Ballet Dance Analysis

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Ballet Dance Analysis

Music involves different aspects for instance there is the song, dance and the instrumentals used. With dance, there are different types of dance including ballet, salsa among other dances. Ballet is widely known and among the theatres that present such dances include the famous Miller Outdoor Theatre. One of the ballet projects presented during the concert that captured my mind to find it interesting, quality and detailed was the Black Iris Project. Jeremy McQueen founded the project in 2016 as the key choreographer. The presentation in the concert was detailed and had key ballet features.

To start, a ballet dance takes up a large space on the stage. During the performance the dancers utilised the space to ensure all the moves are clear. Ballet involves stretching of the legs thus needs a lot of space and the dancers should be keen enough not to bump into each other while dancing (Guss-West, Clare, and Gabriele Wulf 29). During the dance there were no interruptions thus making the dance interesting with clear moves. The Assemblé was uniform and legs could return to the same position without interruption. Further, the Grande Jeté and the Pirouette was so beautiful and one could not get enough of this move during the concert.

Not to forget the Ballerinas who performed the modern dance were dressed in the right ballet shoes a well as the suit. It is important to dress on the right attire for a specific dance since it matters especially on flexibility and setting of the whole dance mood. The dancers wore satin pointe shoes which facilitated balancing on one toe. After balancing on one foot, the ballerinas performed the adagio and the angle above 90 degrees was noticeably which was so commendable to the dancers. The attitude was very uniform among the dancers especially when bending the knee towards the back. However, the front attitude was not to perfection perhaps because it was among the last moves performed by the dancers. Also, the camber was performed and one could confuse the dance with a movie since it appeared like the dancers had no hip bone. Both the fifth position and the first position were clearly brought out in the dance. Generally, it is always difficult to perform the fifth position and go back to the first position but with much practice, the dancers will always find making the transition an easy task (Kholodenko, Boris, John, and Walter 414).

The time the dance utilized was around seven minutes. The dancers were fast enough to perform the moves since they made nearly all the moves done while doing ballet in such a short period of time. Also the time used to transit from one move to the next was very short to an extent one could not notice it. The short transition time is so commendable and a good way to present the dance. Also, the dancers did not struggle and less energy was used performing the dance. However, literally, one could say a lot of energy was consumed by the dancers because of the hard moves made. There was variation of movement and they first move related to the second move and so did the third relate to the second and so on. The movements followed a certain pattern and there were many moves and hard for one to give an exact number.

Conclusively, ballet can be a boring dance when performed by people who are not skilled and done enough practice. The dance was so interesting and it was so evidence the audience could not get enough of it. The choreography was also done well to an extent there were very few minor mistakes in the dance (something a ballet fun can tell and a music teacher). At the end of the dance everyone applauded to show they did like the dance. The dance was one of the best dances performed in the concert.

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August 9th 2019 concertGuss-West, Clare, and Gabriele Wulf. “Attentional focus in classical ballet: a survey of professional dancers.” Journal of Dance Medicine & Science 20.1 (2016): 23-29.

Kholodenko, Boris N., John F. Hancock, and Walter Kolch. “Signalling ballet in space and time.” Nature reviews Molecular cell biology 11.6 (2010): 414.