...Introduction Dance therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that uses movement to promote the social, mental, emotional, and physical improvement of an individual. Dance is the most important key of the arts it involves a direct expression of someone’s self over one’s body. It is specifically a powerful medium for therapy. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person (Dance, 2013).. It emphasis on the connection between the mind and body to support health and healing. Dance therapy can be deliberate as an expressive therapy. Clinical reports propose that dance therapy may be effective in refining self-esteem and decreasing stress and anxiety. As a form of exercise, dance therapy can be beneficial for both physical and emotional phases of quality of life. The benefits of dance involve improved balance as well as it can improve the quality of life. Though benefits can be attained with a short and concentrated dance involvement, longer involvements may prove to be more beneficial. American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) The roots of dance/movement therapy can be found to the early 20th century and Marian Chace was the founder of DMT (Sandel, Chaiklin, & Lohn, 1993). . Chace was a dancer in Washington, D.C. who started teaching dance after termination of her career with the Denishawn Dance Company in 1930. She observed that some of her students were...
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...treatment and symptoms refer appendix I). One approach to reducing the symptoms of PD is through the use of exercise. Traditional exercise approaches to deal with gait and balance difficulties may include dynamic balance training, treadmill training, or strength training. Recommendations have been made regarding key components of an exercise program designed for those with PD. Keus et al. recommend four key areas: i) cueing strategies to improve gait, ii) cognitive movement strategies to improve transfers, iii) exercises to improve balance, and iv) training of joint mobility and muscle power to improve physical capacity. Dance as a Form of Exercise: Dance is an activity that is performed with music. (i) The music may serve as an external cue to facilitate movement, thus addressing the first recommended component which is the use of external cues. (ii) Dance also involves the teaching of specific movement...
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...Les Nuits (The Nights) critique Les Nuits was one of the most interesting ballets I’ve ever seen and probably will ever see. Such adjectives as sexy, flirty, and steamy could all be used to describe the ballet as a whole. The dancers movements were timed perfectly with the music bringing a magical feeling about it almost like the dancers were robots that were timed perfectly to the music. It seemed like each dancer fed off of the others dancers energy and movements creating a wonderful spectrum to the eye. Also the dancers movements were very riskay, which also including nudity which in my opinion helped keep the audience amused and gave it a sense of excitement and sex appeal. I also thought the use of props was pretty well used especially the scene with I believe it was hookahs and they were blowing smoke while the male dancers acted like they were inhaling and exhaling, this was my favorite part of the show! But in a couple scenes where it was just dancers I wished they had props too, in my opinion it would have made the show that much better. The lighting was very well done always having light lit up in the perfect spot and perfect time, also the colors really set the mood of the show. The dancers were oh so professional I can only imagine how long it would take someone to master their moves and flexibility it was unbelievable! I can’t even touch my toes or do a simple pique turn let alone contours my body like the dancers were doing! All in all I really enjoyed going to...
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...colorful dance indicating the richness of the culture of Lambunao. It’s a courtship dance depicting the movement of a bird called “Banog”. Binanog is celebrated every 2nd Sunday of January in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño. According to history, the Binanog dance and the Bukidnons of Lambunao and Central Panay, tackles the richness of the Bukidnons of Lambunao in terms of the culture and the tradition that make Binanog dance one of the strong pillars of its claim of wealth. It also presents the theories of the origin of these people and shows their location and distribution. ------------------------------------------------- The dance can be a mode of worship, or a courtly pastime. With urbanization contributing to the decline in the art, a program for its revival was launched couple of years ago with the creation of the Binanog Festival.The gem of the exhibition is the tribe competition that highlights the mating of banog birds accompanied by the symbolic beating of the gong, synchronizing with the vibrant movement emphasizing footwork and speed. The dance reaches its climax as the female dancers catches her male partner using a handkerchief. Lambunao, Iloilo | January 10- January 16 Binanog is a yearly festivities celebrated by the Lambunaonos every January in honor of infant Jesus. Binanog means a pool of dance by the people in hinterland of Lambunao. The following are the Binanugan, the dance depicting the movement of the birds, the Inagong sayaw-sayaw, a celebration dances and the...
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...(portrayal of gender and masculinity) This essay examines the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences, the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the family, the older female, the community, the self and the act of dancing itself. These aspects will be referenced using reviews of the musical version of the work and articles written on the film of Billy Elliot. However, have today‟s audiences conditioned their gendered gaze to allow for the male ballet dancer to dominate the contemporary stage? Or do we still control our social perceptions and cultural associations with out-of-date images of the past? Have popular perceptions about the male ballet dancer changed? Is there a birth of a new male dancer phenomenon? However, have today‟s audiences conditioned their gendered gaze to allow for the male ballet dancer to dominate the contemporary stage? Or do we still control our social perceptions and cultural associations with out-of-date images of the past? Have popular perceptions about the male ballet dancer changed? Is there a birth of a new male dancer phenomenon?Even...
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...that differs completely from the original Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. He presents to the audience story line through well-choreographed ballet that is clear and does not require an extensive reading of the program notes to comprehend (Motzkus). The audience does not have to be well experienced or have any background in dance to grasp the understanding of the plot and characters development. Bourne’s Swan Lake takes the world by storm by replacing the main roles such as Odette/Odile and the swans, always played by ballerinas, with male dancers and presents before us his interpretation of Swan Lake. But what is the typical swan from Swan Lake? My first thought, like many others, would be just like this group of female dancers in their ruffles of tutu, tights, and tiara headpiece. A group of swans dance around their princess. They hope that she will find a prince of pure of heart who will pledge his love to her in order to break the curse. However the prince and princess are face with many challenges that will test their love and devotion to one another. It was only in death were they finally able to be together. And all this express with no words just dance movement and climatic music. [pic] [pic] Picture 1 Picture 2 But here comes Matthew Bourne who takes these thoughts and replaces all that everyone is used to in the performing arts with a group of dancers in knee-high feathered trousers, exposing their upper body revealing these swans to be all male. Compare to these...
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...On November 3rd, Scapa’s middle and elementary dance majors went to see Dia De los Muertos which was performed by Bluegrass Youth Ballet at the Lexington Opera House. This performance was choreographed and created by Adalhi Aranda Corn. She decided that she wanted to share the history and her traditions of the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday through a dance. Throughout the performance there is a slide show playing in the background. The pictures shown in the background usually matched the theme of each dance. For example, while everyone joins together in the cemetery close to Estelita’s grave, in the background pictures of decorated skeleton heads with flowers around them are shown. This performance is different from most ballet performances....
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...Why do individuals dance? What’s it's purpose? It's a great way of expressing your emotions and feelings and entertaining others with a story or simply using a variety of dance moves to show off your true feelings. Each dance style has its own way of expressing feelings/emotions. It’s a way to escape from the real world. Human beings probably danced even before there was a word for it. Rhythmic bodily movement is instinctive. It connects people, even if subconscious, to the rhythms of nature. Tori Ashdown describes how modern dance saved her life, she expresses “ How it something about the swift feeling under the ball of your foot as you pirouette, the air rushing beneath you as you leap, your body melting out emotion with each release and...
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...pirouettes. After the curtain came down on the final show, she couldn’t point her feet or raise up en pointe; her ankles wouldn’t allow it. Her foot felt like it was on backward. This is when Dr. Kathleen Bower ’11 was first introduced to the world of physical therapy— and was set on the path to become a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) graduate who would combine her love of movement with a passion for injury prevention. Dance injuries have been on the rise for more than a decade, with a 37% increase reported from 1991 to 2007 in a study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Feet are crunched, strained, sprained. Ankles are twisted, elbows are bumped and bruised, and arms are broken during falls. Dancers risk losing mobility with every jeté. When dancing en pointe, the average pressure on the shoe’s toe box is about 220 pounds per square inch. Some of the associated injuries can be career-ending. Bower was fortunate, though, and after months of physical therapy and a referral to a dance medicine specialist she was able to return to dance—something she’d loved ever since seeing “The Nutcracker” as a 3-year-old in Danville, California. “When you spend months in physical therapy yourself, you realize its importance,” Bower says. Dr. Kathleen Bower. Photo credit: Leigh Esty. In college at California State...
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...patience throughout the past 12 years as a dance coach, a nanny and a waitress. Similarly, my flexible and easygoing demeanor will be very useful during therapy sessions and work as a clinician. My personal experience taught me that things do not always go as planned. As a professional, this flexibility will allow me to make changes and adapt a therapy plan when necessary. I saw the importance of adaptability during direct clinical experience with a child on the autism spectrum. Thanks to my early experience with dance, I was given the opportunity to work with children at a young age. My love for helping kids began when I became a dance teacher at my local dance studio. Ever since, I have aspired to work with children in some capacity. After shadowing a Speech-Language Pathologist for the first time, I quickly realized how my dream of helping children was going to be fulfilled. I knew that I had found my perfect career path. Throughout the past four years, my experiences have prepared me...
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...A sport, an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another for entertainment. When you hear these words, many of you may think of baseball, basketball, football, or volleyball, but there is one more sport that may not have crossed your mind, dance. Dance is not considered a sport by many people because they believe ballet is an art rather than a sport, but there are many reasons why I think it should qualify as both. Though dance may look elegant and graceful, there is a lot of physical exertion and skill required. Dancers must have enough strength and control to make even the most complex skills look effortless. Dance like almost any other sport can lead to injury. In fact, in a study...
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...Dance therapists are trained to pay close attention and track their experience on three levels: thinking/mind, feeling/emotion, and bodily sensation. This awareness on our body is such rich resource to enhance a person’s holistic well-being. Moving Encounter practice is created particularly but not limited to foster the embodied process of connecting within us, with another person, and even with the world. This presentation shares a dance therapist’s personal journey of migration internally and her finding of how Moving Encounter practices leads the pathway toward further integration. It is strongly believed by the presenter that a dance therapist should never stop dancing. This workshop aims to stimulate open discussion and offer a possibility of involving the embodied process between the dance therapists as a way for creative collaboration, as well as strengthening connections between intrapsychic, interpersonal, and inter-spiritual....
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...On Thursday, February 2nd I attended the Charlotte Ballet for a tour of the company as well as watching their weekend performance at 1: 00p.m of Innovative Works at the Bonnefoux Center for Dance. The Charlotte Ballet is a Charlotte-based, world class repertory dance ensemble who is artistically directed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. The Charlotte Ballet has been in existence for over twenty-five years where the company has been in four different locations. The company holds over 700 academy students ranging in ages from three and up. They currently have sixteen full time teachers where they teach classes with the curriculum of Russian trained. Innovative Works was a collection of shorter works where we saw five different dances choreographed by different artists. The first dance that was performed was called “Utopia” choreographed by Sasha Janes. This dance was choreographed based on what was going in the Americas in the 1950s. There were four dancers in this piece including the Husband, Wife, Secretary, and Psychiatrist. The husband wearing a black tux and a white button down with suspenders. The wife was wearing a black and white floral dress that came to her knees where she wore an...
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...Melissa – 40 years old. Molly, a 20-year old, was accepted into NYU, but sadly the scholarship only covered a forth of first year tuition. While she was waiting for her loan approval, Molly’s friend who was an erotic dancer suggested Molly to try dancing as a way to make money. Molly decided to give it a chance. She learned how to dance very quickly, and she also had grown to love it. Molly earned a large amount of money to pay for her school tuition each semester. Now Molly is an executive marketing research analyst for Diakin Co. Do you think it was right or wrong that Molly decided to become an erotic dancer to put herself through school? The subject thinks that it’s wrong mainly because this job is unhealthy for those who are involved in the industry. In her opinion, the industry promotes the objectification of women. The atmosphere surrounding the clubs has no positive attributes, which causes the women feeling worthless and ashamed. Majority of the women in this industry are exposed to situations that are dangerous and unforgettable such as rape, metal issues or drug usage. Melissa also concerns about the consequences that may follow Molly after erotic dancing; for example, the chances of Molly getting sexually assault would likely to happen or Molly could potentially develop a self-esteem issue. Furthermore, Melissa expressed her opinions about a country where young women would have to think of this path as an option to make money, and those men who look at women as...
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...seeing the movie and that kind of gave me an idea about the movie. I was a little bit excited mainly because Pina was my first dance movie. I have seen other movies in the past , mostly hip hop and ballet fused together (Save the last dance and Step Up) but Pina was my first “proper” dance movie. I was also a little bit anxious because I wasn’t sure I could sit through almost two hours of mainly dance performances which was not set in the United States. I thought because it was of German origin it will be boring and I would not really understand it. I had mixed reactions during the film mainly because of the different elements combined together by the producer. First the fact that it was 3D intrigued me. It made some of the parts come alive and I felt like I was in front of a live performance of the dance. There were parts that were so beautifully choreographed.; for example, the first piece where the female and male dancers were separated and one of the female dancers was about to be chosen to die, I could see feel the tension and what was going on in their minds. Some parts even though interesting was a little boring and I almost doze off until another piece of music comes and I become fully awake. The music added its own theme to the movie, it is different because it is German so it was different, and most of the dance pieces were slow graceful dances and the music kind of feel the same way. The music was in a way talking to the dancers so the audience could follow. The costumes...
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