DANCE THEORY
Dance Theory
Much like the college experience, your education is what you make of it. Everything in dance is able to build on itself. Choreography can be basic movements or built up to be intricate. Much like the technique, the processes and intuition that goes into making and performing a dance has to be practiced. Theory courses work together to help students understand and learn the various ways ideas can become works of art, and also help them appreciate the process of getting a piece ready for performance. These course help in a comprehensive education to learn the process of making movement, compiling the movement, and then performing the movement. As dancers we often get caught up in the performance aspect of dance, forgetting the work and dedication it took to make the movement itself. All of the courses, but mainly composition help with different choreography jobs.
Artistic Principles
As an artist it is important that I am aware of my feelings towards my craft. I have found my values lie in connection and communication. Movement offers the chance to learn about new cultures across the world and incorporate people from different ethnicities, religions, and socioeconomic status and make them equal; dance most importantly is capable of communicating across all borders.
Valuing the ability to connect through movement has always been at the forefront of my dancing platform. Dancing gives me a chance to analyze my emotions and in turn share with those around me. For me, dance has always been my outlet as a creative, body positive, free sprit to speak my mind. In my choreography it is the power behind a simple walk that unleashes every emotion I can convey to the audience for them to understand, without words, exactly what I need them to comprehend. Sharing these dances not only displays the craft and art behind the dance but furthermore lets me display a piece of my life.
Communication is a crucial part of my artistic principles because of the ability for movers to connect no matter what language they speak or understand. With this universal language people are able to come together and experience the wonders of movement together despite nationality, religion, or financial status. I choose to work closely with people who are less like me because I believe that having different ethnicities and backgrounds offers diverse interpretations of art which in turn generates a more creative environment that everyone can benefit from.
These basic principles along with my education are the building blocks of my career. I plan to graduate from the University Of Southern Mississippi with my Bachelors in Fine Arts and Anthropology. I would like to then go to Graduate school and study the shared influence of culture and dance. I would want to travel doing research and see where the world takes me. I think the best part about being in the arts is it is never certain where I will end up, but if I follow my intuition, I will always be in the right place at the right time. My biggest goal is to pioneer a new modern dance: one that focuses on my values as an artist, one that involves my love for culture and the spiritual connection that is within dance.
GEC Courses
General education courses are important to education because of the base line of knowledge the courses give to students. Starting with English composition classes, show students the importance of writing in a professional manor. A general math course teaches students how to manage finances and elaborates on essential arithmetic functions important in the college setting. General education courses also implore students to engage in new progress ways of thinking by encouraging courses that explore culture and different views of the world around them. It is imperative for dancers to soak in as much knowledge from these classes as possible because of the broad spectrum of information available.