Dance Skills Essay

Introduction

The four dance lessons for Performing Skills was a meaningful experience for me. Not only did I get the chance to learn different choreographies, I also got the chance to come up with my own movement for the final choreography. This is done with the guidance by our dance instructor, Miss Eva. Miss Eva recently graduated from a dance course in LAsalle, being able to learn from her was a privilege despite that she was new to teaching. From Miss Eva, I was able to learn basic dance choreographies and she taught us basic skills needed to choreograph a dance routine. These basic skills really helped in understanding the process of art creation and I was able to gain relevant skills to help me as a future arts manager.

Artistic Process

Miss Eva taught us a few basic skills for dance art

She grouped us into group of three and we combine some of the gestures created by the class to create a short dance routine, which was later included into our final choreography. I was grouped with Faith and Evelyn for this part of the lesson. Liebman (n.d.) mentioned that “[i]n the beginning stages of the artistic process, inspiration comes from one’s idols, mentors and hopefully peers” (para.23). In this case, we were inspired by the different moves created by our peers to choreograph a short dance routine. This is another example of observing, where we observe our peers and try to choreograph a dance based on their perception of a path.

Lastly, there are other art creation skill she taught us which involves observing. One art creation skill is that she told us to choreograph dance movement from action verbs. Another art creation skill that she taught us was to take pictures around the mall and from the pictures we took, we have to come up with moves. For example, from the picture I took of people walking, I would have incorporate their movement of walking into my short dance