Classical Contemporary Dance
In today's world of dance, the combination in maintaining classical vocabulary, and introducing new techniques established through proven theory have become an important process in crafting works for stage. Deciding what exactly is contemporary dance is another interesting thought. What is Jazz Dance in comparison to Modern Dance? Has it lost its nature? How did Jazz Dance become Jazz Dance? Is contemporary Dance everything else that is not Classical Ballet? Jazz Dance being performed on today's stage is not the same as it was ten years, twenty years, or even sixty years ago. Has Jazz Dance become a sport for teenagers who want to be on the dance team or hope for commercial work? Is the majority of dance being taught across the country to win the trophy or receive some type of recognition?
Contemporary means it is happening or living in the same period of time.
The ability to entertain as well as deliver a sense of aesthetics skill to the audience is challenging for the choreographer. Dancers who are skillfully trained in the classical method with a strong background in other disciplines have an advantage in the business. This fusion has not only provided choreographers with a wide selection to create works, but dancers are able to express from several sources and theories in movement.
This wheel of creating techniques borrowed from other techniques, and accepting what is art and what is hype is the problem. The use in marketing dance for a fast buck to artists who are maintaining the ethics have come head to head. Teachers who have distinctively studied classical ballet have now been forced to join with other contemporary artists for survival. The tricky part is the not knowing what is quality in the contemporary field. Quality work brought to serious ballet students is either intimating or exciting. Dancers inspiring to perform more jazz works find daily classes in ballet intimating or challenging.
Dancers with a traditional mindset, training heavily in the classical technique, with little exposure to others forms of dance, compared to dancers who studied several types of disciplines from other contemporary artists: have brought dramatic changed to the business of dance.
Through the ages of Classic dance, we have seen the traditional ballets from Romanticism such as "La Sylphide" into the Classicism of "La Bayadere" and the Christmas traditional "The Nutcracker" later into the Classical, Comedy Ballets, Traditional Ballets, Modern Ballets, which later introduce Modern Dance and Contemporary Dance. On the other scored board, jazz artists know dance through the times in which the African's brought their culture to American later into music halls, carnivals, ballrooms, musical theater, concert, and TV/Film. In the modern dance era, important figures such as Duncan, Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Limon,, who where the shakers and the movers in their time creating works from shape, concepts, qualities in movement and risk taking factors.
There are several talented artists with their vision in how art is true to them. Choreographers, teachers, dancers who have performed on a professional level dedicated their life to dance will bring to the table their performance experiences, inspiration from artists, background in studies and the drive inside of them.
Elite, structured background, energy level, traditional circle of support compared to open mind individual, a rounded experience, dynamic qualities, shared vision, risk taking, are the difference between the personalities of classical and contemporary. Works in classical ballet and contemporary dance are beautiful in there own expression. Combining the two techniques are interesting and provides unique flavor.
Dance is about communicating with your body and delivering an image. Accomplished Art is secured by one's technique through studies from professors, educators, mentors, and other profound artist who have impact the discipline by providing theory with documentation in their work.
In today's world of dance, the combination in maintaining classical vocabulary, and introducing new techniques established through proven theory have become an important process in crafting works for stage. Deciding what exactly is contemporary dance is another interesting thought. What is Jazz Dance in comparison to Modern Dance? Has it lost its nature? How did Jazz Dance become Jazz Dance? Is contemporary Dance everything else that is not Classical Ballet? Jazz Dance being performed on today's stage is not the same as it was ten years, twenty years, or even sixty years ago. Has Jazz Dance become a sport for teenagers who want to be on the dance team or hope for commercial work? Is the majority of dance being taught across the country to win the trophy or receive some type of recognition?
Contemporary means it is happening or living in the same period of time.
The ability to entertain as well as deliver a sense of aesthetics skill to the audience is challenging for the choreographer. Dancers who are skillfully trained in the classical method with a strong background in other disciplines have an advantage in the business. This fusion has not only provided choreographers with a wide selection to create works, but dancers are able to express from several sources and theories in movement.
This wheel of creating techniques borrowed from other techniques, and accepting what is art and what is hype is the problem. The use in marketing dance for a fast buck to artists who are maintaining the ethics have come head to head. Teachers who have distinctively studied classical ballet have now been forced to join with other contemporary artists for survival. The tricky part is the not knowing what is quality in the contemporary field. Quality work brought to serious ballet students is either intimating or exciting. Dancers inspiring to perform more jazz works find daily classes in ballet intimating or challenging.
Dancers with a traditional mindset, training heavily in the classical technique, with little exposure to others forms of dance, compared to dancers who studied several types of disciplines from other contemporary artists: have brought dramatic changed to the business of dance.
Through the ages of Classic dance, we have seen the traditional ballets from Romanticism such as "La Sylphide" into the Classicism of "La Bayadere" and the Christmas traditional "The Nutcracker" later into the Classical, Comedy Ballets, Traditional Ballets, Modern Ballets, which later introduce Modern Dance and Contemporary Dance. On the other scored board, jazz artists know dance through the times in which the African's brought their culture to American later into music halls, carnivals, ballrooms, musical theater, concert, and TV/Film. In the modern dance era, important figures such as Duncan, Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Limon,, who where the shakers and the movers in their time creating works from shape, concepts, qualities in movement and risk taking factors.
There are several talented artists with their vision in how art is true to them. Choreographers, teachers, dancers who have performed on a professional level dedicated their life to dance will bring to the table their performance experiences, inspiration from artists, background in studies and the drive inside of them.
Elite, structured background, energy level, traditional circle of support compared to open mind individual, a rounded experience, dynamic qualities, shared vision, risk taking, are the difference between the personalities of classical and contemporary. Works in classical ballet and contemporary dance are beautiful in there own expression. Combining the two techniques are interesting and provides unique flavor.
Dance is about communicating with your body and delivering an image. Accomplished Art is secured by one's technique through studies from professors, educators, mentors, and other profound artist who have impact the discipline by providing theory with documentation in their work.