Dance workshopAll the while I thought dancers are mere dancers who want
to entertain and amuse. They always listen to their respective
choreographers and graciously move their body. They show
their talents by practicing their moves and presenting it
towards the audience but my notion of dance lacks a
significant something, that significant something is the story
behind the steps. The routine performed had something to
say; it depicts reality through dance. They expose the
everyday living of the people by shaking, moving, slipping,
rolling, dancing for the benefit of the audience. As you can
see, dancing not only show a variety of movements, it also
showcase emotions and mysteries that people need to find out.
On their own or with the help of others? It does not matter.
I like the presentation in this dance workshop than the music
workshop we had before because primarily of the speaker.
The speaker is full of energy, funny and knows the topic very
well. He is not a trying hard copy cat, who thinks that he
knows everything; he is good when explaining the dances.
I like dancing, I used to dance but I am not biased against
the music workshop because that workshop is somewhat
boring. The actual dance was super, I just love it. You can
really see where they are coming, they do practice a lot and
the result is great. Their facial expressions were confident
although there are some flaws, they manage to create an
excellent number.
Flamenco dance from Spain (above), Mountain dance from Philippines (below).
I like the Flamenco dance, the Indian dance and Manlalatik.
Why do I like them? Very simple, these dances showed a
trademark of a cultural dance that is passed from generation
to generation. These dances were culturally important and to
experience such tradition, we need not go to these countries
namely, Spain, India and Philippines. We just need to see
them dance and through that, we actually can relate to the
people living in those years, what they do in a living, how
they made history that people today wants to experience
and gain knowledge. It is important to know information
from the past so that we will not commit their mistakes and
be prepared for the future. Only change is permanent, art
changes, dance changes, everything changes and we should
not be scared by it.
The Flamenco dance was awesome, I like the stomping of
the feet but I do not like the dancers, they are not sensual
enough. The Indian dance was a revelation for me because
before I thought, this dance is easy, anyone can dance to it
possibly because of the influence of Bollywood but after
seeing the Indian dance, it was really complicated. The head
movement was delicate, the muscles were functioning very
well and the constant smiling is hard. The projection of the
upper body must be practiced and I just love it. The
Manlalatik dance is quite hard because you have to dance,
you have make contact, you have to express sound, all at
the same time. It is hard plus you must be confident when
dancing because you not only memorized the steps, you
dance half naked in front of a wide audience. It takes
courage and determination to perfect such production.
This workshop made me realized a new perspective in
dancing. I do appreciate the dances we have right now,
hip hop, street and break dancing. They are fast, exciting,
and new but one thing that I never considered is that,
they have patterns, they have variations but the roots is
still the same. Watching Folk dance made me appreciate
art even better. Dance evolve through time with the
help of art. It is a must for choreographers to be creative,
sensitive and stylish to execute a good dance number
and without the prior knowledge of art, it is impossible
to make dance as lively and electrifying as today.
Different people do have different interpretation but the
concepts and ideas were portrayed for people to simply
understand and realize that dance is like a book, you
read cover to cover to fully appreciate its meaning.
Quotable Quotes.....
Strong people make just as many mistakes as weak ones do,
But the difference is this:
The strong ones admit their mistakes, laugh about them
and learn from them.
