G&D CORPORATION Volume 1, Issue 1 Twists and Flips 12/14/ Inside Taf? Ballet- An Ancient 2 Art Bailes de Espana 2 Girls Artistic 2 Gymnastics U.S.A. Takes Gold 3 All from Clip art Hip Hop Dancing 4 Inside Story 5 Inside Story 6 Created by... Carleigh Rahn Becca McFadden McKenna Magoffin Allie Auten Samantha Wever Ballet: An Ancient Art by Becca Ballet has been a dancer’s prac- manly however. Girls are supposed to rep- WRAP-IT-UP tice since the 15th and 16th century Italian resent gracefulness and beauty, so the The art of ballet has evolved very Renaissance. Since then it men must play all the much since the 15th century. Dancers have has grown into many differ- ugly females. Wouldn’t more options of what style of ballet to take. ent strands of dance. Some that be a laugh? dancers go on to star in Costumes are also much easier to move in many productions. Others thanks to the lightweight materials we are fine with just learning have created. Even though the art has the art. Ballet is one of the COSTUMES AND MAKE become more spread out, it is still the most graceful things that -UP most graceful sport ever. you could ever experience. Costumes and Of the most common, there make-up are an impor- is Russian Ballet. Of the tant part of all balleri- most unique is contempo- nas’ (or Danseurs’, male rary ballet. ballerinas) performance. A Prima Ballerina THE BASICS The make-up is sup- posed to emphasize not Links: only the lines of his/ her http://www.youtube.com/watch? Most ballet terms are either face, but also the char- French or Italian, because v=dZmduJNH5vs&safety_mode=tr that is where ballet originally started. Most acter you are portraying. Costumes are ue&persist_safety_mode=1&safe= ballet dancers start young. They will most supposed to make him/her look the char- active likely learn the most basic of steps, like acter too. For example, if a ballerina is a potashes or plies. As students get older princess she wouldn’t be wearing a rag- http://www.youtube.com/watch? they will learn more difficult steps such as gedy dress! No, she might be wearing an v=jt_MQCrxSnU&safety_mode=tru grand jeté or a pirouetté. They might also elegant tutu or long, flowing gown. Males e&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=a consider joining a ballet company. Some might wear a tight shirt and thick tights, ballet companies compete in competitions but NO pants! It is considered not right for ctive against other companies for awards. In males to wear pants for performances. competitions, judges look for good foot- Costumes also weren’t always fluffy tutus work and dancing as well as easily seen and tights. In the 17th century, costumes emotions. were made of hard, stiff materials that Through their dancing they must made it hard to move. Now dancers have show how the music is supposed to ap- modern tutus made free and light. pear. Whether happy or sad, girls must be delicate and graceful while men must ap- pear manly. Not all men are to appear I Bailes de Espana By Carleigh is very lively and happy. Last but used to add extra excitement. The Fla- not least, the Flamenco is a very menco also uses the popular style of Spanish dancing is very well known today. energetic dance. It was also created stomping to add extra excitement. The There are eight different types of Spanish by gypsies. There are many other Flamenco is a very well known dance dances! But, the most popular and well types of Spanish dances, those are across the globe. known Spanish dance is the Flamenco. only a few! Spanish dancing is very popular. Spanish dancing is very interesting. The most popular Spanish There are so many dances like the Sar- There are many different types of dance is the Flamenco. The Fla- dana, Bolero, Fandango, and many more. Spanish dances. One type is the Sardana. menco originated from the gypsies. Most Spanish dances use castanets, gui- It is a dance where several couples connect The elements of the Flamenco are hands, form a circle and dance. Another cante (singing), baile (dancing), and “Elegant arm and hand dance is the Muñeira where people dance Gutialia (guitar). The Flamenco is a motions of Flamenco are some- in twos to the music of bagpipes. The Bo- popular dance in Andalusia. Like times reinforced with the use of lero is one of the oldest and most tradi- most Spanish dances, the Fla- the fan.” (Eyewitness Dance) tional dances. It has sudden pauses and menco uses castanets which are sharp turns. My favorite is the Fandango; it handheld percussion instruments Page 2 Twists and Flips U.S.A. Wins the Gold By Allie . With seven medals, U.S.A. domi- (all-around is where you add up all competition was very tough, since the nated at this year’s World Champion- the points from the event). Even U.S.A. only had one score under 14.5. ship. With only one score below 14.5, though she didn’t get a medal, she None of the girls fell on any of the U.S.A. obviously won. We have one of was still happy with how she did, es- events. the strongest teams we have seen in pecially since she fell on bars. Aly also years. Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, placed on fourth on beam with a score U.S.A. had a very strong team Sabrina Vega, Gabby Douglas, and of 15.066. The only event where she this year, even though they were McKayla Maroney are all part of this got a medal was floor, where she missing one of their top scorers (Alicia year’s spectacular team. Alicia Scara- placed third. Raisman got a 15.000 on Scaramone). Jordyn Wieber placed mone was supposed to be part of the floor. In all-around her final score was first in all-around and Aly Raisman team, but she did not compete due to 57.558. place fourth in all-around. Both Aly an Achilles injury. Anna Li was an and Jordyn fell on bars, but immedi- Even though Sabrina Vega, alternate, so she filled in for Alicia. ately recovered. McKayla Maroney Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, U.S.A. had done the best they had finished first on vault, but didn’t place and Anna Li didn’t place in all- done in years, only bringing in more on anything else. Anna Li was not around, they still had a good meet. expected to compete, because she was medals in 2005. None of these girls advanced to the all an alternate, but did due to Alicia Jordyn Wieber had an excep- -around finals because only the top Scaramone’s Achilles injury. U.S.A. tionally good meet. She came in first two girls from each country get to beat Russia by 4.082 points! Even at the meet, with a whopping 59.382 move on to the finals (those two girls though U.S.A. had some tough falls points. She beat Viktoria Komova, were Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wie- and was missing one of their best (who came in second) by only 0.033 ber). Even though Maroney, Vega, gymnasts, they pulled through and Douglas, and Li didn’t make it to the finished first. points. Wieber won the bronze on finals, they did very well for their first beam, came in fourth on bars, and ever World Championship. Maroney sixth on floor exercise. After Wieber placed first on vault with an amazing fell on bars, she thought she had lost score of 15.300. That was the only the meet, but instead she got the sur- thing Maroney placed on. Vega, prise of a gold medal. Douglas, or Li didn’t place on any- U.S.A. beat Russia by 4.082 Aly Raisman finished spec- thing. Since Vega, Douglas, or Li did- points! tacularly in fourth place in all-around n’t place, it just goes to show that the I Hip Hop Dancing By Samantha The hip hop history dates back to 1967 and is now still very popular today. No one knows how the hip hop dance actually started. Hip hop was influenced by the dance “disco” and other modern dances. The mention of hip hop itself dates back in the 70s but like I said the hip hop history started in 1967. The reason hip hop dates back to the 70s is because in 1967 it wasn’t the most popular thing to dance. The most popular dance in 1967 was the “disco”. The pe- riod between 1985 to 1993 was believed to be the golden age of hip hop. Hip hop dance is an art form. It is mainly performed in the streets dancing to hip hop music, for example rap music. Sometimes a catchy rhythm will also be danced to. What separates hip hop dance from any other type of dance is it is a type of dance that can be free style. From 1985 to 1993 hip hop was known to be the golden age. Every hip hop dancer has their own unique style of fashion while they are dancing. “The hip hop fashion comple- ments the expressions and attitudes of the dancers.” There can be strange, cool, and just plain weird fashions of the spe- cific dancer. Some accessories include very large eyeglasses, nameplates, nameplates, name belts, and multiple rings that dancers wear. The unique styles of the dancers can be astonishing or surprising.