Matts dance
What did you think of Matt’s dance? What did you think about the choreography, music, and setting? What message did you take away from his dance?
Matts dance can be described as interesting, entertaining, cultural, energized, sensuous, primitive, engaging, and fun. This was because his dance engages many people across the countries that he travels in performing his dance. His choreography was new, original, traditional, intricate, exciting, energetic, but more importantly, successful. This is evidenced by the numerous people that joined him for the dance as he visited various places. In terms of setting, the dance depended on his location as he would sometimes dance with children. Several things that J took from this dance were originality, enjoyment, experimental and energetic. From the video, he is always energetic, and this shows his charisma and innovations.
What role does dance play in your life?
Dance in my life plays a significant role since it helps align my priorities. In this case, I learned how focused one could be following several dances. Following dances helps create rhythm, and from this rhythm, the tone set is the one that leads to performing the required tasks. Dance also helps to create calmness while performing various duties. This is achieved by the creation of spectacular and inventive dance moves that are well executed and inventive.
What do you like or dislike about dancing?
As much as dancing helps set the right tone and rhythm while performing several duties, there are several things that I do not like about dancing. One thing that I do not like is the time that performing dance moves take. In this case, the time spent learning about the different moves can be used to learn about else more essential. From this case study, one aspect is the time that Matt spent dancing could have been used for something else; for instance, learning about a formal dance like barley or salsa.
If you dance, how does it make you feel?
One of the most appealing aspects of dancing is the continuous learning of several new moves. Learning these new moves is essential since it helps create calmness and diversion from the daily stresses that life offers. As such, dancing leads to personal awareness, but more importantly, dancing makes me feel alive, energetic, and sinuous. Later on, I did myself useful, creative, and innovative, to even create artistic designs, especially following and dancing like Matt.
What kinds of experiences do you remember from your childhood about dance?
There are several experiences that I remember dancing from childhood. Childhood is a period that is filled with song and dance not only in school but church too. The first experience from childhood is learning how to sing and dance to the letters of Alphabet in school. In this case, each letter was represented by a different dance, and this helped me understand the concepts better. The second memory that I have from childhood about dance is learning Sunday school dances while; earning about the bible. Children need to learn about three religions, and through dance, I understood these variations well.
Why do you think dance is often a performance? Dance is performance because it requires movement not only of the body but with other people too. For instance, ghee dance by Matt needed him to move his hands, legs, waist, and head. He used his whole body to entertain, and through this performance, he was able to attract other dancers and audiences. A successful [performer is one who can influence other people to join in on his performances. Matt traveled the world, and as he traveled, he was able to change other people to join his dance and perform with him.
How are dance and identity-related?
Dance and identity are created through synchrony. In this case, when Matt began dancing, his move seemed primitive and evocative, However, after a while, his dance moves were electric and entertaining especially since he danced with a big smile on his face. After a while, his moves were uplifting, engaging, and fun leading to many people joining him on his seemingly rowdy but vigorously entertaining dance. Through such dance moves, Matt created his identity as an existing dancer with vigorous dance moves.