Tag: Contemporary
Why Study Dance
Why study Dance?
Dance engages the mind, body and spirit and provides opportunities for the development of physical, expressive, “critical, imaginative, appreciative and perceptive abilities” (Bannon & Sanderson 2000). Students develop Continue reading
Ballet Rambert
The Grand Plie
I almost never give grand pile at the barre other than in 2nd until I’ve been working with young dancers for at least a few years Continue reading
WOW – A Comparative Mechanical Analysis of the Pointe Shoe Toe Box
Why Not Teach Contemporary Dance To Beginners?
Contemporary dance is a fusion of ballet and modern in it’s most simplistic definition. And most western dance forms acknowledge that ballet is the foundation of them all, not because it’s superior, but because it came first. So it’s difficult to teach or for that matter learn other forms Continue reading
Carol Schwarzkopf 