Dancer in the Dark

The flash of red and gold skirts contrasted with dark and ratty fabric is just one of the many comparisons used in the ballet Face to Face. This ballet demonstrates a stark contrast between a dancer filled with the hope and joy that Christ brings, and a dancer consumed by selfishness, alcohol, and loose living. I had the opportunity to view this ballet during a summer ballet intensive, and it challenged me to repent from my sin, and turn towards God. Last summer, I attended a two week Summer Dance

with their specific personality and dance. Everyone is happy and all dance for the princess. At the end of the prologue, the witch Carabosse, who did not get invited to the celebration, shows up and the stage begins to turn dark while the music changes from upbeat to slow and dark. The witch, who is wearing a long black robe, dances to put a curse on the princess Aurora that will cause her to prick her finger on a spike when she is 16 years old, and everyone in the kingdom will fall asleep.

wants to be perfect in every way she can so she practices everyday and takes some of Beth’s belonging because she thought it would help become a prefect dancer. This is similar to a young girl taking her mother’s make-up to put on because she wants to be just like her mother because her mother is her role model. Nina looks up to Beth as a prefect dancer a role model. Nina is the perfect White Swan, and has to figure out how to become, the Black Swam the alternate version of the White Swan. In order to

the the difficulties and successes of immigration through her partnership with the Dance Exchange and with the Virginia Commonwealth University Dance Department. This topic was beautifully addressed with the use of back story, dancers, and movement. Firstly, three of the dancers gave a short story about their history, some can trace their ancestry back to foreign countries, some just to the slave trade and some just know that their parents moved from one state over. Their statements all dealt very personal

as there were many spins and turns. The dancers used the gun gestures and video game resemblance to display the difficulty of trusting someone in today’s society. On the other hand, Gather Up the Fragments consisted of only one piece to express the idea of maintaining faith. This piece applied high movements as the dancers gradually stretched their hands in the air and low movements to sprawl out on the center of the stage. Similarly, they both utilized dark clothing and dim lighting to influence

Rehearsals Behind the Scenes: Before the production of Wicked, the dancers and singers practiced for two years. They had scripture readings and worked together on the choreography of the pieces. The dancers bonded through their love for the show and joked and laughed during rehearsals. The documentary stated that the dancers rehearsed up until the night before the first production. I find it so interesting that throughout the course of two years, there was still work to do the night before the

that Pina Bausch created, depicts a crowd of people dancing in water and having fun while doing it. The setting of this scene is on stage with a dark atmosphere, a monumental rock in the middle, and a pool of water on the floor. In the piece, “Vollmond,” by Pina Bausch, the choreographer expresses the message through the symbol of water, where the dancers are dancing freely in the water to show that water can be fun, but it can also be dangerous.

analyzing is “Don’t Fall Asleep”. There were dark red lights coming from the top before the dance began. Overall, there were fifteen dancers. There were many different props such as a bed with blankets on top that were rolling around on stage. Also, there was an acorn head that one of the dancers wore on top of his head. The music in the background was “Sweet dreams (Are Made of This)”. When watching this performance and the movement from the dancers, the story line in my opinion was there was a

“Curiosity,” is a photograph by Elena Kalis which portrays a contrast of light and dark with several hues of a particular color. The photograph depicts a mixture of various art elements, changing the perception the viewer has on the natural world to something different. Overall, “Curiosity” represents the escapism from the certain expectations of perfection in life. The photograph symbolizes the effects of expectations can have on a person by examining the features of the character. The focus

The dance as a whole was attention grabbing. The unifying theme and sound effect was the creaky rocking chair and the dancers in the black leotards with tutus. The relevance for me did work and I think most people like a good old rocking chair. But with that being said, the sound effect could have a terrifying feel. The ideas expressed in the dance for me was definitely an eerie feeling, which would say the average person may not be bothered due to the amount of crazy television programs with zombies