CREATIVE DANCE BLOG

I’m passionate about a lot of things: books, the environment, and the culinary arts. Another passion I have is dancing. I love to watch well choreographed dance presentations and also love to be a part of them. I actually choreographed a dance group back in college and it was so much fun dancing on stage to trending songs then like Kirk Franklin’s “Stomp” and “Revolution”. We became so famous for our unique dance steps that we were invited to almost every Christian program on campus. I still dance especially when I hear good Christian hip hop vibes, and thanks to rap stars in the Christian community who write, rap and sing lyrics that you move your body to without guilt or condemnation. Anyway, this week we are going to be looking at contemporary dance. Now, contemporary dance is modern dance which has been a gradual departure over the centuries from the traditional and ballet dance but draws inspiration from them. This is a free style type of dance which uses body movement not bound b...

T he origin of dance lies in the ancient human past. Just like birds and animals danced for mating, so it was then. The duet of mating and the need for communal expression were probably the two earliest motivations that brought on dance. The fight of two male animals for a female, for example, has its counterpart in the wedding festivities of certain Bedouins, which include a sword dance between two men. In ancient times, the Plains Indians had dance movements of the wolf, antelope, buffalo and the beaver in their lodge ceremonies. The delicate butterfly is the object of a Samoan dance, and in Japan this creature is depicted with great beauty in the Kabuki drama.   In Central America Aztec dancing rituals can still be traced. Among the Israelites, there were sacred processional encircling, ecstatic (trancelike), festival, victory, wedding and funeral dances for the rites of circumcision, which still do exist today in Africa and Australia. Greek gods (such as Apollo, Ares, D...

CREATIVE DANCE BLOG Welcome to creative dance blog. Thanks for logging in. On this blog, we hope to feed your passion for dancing. We will be looking into various kinds of dance including ballet, the latest in hip-hop contemporary and choreographed dances.   We will also share the history of dance, how it has evolved from time immemorial to its present stage. We would also bring you the latest news on dance in these modern contemporary times, and share our own ideas fresh from our creative and innovative banks.       Do have an interesting read as you dance along with us. God bless you!