderly depended on jazz dance to express their culture and beliefs. People from Africa who were later sold into the slave trade around the late 1 ass’s to mid ass’s brought the dance with them … Read more

Music: History of Dance and Hip Hop Routines

Dance Is movement to sounds made by Instruments, vocals or musical recordings. It Includes HIP Hop, Ballet, Ballroom and other styles. Some forms such as Ballet, Modern and Jazz require years of training as the dancer tries to perfect the many techniques involved. People dance to various types of music such as country, rock, disco, … Read more

History of Jazz Dance

Early roots of jazz dance came from African culture imported by slaves. In Africa, natives  danced to celebrate cycles of life: birth, puberty, marriage and death. Children, adults and the elderly all depended on dance to express their cultural beliefs. Drums, string instruments, chimes, reed pipes and other percussion instruments set the beat for the … Read more

Guidance History

A brief word about each of these bodies and organizations, as well as a note about how their respective activities served as a catalyst in the setting up of formal guidance and counseling services, will provide the reader with a sense of the origins and development of the field in the Maltese islands. Given the … Read more