In their long, semi-improvised orchestral suites, broken up with unison guitar riffs, harmonized vocal chanting, polyrhythms and grooves built to accentuate slow, waist-winding dances, the emphasis is on the collective, not the individual.
"I love to see dance where the emphasis is purely on movement, and I feel ours could be just as fun to watch on its own.
Unlike EDMBiz at Vegas or the Amsterdam Dance Event, the emphasis in Miami is party party party, and whatever business deals are stuck happen poolside between drinks.
A lounge has a bar and dance area, with the emphasis shifting from drinking to dancing throughout the night.
You learn dance routines with the emphasis firmly on fun - a bit of air guitar with your grapevine, anyone?
Prompted by a belief that dance should be spiritual instead of simply entertaining or technically skillful, St. Denis brought to American dance a new emphasis on meaning and the communication of ideas by using themes previously considered too philosophical for theatrical dance.
An early explorer of multimedia dance with an emphasis on lighting and electronic effects, Mimi Garrard celebrates the 35th anniversary of her company with a retrospective that ranges from "Reflections on an Ecuadoran Jungle" to "Joplin Suite".
An early explorer of multimedia dance, with an emphasis on lighting and electronic effects, Mimi Garrard celebrates the 35th anniversary of her company with a retrospective that ranges from the 1984 "Exchange" to her new "Mythos" and "Tactile".
The modernist- Baroque-tango music is by Yuri Khanon; the dance emphasis is on the ballerina, pulling away from and returning to her partner with accumulating intensity.
The rest of the dance's emphasis on hips and shoulders (and shaking) put me in mind of Douglas Sirk housewives.
