Essays about Dance Page 11

Tabitha Dumo, a Jersey girl with an original dance background in jazz, tap and ballet prior to hip hop, has arrived on the Hollywood dance scene and shaken it up.  She and her husband, Napoleon Dumo, have made a significant impact in the culture of their genre through the innovative style dubbed “lyrical hip hop’….

The Notorious B. I. G. – Christopher Wallace. born in 1972. spent the bulk of his life in the Bed-Sty vicinity in Brooklyn. New York. At the age of 12. he began selling drugs. He became a cardinal figure in the east-coast hip-hop scene after he was discovered by Sean “Puffy” Combs. with his platinum-selling…

Reflection II Today’s society is heavily impacted by the music world. Music has a way with influencing its listeners, and many may argue that for some music types, this is a bad thing, especially for black women. Even with many new genres arising from the contemporary music scene , hip-hop has maintained it’s leading popularity….

According to Morgan (927), Barack Obama commended hip-hop for its intelligence and insightfulness, recognizing its ability to effectively express complicated concepts. The genre’s evolution has been shaped by its youthful essence, often appealing to younger audiences through its lyrics. Initially driven by young individuals, hip-hop has achieved worldwide recognition and continues to be nourished by…

Most of us started listening to hip-hop at some point, whether it was by mistake or at a young age. All I have to say is if it wasn’t for the underground, which weren’t mainstream back in the days, artist that are now would’nt even exist. You see the trouble is with the omission of…

My name starts with the most recognized flower in the nation and the most common name of people, however, I am original. My name is Jasmine Alexander. The dream I have holds the most emotional and special moment in my life. In childhood, that’s when I discovered I had the desire to dance. From that…

Subli: Subli is a dance devotion performed in honor of the Mahal na Poong Santa Cruz, a large crucifix of anubing wood with the face of the sun in silver at the center. Kuratsa: Kuratsa is a folk dance of Waray that portrays a young playful couple’s attempt to get each other’s attention. It is…

The hip hop subculture is a way of life tethered to and popularized by the widespread practice of rap music. It originates from the African American community. It is expressed through flashy modes of dressing, graffiti art forms, break dancing, and slang. However, with the passage of time, the culture has traversed racial and cultural…

‘Billy Elliot’ In the film ‘Billy Elliot’, 11 year old boy Billy is bought up into an economically repressed mining town without the care of his beloved mother. Billy lives in a small cramped English house with his bad-tempered brother, out of control father and his delirious grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance…