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Contemporary dance style has become very popular among young dancers and we find many youngsters opting the style and also urging to learn more about it. Even in TV reality shows, contemporary dance started to dominate. And so we thought it would be a good idea to put some basic knowledge about the dance style especially for those who are not familiar with this dance style.

Some might wonder what is contemporary dance? To be precise, contemporary in the literary sense means existing, occurring something of same age, living and more accurate meaning would be “modern”.

Contemporary dance is a style that emerged in the 20th century. It is not like ballet neither is associated with any specific style of dancing but is purely a dance philosophy. In contemporary dance, people tend to explore their inner selves or the natural energy and emotions of their bodies which many believe is personal.

Contemporary dancing can be taken by any type of dancers and often the dancers come from various backgrounds. In contemporary, they learn to integrate the bodywork techniques such as Yoga and Pilates into their dance. It places a heavy emphasis on the connection between mind and body with dancers being encouraged to explore their emotions through dances which push against traditional boundaries. Contemporary dance often involves a great deal of playing with balance, floor work, fall and recovery and also improvisation.

This type of dancing engages with daily concerns, issues and experiences and offers immense possibilities of integrating technology in dance. Many of the best contemporary dance performances are a spectacle of light, sound, digital arts and movement unleashing creativity to its core. It goes beyond the narrative form of expression and becomes a total sensational experience for the audience.

There are many dance schools that opened up that specializes in contemporary dancing and also there are many videos available. For those who wish to learn the dance, it shouldn’t be a difficult task to find a teacher as long as they are willing to put their 100 percent effort. More then an effort, the most important necessity that is needed is the passion. So if you got the passion for this dance then half of the battle is already won.

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There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby

We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. ~Dave Barry

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown

Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music. ~George Bernard Shaw

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. ~George Balanchine

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. ~Agnes De Mille

Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another. ~Author Unknown

Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~Charles Baudelaire

Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips. ~Adabella Radici

Dancing is the poetry of the foot. ~John Dryden

Archie loved apples. He thought they were sweet.
He thought apples were always a wonderful treat.
He ate apples each day when he went out to play,
but the part in the middle, he just threw away.
Then one day as he ate an apple to the core,
he caught sight of a seed, wondering what it was for.
If he planted a seed, it just might grow a tree.
Archie thought, "what a wonderful thing that would be."
So he planted the seed in a hole, core and all.
He had faith it would grow, even though it was small.
With a shovel he covered the core with a mound,
taking care of the seed that was under the ground.
He brought water each day in a watering can.
He did his very best to make good on his plan.
Every day, he returned with the hope he would see
a small sign of new growth from the seed to a tree.
But the sign did not come and as time drifted by
Archie started to doubt whether he should still try.
There was no hint of green, not the tiniest leaf.
Was an apple tree really worth all of the grief?
He was ready to quit if it just would not grow.
For so long he had watered that seed down below.
Archie went to his father to ask what to do,
and his dad told him something that he never knew.
He said, "sometimes things don’t go the way that we plan.
Sometimes people give up when they don’t think they can.
But to those who keep trying, when no one else will,
there are dreams to achieve and great hopes to fulfill."
The words struck Archie’s mind and he knew they were true.
He would try to be patient and keep trying too.
Archie came every day without fail to the seed.
He brought water and tended its every need.
Then one day like the sun breaking out from a storm
a green leaf sprouted up from the ground in true form.
Reaching into the sky as if saying hello
the new tree met the one who allowed it to grow.
Archie saw the small leaf, and a tear filled his eye.
He was so full of cheer that he started to cry.
It was patience that brought this new life from the ground.
It gave Archie more joy than he ever had found.
He had not given up when the outlook was grim.
He helped that little seed that depended on him.
And the tree brought him apples, in time, that were sweet.
It brought even more apples than Archie could eat.
It grew strong, broad, and beautiful; ever so tall
from the patience and hope for a seed once so small.

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day – Edith Lovejoy Pierce (quote)

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