Introduction
Concert dance is a type of dance that is usually performed on the stages of education, enjoyment, and some benefits (Scheff, Sprague, and McGreevy-Nichols 27). The peculiar feature of such an event is the inability to predict what to expect. Even if a person is informed about some details of the dance concert and the guests, who are going to participate, it is hard to cope with the emotions and attitudes to everything that can happen on the stage.
One of such surprises was available to the audience of the CSN Fall Dance Concert. The last Friday (4 December), on the stage of the CSN Performing Arts Center, people got a chance to enjoy a “wide array of performances by students, professionals, and special guest artists” (“Performing Arts Center” par. 1). The dance concert under analysis is interesting and challenging because it is important to consider the level of experience of each participant, compare the quality of performance, and never stop enjoying the beauty of the performance offered.
Expectations
Due to the advertisements that had been available to people far before the concert, many students and even teachers expected a lot from the performance in the way Rachel (the main character of McDaniel’s Last Dance) did when “classes were even longer and more demanding” (McDaniel 5).
There were several reasons for people to believe that they could spend their $8 not in vain. First, the CSN Dance Ensemble, this internationally acclaimed Concert Dance Company, always introduces powerful shows with a number of unpredicted issues. Second, several special guests were invited. Finally, it is a chance to observe the students, who are nearby day by day, in new roles demonstrating new skills.
Performance
During the performance itself, it was hard to think about the necessity to critique something. It was time for pleasure. The excitement, passion, commitment, and dynamics absorbed from the first minutes. Due to perfectly defined movement qualities when different time spans could give each quality a distinct feature (Kassing 44), it seemed that each dancer talked directly to the audience introducing its separate macro-performance (Hemphill 57).
It seemed that the director of the performance, Kelly Roth, wanted his audience not only to enjoy a number of new techniques and details of the concert but also to make use of each emotion such as happiness, sorrow, panic, amusement, and even fear. The experience and ideas of this choreographer and showman impress many people.
His mission is not only to create, perform, and view dance (“Welcome to the Dance Program” par. 1) but also to create a story with a number of chapters, and each chapter has its own goal and influence on the audience. The combination of contemporary dance, ballet, and modern dance is an amazing part of the concert. On the one hand, it is an opportunity to isolate the dancers and make them develop their own emotions and skills. On the other hand, the concert is the possibility for every viewer to enjoy the emotions on the stage and to learn something from the dancers.
Conclusion
In general, the CSN Fall Dance Concert is the combination of the dancers’ maturity and the intentions to become better in the sphere of dance. This concert contains the performances of the dancers of different levels. However, when a viewer watches the shows, it is hard to comprehend where a beginner is and where a professional is because the passion, emotions, and attitudes to the performance are amazing. There is no desire to analyze or criticize the concert but sit and enjoy every moment.
Works Cited
Hemphill, Brian. The Elements of Creative and Expressive Artistry: A Philosophy for Creating Everything Artistic. Bloomington, IL: iUniverse, 2011. Print.
Kassing, Gayle. Discovering Dance. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2014. Print.
McDaniel, Lurlene. Last Dance. Minneapolis, MN: Darby Creek, 2005. Print.
Performing Arts Center. 2015. Web.
Scheff, Helene, Sprague, Marty and Susan McGreevy-Nichols. Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance., 2010. Print.
Welcome to the Dance Program. 2015. Web.