Reflection Paper On Dance Performance
On December 1, 2017, in the University Theatre at California State University,
Dominguez Hills, I observed the fall dance concert Rise. It was choreographed by
Amy Michelle Allen, Marco A, Carreon, Sarah Cashmore, Jeff Hendrix, Erin Landry,
Doris Ressl Acosta, and Kenneth Walker, with the long cast of dancers. The
production was pleasing, and would not have been believable without the work from
production designers, Frederick Depontee and Cheryl Sheldon. Rise is played out in
eight different danceroutines, which were Xtra Xtra, Scar Tissue, Hart Broken,
Things Are A Stirrin , and the rest are intermissions such as Female Energy, Women,
Exotica, Strength In Numbers, and Makina. This fall dance concert was filled with
joy, darkness, torture, culture, and women s rights, right when you sit down and
observe through all 8 dance performances. It would have been 9 dance routines but
the dancer who was suppose to perform Hart Broken had an injury, which made a putt
off. Nevertheless the show must go on, it starts off with the first and second
performance, Xtra Xtra and Scar Tissue. Revealing that both performances were
different themes because Xtra Xtra had the dancers in radiant colors and seemed to
be energetic, whereas the performers in Scar Tissue were clothed in black attire, such
as tutus, dresses, and tights, yet still energetic. This brought to my attention that the
whole dance performances were contrast to each other. Throughout the routines of the
dance concert, the