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“Great dancers are not great because of their technique. They are great because of their passion.” Personally, this is my favorite quote by Martha Graham and everytime I hear this quote I think about your amazing book, Someday Dancer. I have been training in dance, particularly ballet, since I was about two years old. Dance has been my only real and true passion for thirteen years now and I couldn’t imagine ever having to give it up. My whole life I have dreamed of becoming a professional…

Throughout the history of dance culture, many ideas have evolved through writings of pioneers and artists who work in that field. Ted shawn was born in 1891 and died in 1972, he was one of the artist who believed that dance was more than one simple art. He mostly based his ideas on a philosophy concepts that involves spiritual and physical claims. In fact, the way he makes a bridge between harmony and movements that surrounds the whole idea of the culture of dance. From Shawn 's theory, dance…

Learning information on the Limón release and suspension technique and Doris Humphrey’s fall and recovery technique, I was able to implement this into the modern dance course. I allowed my body to give into gravity, but also remembering the use of breath and musicality. I gained knowledge on the changes in history of ballet…

Martha was inspired by St. Denis performance at the Mason Opera House and enrolled in an arts oriented junior college and later at the Denishawn School, which was founded by Ruth St. Denis and her husband Ted Shawn to teach techniques world dance. She worked a period of time with Ted Shawn and Martha improved her dancing skills. She is recognized for her first role of an attacked Aztec maiden, “Xochital” and a dance made for her by Shawn. By 1923, eight years after entering Denishawn, she found…

“I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements. I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge” (Martha Graham). Martha Graham is considered the inventor of modern dance, her impact on dance was staggering. Throughout her career, Graham choreographed 181 masterpiece dance compositions and many new age choreographers are challenged to be as great as Martha herself. At the time,…

An individual's woman experience with dance therapy was examined in the case study conducted by Lee (2014). The author chooses of a 56-year old patient diagnosed with major depression, established the treatment as one 60-minute session a week for 2 years, except during the holiday Chinese New Year. It was an extensive treatment with specific psychiatrist supervision and documentation. Lee (2014) researched dance movement therapy as a tool to discover the deep feelings of the patient. During…

On January 29, Caroline Herring performed a concert at Oxford College. Caroline Herring is a folk and country singer and songwriter. She performed songs mostly she composed herself, although there was one song she performed she did not write. Herring’s song covers the topics of real-life events. Including the ones, she performed at the concert including “Mistress”, “White Dress,” “Black Mountain Lullaby,” and “Camilla.” Herring’s songs were very entertaining, and her writing took some research…

Betty Marie Tallchief was a great dancer. Things that made her a great dancer was the stories her grandmother told her. Some other things that made her a great dancer was her determination and passion to deny the racism and negative criticism she faced as a ballet dancer. One last key factor was that she told her heritage in her dances. Betty Marie Tallchief Has alway lived in her heritage. I think this because, passage stated, “Since most professional ballerinas at the time were white and…

Dance has always been seen as naturally therapeutic. It has physical, emotional, and spiritual components unlike most other therapies or sports. Because of this, the role of dance as therapy is supported by the fact that dance connects the individual to the community on a larger scale while also enabling the individual to express their inner thoughts and feelings within the group. Marian Chace, an early pioneer of DMT began as a dancer herself in the Company of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in…

Brenda Ways and KT Nelson choreographed/curated Boulder and Bones with Lucy Lippard Escape Attempts by allowing themselves to create a conceptual performative art that was “free to let the[ir] imagination run rampant.” (p.7 ). In order to move away from the traditional conventions of ballet and obtain inspiration and organization for Boulder and Bones, the choreographers collaborated with artists of different mediums was put together which included: Andy Goldsworthy, Zoe Keating, and Rj Muna.…