Prompt: Write a well-constructed paragraph that describes the experience of watching the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company perform. Incorporate references to the dance concepts we have been discussing with Meg, such as: time, space, negative space, levels, unison, non-unison, pathways, etc. You may speak about the performance in general or comment on a small part of it. Your writing should allow the reader to visualize the event.
Planning: Create a list of three adjectives that describe the experience. Try to use the resources to "bump-up" your vocab. Brainstorm what you remember from the performance: costumes, music, movements, energy, etc.
Key Components of a Good Response:
- There is a topic sentence that restates the prompt.
- There is an awareness of audience (teacher, classmates, and community) and use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- The paragraph is 6-8 sentences long, at least.
- The paragraph allows the reader to visualize the performance
- The paragraph uses interesting words that "bump up" their vocabulary and engage the reader. These words are IN ALL CAPS. You should include at least 2 "bumped-up" words.
- You received a "mini-thesaurus" with many different descriptive words. Reference that to find words to use to enhance your vocabulary.
- This is an online reference of descriptive words from Allan Hancock College.
- Thesaurus.com
- You must post your response by Friday, March 2 at 9 P.M.
- You must respond to a classmate's post by Monday, March 5 at 9 P.M.
When the ellen sanopli dance company came to school i enjoyed it. My favorite dance was rising low i liked it because it spoke TONS of things to me. What I was thinking of during the performance was that women are not always treated fairly or equally then as the music went on the other women got up and started to dance with eachother and it made me think of teamwork. Also if women work togther we could get a little bit more respect. The dance also didnt make sense to me at the same time because at first the MAJORITY of the women were sitting there with sad faces in the chairs and the other lady was there dancing by herself and would always come back to the chairs as if the chairs were her PERCH. Also the lady was acting scared as she was dancing like somone was chaseing her or somthing. But that dance was my favorite because of what it described to me.
ReplyDeleteI agreen that the women in riseing low when they went in unsion they did look like they were working together.Also there faces were really acting there part.
DeleteIn The first dance coming and going there was just a comotion of people who would repeatdly start running then stop and start to dance. the dancers were dressed in shorts and T-shirts with vertical stripes on them. the dance was very confusing.
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ReplyDeleteThe Ellen Sinopli dancers came to dance in a performance for our 7th and 8th grade.
They performed three dances for us, one of the three was very slow and dramatic. it was called rise and low. There were five girls, four in chairs at first and one doing some sort of a solo. After her slow and dramatic solo the rest of the girls got up to put on there performance.
Ya i liked that one to and i agree tyler very dramatic the solo was amazing and was accomponied by by great music also
DeleteYeah I liked that dance a lot to. it was kind of dramatic and slow. I like how it was depressing.
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ReplyDeleteWhen they started the PERFORMANCE Ellen Sanopli said there were three dances. One of these dances was called rising low. This dance told a story. There were 5 women all in simple dresses. 4 women were sitting in chairs in a corner in the beginning. First 1 of the 5 women was doing a solo dance she was very DRAMATIC. There expressions told what was happening. They did not really use much negative space. A lot of the time they were in UNION.
The Ellen Sinopli dance company performed three dances for us on the stage. Each one was performed with PRECISION and we could tell that they had practiced for a long time to be in UNISON. The first one seemed to have more ENERGY and was more APPEALING to me for that reason. They were all good though. The second dance had a lot of EMOTION and it had a story to it. For the last dance they all wore similar costumes and they were all jumping around and using each others bodies.
Deletei agree with mitchell. Thy had lots emotion and unison with all of their pices thy also had non unison dances,i also agree that they had lots of emotion and that it made it better to watch.
DeleteWatching the ellen Sinopoli Dance Company was a very big honer.I loved seeing there energy and how much they enjoy there performance. I think that i have learned that it is not easy to get up and dance infront of all of us. I was very ingaged in there performance. The way the moved was incredible. They took so many different moves and combinded them to make a wonderful performance. I thank them for taking there time to show us waht they realy could do.
ReplyDeletei agree the people had lots of energy and the were also incredible.
Deleteyah Thats very true and my fav. dance was.......uh.....???.......the dance were there was 4 girls and the 5th girl was dancing but they had music i dont agree on
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ReplyDeleteWhen the Ellen Sinopli Dance Company came they preformed dances for us. The dance that stood out was the FINAL dance Oh my. in the dance they were wearing yellow and orange suits. then they were in unison for a few minutes. then they would break apart. i thought it was good. I wanted to thank them for taking time out of their day and that we APPRECIATED their performance.
ReplyDeletethe ellen sunopli dance company came and did a dance called coming and going. there were 5 girls and a guy. they started with no pattern to there dance. then the dance got alot faster they started with a lot of PATHWAYS there dances got more SUFISTACATED extreme. then it ended and I was a little sad
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shellby that it isn't easy to get up on stage and put on a show for people that you don't know.I also think that they put on a wonderful performance
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday the Ellen Sinopli Dance Company came during 3rd and 4th set. The dance that i liked was coming and going. The dance had six dances 5 girls 1 boy. They wore some sort of black suit with colorful shapes. They toke up the stage with there bodies.The dancers used timing ,space levels,negative space, and some parts they used unison but some parts they splited apart.The dance they did was JOYFUL and SKILLFUL. There was no story to the dance.
ReplyDeleteI never seen the Ellen Sinoplie. But everbody is talking about it so it seemed like it was a preformance. people had there favorites. I wish I was there to see the dances.
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ReplyDeleteI liked one of the dances "rising low". It was very INSPIRATIONAL. I liked the pathways they used. The Costumes they wore in other dances were colorful but these ones were DULL. The way they moved was INCREDIBLE. The dance told a story. It was VERY IMOTIONAL. I liked the dance it was my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see Ellen Sinoplie because I was sick, but I heard they were pretty good. I also heard they were inspirational I wish I was there.
ReplyDeleteEllen Sinopli was a WIERD performance. They came during 3rd and 4th set and there was 5 girls and 1 boy. There costumes were DIFFERENT. People in the crowd were laughing at the dancers because of the dance and the outfits. I thought it was RUDE and DISRESPECFUL. They must of practice over and over again to get it to be like like.
ReplyDeleteThe Ellen Sinoplie performance was a great EXPERIENCE. It was fun to watch them dance and move around the stage. I think my favorite dance was called Rising Low. The COMPOSER said she based it off of a sad country song she heard, which played in the background. It was about five women, four of which sat in chairs during the first part, because it was a solo. They were supposed to be strong and RESILIENT during hard times, and they really CONVEYED it in the way they moved and acted. It was really good and I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteOn February 29th 2012 Ellen Sinppolli came to show us her moves she made up. I thought it was the nicest way of creepy. And i dint like it cause most of it wasnt my type of music or dancing. ( Even though i dont dance ) But i really didnt get it.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the Ellen sinopli dance company they did 3 different dances and they were all great but i really liked rising low they had different LEVELS at all times they were in UNISON in some parts. I didnt really like the second song very much it was to slow for me.
ReplyDeleteThe Ellen Sinopli dance was ok. thy did three difrent dances. after the first danc I fell asleep. The first danc was ok, it had a lot of negitiv space in the begening. as the danc went on they fild in the space. ther was some unity but most of the time they wer doing diferent things.The mood was high and happy. that is what observed of the dance.
ReplyDeleteIn Febuary the Ellen sinopli dance came and PREFORMED for us. (the eighth graders our grade and some ninth graders) There were about six dancers mostly girls, only one guy. I thought that the dance was really good. My favorite one was The last one. I forget what the song and the name was but they were dressed in FLUENT light SHADED colors. The danced like they were in cloud and I thought that they did a great job.
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