Participation dance

and they begin formal schooling and most children are put into dance class. At this stage in their life they begin to figure out who they and continue to discover how they fit into the world around them. Movement in dance classes allows for a regulated way for children to become aware of their bodies, involve their minds on goals and tasks, and learn to work in a group setting with fellow students, all the while enjoying themselves and gaining self-confidence. As those children get older only those that are truly passionate about the art continue…

Bharata Natyam is a style of classical Indian dance that originated in the temple of Brhadeshvar in the area of Tamil Nadu. This style of dance can be traced back to the Natya Shasta, a Sanskrit Hindu text, which was written sometime around the 1st century BCE – 3rd century CE. In this text, written by Bharata, where Bharata Natyam gets its name, is an outline of the different facets of Sanskrit Theatre. Although in the west typically associates theatre with drama, classical Sanskrit theatre…

Tap Dogs is a professional Australian dance company whose grungy, yet casual costuming reflects their upbeat and exhilarating style of tap dancing, loose, fun and charismatic. Torn between labour and love, founder and choreographer Dein Perry uses dance to reflect his journey of becoming a professional tap dancer as a young boy. Getting down and dirty to the soul of this performance, there is no doubt that Tap Dogs Beams is far from the more traditional style of tap dancing. With a contemporary…

Injuries are prevalent in dance to the point where they are an expected part of the sport. The physical demands of the activity can lead easily to injuries if proper preventative steps are not taken. The fact that dancers are well known for dancing through pain does not help them in identifying injuries early and treating them before they become more serious. Failures to take even small preventative actions can lead to painful injuries later on. Above all, in order for a dancer to maintain a…

On September 18th through the 20th, Dance @ Wright was presented by the ECU School of Theatre and Dance. An event, performed by a variety of dancers that collaborated essential moods for their entire performance. The mood and the mode of representation of the dance became a key aspect of the performance. As a viewer, I ask myself did the music accommodate the performance or vice versa. Did the choreographer focus more on the alignment of the body or did he or she portray realistically on the…

What makes a dance technique or movement socially acceptable? Let’s take what is now one of the most common dance moves, twerking, for instance. When twerking first started, I am sure people were pretty disturbed or confused by the new movement, I know I was, but what changed that making it acceptable in our society today? As I reflected on this particular question, I came across an article written by Don McLeod titled, “An Art Form In Transition.” I was curious to find out if this same reaction…

“The Place for Inequality: Non-participation in the American Polity” is an article that explores the possible reasons for the linkage between increasing economic inequality and the lack of political participation within the lower and middle classes. The thesis of this article is to “[draw] individual differences and societal developments into a single account of structured behavior” regarding the aforementioned trend of lack of political activity within those of lower incomes and how increasing…

Interview My main reason to learn what participants thinks about the giftedness in early childhood. Therefore, interview is a great tool for me to achieve that goal. The semi structured interview are will be the center of this mini study, since guided interview allows researcher to follow format to utilize with all participants (Litchman, 2013). Even though the participants know the purpose of the interview, I will begin the interview by providing information about (a) why conducting the study,…

Brunel, Vallet & Versace(2009) created a study to examine the effect cross-modal priming presents when interrupted by visual and auditory simulations/masks, in order to prove that the priming effects is contingent to intuition/knowledge. Two experiments were conducted; each consisted of twenty-four students from Lyon 2 University in France, who were all right-handed and had normal/corrected vision. The first experiment focused on visual priming, which consisted of six practice trials and six…

To be able to form an attitude, consumers must have a certain level of awareness about the products’ existence (Kernan and Trebbi, 1973). Of the responses, 46.6% have selected that they have heard of Argan oil before and have used it in the past. The interviews revealed that the participants became aware of Argan oil mostly through the Internet (via Articles, Beauty Blogs) as well as recommendations from family members. It can be inferred that young adult Vietnamese consumers are fairly aware of…