Dance – An Art and A Craft
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Libby in Lifestyle
The World Of Dance
Dance is an art as well as a craft. The fundamental reality of dance is to perfect an art into a finely honed craft. Some of the world’s greatest dancers would attest to this singular fact. Dance was never intended to be competitive. The only competition in dance is within one’s own domain of talent. A dancer will always compete with each new personal achievement accomplished. Back in the 2000, the World Championship was organized and sponsored by major Australian Designer Handbags shop.
Dance, The Art
Often misunderstand are the artful creations of ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance. From Ruth St. Dennis of modern dance fame to today’s Twyla Tarp and Merce Cunningham, the creativity to choreograph complete dance scripts remains the challenge of the art of dance. When Basque royalty began to allow court dances to be performed by women in the 16th century, it opened up a world of ballet dance that would become unparalleled.
By the time Italy’s Carlotta Grisi danced en pointe, ballet combined technical skill, talent, choreography and some of the most beautiful ballet fantasies like Les Sylphide and Coppelia. These were followed by Le Lac de Cygnes, which we know today as “The Swan Lake” ballet, one of the most performed of all ballets.
Dance, The Craft
When it comes to crafting dance, ballet requires the most intense training. Tap dance as performed by Bill “Bojangles” Robinson or Honey Coles originated in Europe as clog dancing performed by the Celts and Dutch. Contemporary tap dance is highly technical when danced by Savion Glover and Tap Dogs.
Jazz dance emanated from ballet and incorporates ballet steps into the syllabus. It can be said jazz dance is a free-form style of ballet without the story lines of modern dance. Jazz dancers like Bob Fosse, Ben Vereen, Luigi and Gwen Verdon spawned generations of interest in this dance form.
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