Thursday, November 5, 2015

dance and gymnastics

Dance and gymnastics are similar and different in different ways.I do gymnastics and a lot of the time in gymnastics we work on perfecting form. This is similar to dance because in dance i also have to work on my form and technique. both gymnastics and some dances include pointed toes and a straight body. however dance and gymnastics are also different in some ways. in gymnastics there is mostly only one way to do a specific trick, and in some dance, like modern dance there are multiple ways to interpret something.Dance and gymnastics have many more similarities and differences too!
in this example you can see pointed toes
here too you see pointed toes. both this image and the image above are of similar tricks so this shows how they are similar, but you can see a slight difference in their form.


which dance did you like better the joint dance or muscle dance?

In dance so far we have done two dances. The joint dance and muscle dance. The joint dance was a lot faster and had sharper movements. In addition the music we used for the joint dance had screaming in the background, which i personally liked. However the muscle dance is slower and a little more flowy, if you know what i mean when i say 'flowy'. Personally i liked the muscle dance better beacause i like the beginning where our arms go up on our shoulders and out to each side and then we straighten our arms up into the air. But i would love to know what dance you liked better! so you can comment which one you liked.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

BAX

In maybe 1st grade i started doing ballet with my best friend until i was about 7 or 8. I then found this place called BAX and started with a modern dance. Then i got invited to a slightly more advanced and bigger commitment class called DPW 1, which stands for dance performance workshop 1. There are three DPW's and you have to get invited to them, most people stay in each DPW for 1-3 years. This is my second year in DPW 1. I hope that after this semester i get invited to DPW 2.
Personally I think BAX has a great community and a awesome place to dance. :)