Gabby Rosales

11/18/17

2nd Dance Performance

My first dance performance I went to see was Body Logic Dance Company. They have

created dances to give us the more understanding how homeless people are surviving and how

they live their lives on the streets. Homeless is an enormous impact in the community because

we never know they really feel and how they want to communicate with us. It was very

interesting to watch those kinds of dances and how the dancers really give us the behavior of the

homeless people.

The first dance was Becoming Disconnected, and it was representing how they have lost

their human connections because they are so caught up with their every day lives. The

choreographers name is Mandi Taylor and she did an amazing job. Her dancers are Chelacie

Yeoman, Eiby Lobos, Karyn Allen, and Serena Webb.

The second dance was Change My Horizon and it really presents that the homeless

wanted to change their horizons to better themselves and feel that changing is the best for them.

The choreographers name is Chelacie Yeoman and she has done a great job. Her dancers are

Eiby Lobos and Melanie Francom.

The third dance was Revulsion and it has talked about how there are evil things out in

this world and that the homeless think its not best to talk about how they feel and how they are

living at. They felt evil will come for them if they tell their situations towards people. The

choreographers name is Eiby Lobos and her choreography was perfect. Her dancers are

Chelacie Leoman, Melanie Francom, and Serena Webb. The music was by Chromatics.
 The last dance was Things They Carry. It has represented that the things they have carry

with them while homeless has helped them to be alive and survive. It has been their blessing to

feel to carry the many things they have with them every single day. The choreographers names

is Melanie Francom and Serena Webb. The music was by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Mostly the costumes were like dark plaid colors, but there were some light colors in some

of the dances. They wore black leggings, plaid pattern shirts with scarfs. The description of the

staging was mostly white lighting with a bit of red lighting to represent some of the dances they

have done. In some dances, the costumes were like leggings with nice shirts or jeans with a black

shirt on.

The movements were very strong to the point how they present it. Some were sad to

watch because seeing how the homeless really suffer. Through depression towards suicide and

many more things. The space was used around the whole floor and they used their legs and arms

as a symbol of hurt and aggression. They carry out the many aspects on how they feel, how they

want to better their lives for themselves and feel they do have the freedom to speak up. Some

were strong to understand the true feelings of the homeless people.

My second dance performance I went to see was the Salt Lake Community College

Dance Company. Watching the SLCC Dance Company was expressing and beautiful. It was like

watching angels in heaven dancing powerful, loving, smooth, and peaceful. I never knew that the

dancers were so in love with dance and they felt they must express their true potential of

themselves in dance. This dance company really knows the true meaning of dance and they

really know the great balance of the movements and the beat of the music they dance to.
 The first dance was While You Were Sleeping. It was very interesting about it and I like

how they do the movements. The movements were very slow then fast, it was also amazing to

see the flexibility of the dancers. The choreographers name is Sarah Longoria who is a part of

the SLCC Faculty. Her dancers are Alexandrea Anderson, Heather Cordes, Yarol Donayre,

Daysha Egan, Finnian Helsten, Aleksandra Ivanchenko, Ciara Paige, and Lauren Reyolds. The

music was by Elvis Perkins, it was quite interesting and very smooth.

Second dance was Odissi: A Classical Indian Dance Form. The choreographers name is

Malavika Singh and she has choreographed this dance herself. The movements of the dance were

quite smooth, hard, and flexibility of her arms and legs. It is wonderful to watch a beautiful

woman like her to feel the proudness to dance where she has come from. I love watching people

who love to dance where they came from because it shows they love their culture and the

movements of the dance.

Third dance was Something Wonderful. This dance was beautiful to watch because

combining the whole group involved in the dance. The choreographers name is Erica Womack

and she is part of the SLCC faculty and director. Her dancers were the whole SLCC Dance

Company. The music was by Michael Kiwanuka, Steve Reich, and Julia Kent.

Fourth dance was Prisencolinensinainciusol. The choreographers name is Courtney

Norris. She has made this dance into something unique and marvelous. The movements were

excellent and full of involvement of the legs and arms. To doing splits in the air, to the bending

of the arms around their necks.

The movements in every dance were similar. With the arms bend towards their back, to

the legs up in the air, and then doing the splits to the ground was amazing to watch. I love how
they love to express their love towards dance. Showing other people what they can do and how

they can dance to the beat of the music. Watching them to be flexible with their arms and legs is

very exciting to watch because of the girls been doing it for a long time in their lives.

The costumes were very colorful and very unique. The girls mostly wore long or short

dresses to present some of the dances they were dancing to. Some wore like high tops with

leggings and jeans.

I felt going to the 2 dance performances made me feel there are different ways to show

ourselves our emotions, our struggles, and our situations through dance. Dance has giving us the

opportunity to show the true feelings of having the freedom to express. It can show others how

we feel, how we communicate, and how we can feel the goodness of life.

Learning about diverse kinds of dances were interesting, unique, amazing, and creative.

We really can see how dances are presented by dancers and how the dances are really a great

opportunity to discover how we see dances in another level of life. Dances were invented

because we as the individuals express our potential life in dance. We discover ourselves and we

encourage ourselves to be positive and not feel the abandonment of life around us.