Essays about Dance Page 5

Awiyao and Lumnay, the major characters in Amador Daguio’s short story, Wedding Dance, a long married couple from the mountain tribes. Awiyao, who in spite of being in love with his wife, Lumnay, feels the need to marry another woman in order to have a son. A child who will continue his bloodline to live…

‘A Bit of Singing and Dancing’ Susan Hill CBE (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, The Mist in the Mirror and I’m the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She was appointed Commander…

Carinosa Carinosa is a romantic coquettish common people dance set to a waltz-like 3/4 beat. A twosome expresses their feelings for each other with demure moves including playing hide-and-seek behind a hankie or a fan. Carinosa is known throughout the Philippines. Carinosa ( ‘kah-reehn-YOH-sah’ ) means fond. loveable or good-humored. With a fan or hankie….

Most Filipino dances were originally patterned after European dances during the Spanish colonial period. Pandango Sa Ilaw, Carinosa, Rigodon, and Balitao are examples of these dances that Filipinos are known for. In addition to these western-influenced dances, ethnic-created dances such as Tinikling made their way to nationwide recognition. Despite their evident adaptation to western dances,…

Amador T. Daguio was a poet, novelist and teacher during the pre-war. He was best known for his fictions and poems. He had published two volumes of poetry, “Bataan Harvest” and”The Flaming Lyre”. He served as chief editor for the Philippine House of Representatives before he died in 1966. He was born on January 8,…

The essay “Blue Winds Dancing” by Tom Whitecloud explores the theme of living between two worlds and the conflict that arises from longing for one’s home. The narrator grapples with finding satisfaction in their own culture while simultaneously disapproving of others. This conflict is evident in the narrator’s contrasting views of the two cultures they…

Rhythm can be construed as a graceful movement that enables a music to flow. It is a series of beats and pulses that gives timing to every note. It defines the expression, meaning and character of a particular type of music. Rhythm breathes life. Aside from harmony and melody, this is one of the most…

Throughout the movie “Mao’s last dancer” America’s wealth greatly contrasts with the poverty of China creating confusion and discovery for Lee throughout his encounters. We see Li a young Chinese boy from a conservative family within a strict communist government, become amazed and in oar at the freedom and opportunities America (Western society) provides as…

In the film War Dance It follows the life of three schoolchildren who live in northern Uganda in a refugee village (Paton refugee camp). The reason why they live in a refugee camps is the results of the rebels who are kidnapping children to become child soldiers and sex slaves. They enter a national music…

Immortal Technique tells the semi-fictional tale of a young man and his self-destructive path in “Dance with the Devil. ” The story is riddled with causality, biblical and spiritual references, and overtones of socio-ethnic observations. The listener follows “Billy Jacobs” along his gradual descent into corruption; from small time drug deals to rape and murder….