Thursday, November 22, 2007
I am back to post again.
Ok..recently i have been rather intensively researching a lot about dance.
i think there's more to dance.
that i don't know and trying to figure out.
and another thing is this topic is very useful for my General Paper in college.
seriously.
let's start.
i would like to share some of the interesting things about dance that maybe some of u might not realize.
ready?
1) The 3 levels of dance
I realized something about good choreographers/dancers out there. They love to choreograph in 3 levels. I think it is the top (head and above motion), the middle (body, hands motion) and the low (legs, butt and below motion). And it think it is cool. Seriously. Getting from one level to another and then another creates the variation rather than juz for example moving with your legs and hands. Why not wobble ur head or sth? Or i have seen more cooler once, rotating of body followed by legs. Another aspect would be when dancers kneel down or bend lower to create the 3 level effect which is really amazing. This can also be seen in ethnic dance culture like the Malay Dance, whereby you can see them standing up right, then lowering a little and sometimes kneeling down.
2) Fast and slow motion
Another thing i really enjoyed is the fast and slow motion. It is according to the beats. I noticed some choreographers/dancers are really good at this. Those slow motion acts. Or slow moves. Then suddenly fast action. This effect is really amazing i must say.
3) Facial expression
I took this out after watching a wave vid. This guy was doing a body wave and a vomitting motion as he ends the wave. The thing that catches my attention as how he did his facial expression. It creates that special effect. It's creates life to be exact. Some dancers also tend to create different expressions at different routines. Like sometimes they keep smiling and when the music starts to get fiercer with bigger beats, their face turns like someone crazy and shouting. This might seem unimportant but considering if they're judges in front of u, it creates more life to the whole dance. This is a unique trait of 'So you think you can dance?' winner, Benji Schwimmer. I have watched his videos, he can do the serious look, then smile and then do the moves around his mouth big, like saying 'Wo!'.
PS: Don't use wikipedia to research on ur dance alone. Wikipedia has tonnes of flaws in their information. Do a cross-reference by asking around ur fellow dancers and/or instructors.
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"i am not a good dancer seriously. but nothing can deny the fact that i really enjoyed doing it and more importantly learning more about it. there's more to dance. and i want to know them." - azhar
_______ life is our stage.
