Dance is the art of expressing people’s emotions, beliefs, and feelings through body movements. Dancers have the power of communicating a message using body language and gestures, which can be considered dance’s universal language. Dance has the power to unite people from different cultures and regions eliminating barriers. To appreciate what dance can transmit to an observer, I went Thursday, May, 3rd to the Spring Dance Theatre presentation. I loved most of the dances, but I was more impacted by Tumultus, Shrinking World, For Those Who Cannot Speak, and Fragmented. Tumultus presented life at the beginning of the world when humans didn’t exist, and animals predominated and controlled the world. Right after Tumultus, Shrinking World was performed.…show more content… The darkness of the stage gives suspense to the whole dance. Besides the small red and white lanterns that each of the dancers wore on their heads, everything else was black, including their clothing. The red lights created the impression of fire and evil environment. Some of the movements create the image of waves with fire, which I relate with the beginning of earth when volcanoes spilled their lava. The dancers represent animals killing each other, very similar to hyenas. The dead bodies were especially from animals less represented or from different species, so dancers with white light were executed. During the play, one of the white light animals was murdered, so the group of evil creatures carried the body to create a kind of ritual. I related this event with tribes’ sacrifices when Indians kill a victim to offer the soul and body to their Gods. However, this section is also related to animal’s behaviors of finding a prey and offers it to the king, the lion. The music produced the sensation of living in a thriller movie, and in occasions, it combined science fiction songs with incorrectly played sounds to create more confusion. The robotic movements represent the animal ability to repeat an activity or action in several occasions without questioning. The body movements reflect confusion, and when the dancers move according to the music, I could feel my fear. One of the components of dance used was movement since all the dancers…show more content… During this production, I appreciated the art of dance with dancers expressing pleasure and inspire awareness about differences among cultures and generations. I recognize that dance projects meaning and moods to everyone in the audience; undoubtedly, people’s reactions will vary. The Spring Dance Theatre show was amazing, but For Those Who Cannot Speak won my heart and admiration. A few semesters ago, I took an art class, music, to fulfill one of my general requirements, and this semester I have a dance class; however, my dance and music classes have taught me that art is not just a hobby or a way to kill-time. Now, I can say that music and dance are art classes that show us to accept other people’s lives and preferences. They also help us to communicate with strangers and understand people from other
