Can anyone answer this question?
Tue, 15 Apr 2003, 03:03 pmMegan10 posts in thread
Can anyone answer this question?
Tue, 15 Apr 2003, 03:03 pmWhat is it about a dance school that makes you want to attend?
That is the question....can anyone answer it?
That is the question....can anyone answer it?
Re: No, but anyone can attempt to
Tue, 15 Apr 2003, 09:20 pmmikey wrote:
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> a dance school without rigidity and structure - i guess
> contemp dance. i wanna move my body and have no steps that i
> absolutely have to follow but my own
There's actually quite a few of those around, although you must be over 18 to enter. Pick any nightclub, you can learn by watching and experimenting, follow your own groove and either follow the 'rules' or break them at will.
But if you're thinking of any sort of dance to be shown as a performance, I'm pretty sure they've all got discipline and structure. Even the contemporary dance styles that seem quirky or arhythmical would all require you to follow a rehearsal structure of learning the moves and repeating them on cue.
I taught a semester of drama classes for a dance school once, and I can understand where the cynicism in the above few posts has possibly come from; I really found very few of the dance students I observed had much sense of inventiveness or creativity in their dance, and the ones that did seemed to get by despite the general stuff the school was doing. But again, the majority of the students all enjoyed what they were doing: I just didn't find it terribly stimulating.
And I was perhaps spoiled by my original introduction to dance schools...an Education Department establishment in the mid eighties called 'Dance Clips' that I was involved with for several eisteddfodds, and collaborated with in my initial forays into physical theatre. The work I remember from those days was exciting and inventive.
So basically, I don't think you can tar all dance schools with the same brush and make a broad judgement, any more than you can for different theatre groups. Any training is likely to be valuable...even if only to teach you what doesn't work for you, and to encourage you to take the skills you find useful but travel your own path.
Cheers
Craig
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> a dance school without rigidity and structure - i guess
> contemp dance. i wanna move my body and have no steps that i
> absolutely have to follow but my own
There's actually quite a few of those around, although you must be over 18 to enter. Pick any nightclub, you can learn by watching and experimenting, follow your own groove and either follow the 'rules' or break them at will.
But if you're thinking of any sort of dance to be shown as a performance, I'm pretty sure they've all got discipline and structure. Even the contemporary dance styles that seem quirky or arhythmical would all require you to follow a rehearsal structure of learning the moves and repeating them on cue.
I taught a semester of drama classes for a dance school once, and I can understand where the cynicism in the above few posts has possibly come from; I really found very few of the dance students I observed had much sense of inventiveness or creativity in their dance, and the ones that did seemed to get by despite the general stuff the school was doing. But again, the majority of the students all enjoyed what they were doing: I just didn't find it terribly stimulating.
And I was perhaps spoiled by my original introduction to dance schools...an Education Department establishment in the mid eighties called 'Dance Clips' that I was involved with for several eisteddfodds, and collaborated with in my initial forays into physical theatre. The work I remember from those days was exciting and inventive.
So basically, I don't think you can tar all dance schools with the same brush and make a broad judgement, any more than you can for different theatre groups. Any training is likely to be valuable...even if only to teach you what doesn't work for you, and to encourage you to take the skills you find useful but travel your own path.
Cheers
Craig
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