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Raymond 1 Collins Compa ia Nacional de Danza 2 Emio Greco was an enjoyable dance that seemed to tell a story. There were three distinct parts of the dance that made me feel this way. The beginning of the dance continued directly from the preshow. As the audience entered the smoke filled Campbell Hall, a woman stood at the front of the stage with her back to the audience. She had long curly hair that played a large part in all of her movements during the dance. The woman flapped her arms like she was a bird. This gave me the feeling that she was trying to fly away. Next she started reaching high and stretching her body to be as tall as she could. Then she would quickly jerk her body down. These movements made me feel like she was reaching for a goal or things were going well in her life, and then suddenly she would get shut down. Then, to end this segment, the music stops simultaneously as she falls to the ground lifelessly. I felt that this was a major travesty in her life that set her back. The continued upreaching followed by jerky downward movements and falling made me feel that despite these things that kept pulling her down, she still kept trying to achieve her goals. After falling, she tiptoed around the center of the stage. She jumped and landed on her tip-toes. She did strange squatting positions and made unique shapes with her body by utilizing both of her arms, her torso, her legs, and her head. This dance segment seemed to show off her dancing ability. It still followed the theme that I felt of her life story; things were going great after all the downfalls and she was jumping and tip-toeing around. Her costume consisted of an all black dress. I think that she wore this so that the attention was paid to her dance movements and not to her costume. Culturally, I have read many stories about the American Dream and having great expectations. In my cultural I have also heard many stories of women trying to achieve great things and fight for their equality. This is how I interpreted this segment; as a woman struggling to achieve things in her life, and in the she end succeeds. 2 During the next part the music changes. There are sounds of insects and crickets which reminds me of being outside in a rural area at night. Two more dancers joined and the three dance separately at first. One of the men dancers mirrors the woman's dance moves. This along with the music and smoke created a creepy but intriguing segment. The three dancers then started dancing synchronized. It seemed that the dancers never really face the audience. They usually have their heads down or facing another direction. This increased my interest even more. The dancers started making noises too. As they danced they made loud breathing sounds. I felt that this segment started to build up. The dance movements became faster. The loud breaths made me feel like they were running away together. One of the male dancers falls as heavenly music plays. This seemed to be some sort of a death and afterlife. He changes to all white while the four other dancers remain in all black. Black and white curtains are in the background. A blue light shines on the man in all white. This also supports the afterlife feeling I experienced. In my culture there are many debates on what happens after a person passes away. This dance segment showed the dancers running at, and away from, spot lights in corners of the stage. There is loud, obnoxious, chaotic music playing. This "afterlife" did not seem to be a pleasant one as I expected. The white costume seemed to represent an angel and purity. The music and dance motions juxtaposed the white attire. The dancers seemed to be running toward these spotlights but they couldn't quite get there. It seemed that they would get close to the light and then start falling back from it. In my culture, this is not the happy afterlife that most people hope for and try to achieve during their lives. The dance as a whole was very interesting. It seemed a little creepy with the smoke, the music, and everything being black and white. To me it told a story of the struggles of life and how afterlife, just like life, will not be what we expect.

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