This is my top 3 of a lot of things.With an explanation for my top choice. Im highly opninionated and critical, so I thought this would be fun to do for myself as well as you. If you're looking for new or interesting things, you'll find them here.
Hardcore Bands - 1. Enter Shikari. Why? I'm a fan of everything european and their songs are awesome. I'm not a real "hardcore" type of person, and i still love to headbang to their music. Oh how i want to see them live. Good job ES.
2. Shiny Toy Guns
3. The Used
Indie band/artist - 1. Imogen Heap. GOODNESS HOW I LOVE THY! Deep, dark, meaningful songs. I can't ask for more. It's pretty much me, in song formation. Word?
2. Daniel Merriweather
3. Teagan and Sarah
FAV SONG EVA!? - 1. Sunshowers by M.I.A. Okay so this was the hardest category ever. It was almost a 3 way tie. but M.I.A. is beast and this song is god like. If i only had to listen to one song for the rest of my life i think it would be this one.
2. Dance in the dark
3. Show Stopper
Musical artist overall 1. Lady GaGa. Not only is her music incredible and mindblowing. But her fashion is unique and revolutionary. She is also a firm fighter for gay rights so gotta love the GaGa.
2. M.I.A.
3. Adele
Movie - 1. White Chicks. Freakin' funniest movie i have ever seen. I could probably recite it word for word the entire way through. I lost my dvd of it and cried last month. True story.
2. Avatar
3. Precious
Movie that I cried the most in - 1. Precious. I think i started crying once it started and didn't stop till i fell asleep that night. Beautiful movie with amazing acting. yeah, i pretty much sobbed my life away.
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. Arthur and the invisibles
Videogame, bet you didn't expect that one. - 1. Pokemon. I'm 16, and i'm still obsessed with pokemon. Honestly, i'll probably play it till i die. The newest one comes out next sunday and i've already got the money sitting aside. Yeah, it's that important.
2. Final fantasy X-2
3. Rock Band
Colors - 1. Blue. Yepp i like blue.
2. green
3. red
Accessory - 1. Sunglasses. When i see a pair i want i say something like "UGGHHHHHHOHHHHUGHHHHHUHOHOHOHOHUGHH! I WANT THESE" then i buy them. I have like 24 pairs.
2. Studded belts
3. Scarves
Designer/Label - 1. Christian Audigier. What's sexier than a huge cobra on your shoes or a tiger with octopus arms on your hoodie? NOTHING.
2. Diesel
3. Calvin Klein
Place to go on a date ;D - 1. The beach. Please, if you want to date me, take me to the beach.
2. The park
3. The Carnival
Food - 1. French Fries. SECOND HARDEST CATEGORY EVER. I love fries, i cover mine in a nice and plentiful layer of heinz ketchup. and i get realllll messy. >:D
2. chicken and hot sause
3. sushi
THE FINALE!
WHAT IS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD?
1. My family and friends. I'd be nothing without them. They are my life. No matter what i know i can rely on them. My family is the most understanding and hilarious people. I couldn't ask for a better family. When i see other people's family i thinkg "...if they were my parents...oh jeez. that'd be weird". And my friends are the best. PERFECT.
2. Food
3. The arts
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Riverdance!
This week I went with my Grandmother to see Riverdance. For those of you who don't know this is the final time Riverdance will be touring. I've always been a fan of this, me and my Grandma would watch it together on a vhs that she had when I was little. So it was pretty special to me that I finally got to see it live, although it was sad that it won't be touring anymore, it was absolutely stunning.
The Riverdance show consists of dancing, singing, and playing instruments.
This is what the show consists of
ACT ONE
Reel Around the Sun - The Irish Dance Troupe
The Heart's Cry - The Riverdance Singers
The Countess Cathleen - The Female Irish Dance Troupe and The Male Moscow Folk Dancers
Caoineadh Chu Chulainn (Lament) - The Riverdance Irish Piper
Thunderstorm - The Male Irish Dance Troupe
Shivna - The Riverdance Flamenco Soloist and The Male Irish Dance Troupe
Slip into Spring : The Harvest - The Riverdance Band
Riverdance - The Irish Dance Troup with The Riverdance Singers and Drummers
ACT TWO
American Wake - The Company
The Harbour of the New World
Heal Their Hearts: Freedom - The Riverdance Baritone Soloist
Trading Taps - The Riverdance Tappers
Macedonian Morning - The Riverdance Band
The Russian Dervish - The Moscow Folk Ballet
Oscail an Doras (Open the Door) - The Irish Dance Troupe and The Riverdance Singers
Andalucia - The Riverdance Flamenco Soloist
Heartland - The Irish dance Troupe
Finale - The Company
One of my favorite parts of the entire show had to be the Flamenco Soloist, Rocio Montoya. The encorporation of Flamenco into traditional irish dance was so interesting, because typical irish dancing is done with your arms at your sides. Yet she danced with her arms in fluid motion, while irish dancing. It was so beautifully done and the colors involved with her part of the show were so bright that I felt like I was in Spain watching a festival.
One aspect of the show that i hadn't anticipated was the importancy of the music. There was a fiddler, Pat Mangan. He was extraordinary. There were parts of the show in which he would move to center stage to perform a solo and he was so good. My only critique of his part would be the length of it. At some points i felt like "okay....come on..." but even at those points it was still amazing.
Vocals were also a huge part of the show. There was one vocalist that stood out to me most, The Baritone Soloist, Michael Samuels. Although he only sang one full song on his own, it was one of the most bone chilling parts of the show. His voice was insanely beautiful and I couldn't believe my ears. I still have the song stuck in my head today.
But, the largest part of the show was obviously the irish dancing! The dancing in the show passed any expectation i had or any memory from the movie i used to watch with my grandmother. The way the dancers move their feet is mind blowing. The pace of the hard dancing was so fast, I have no idea how they do it. Pretty much the show consists of two kinds of dance, "hard shoe" and "soft shoe". Hard shoe is where they make the traditional tapping noise on the ground with their feet. The power and precision of all the dancers was incredible. Soft shoe is when the dancers move with more eloguence and grace, allowing a more fluid movement of the legs and feet. Although to me soft shoe is prettier, hard shoe is much more entertaining and it was more shown in the performances.
There were six Lead Dancers who were involved with many of the solos throughout the night. Craig Ashurst, Liam Ayres, Melissa Convery, Caterina Coyne, Marty Dowds, and Alana Mallon. Each was spectacular in their own way. My favorite, by far, is Marty Dowds. His feet move faster than anything i have ever seen before. And his stamina allows him to keep up incredibly fast rhythyms for long periods of time.
At some points in the performace, a sort of dance-off would occur. This was one of my favorite parts because it really displayed the abilities of the dancers better than routine dancing. "Trading Taps" displayed one of the best dance battles of the entire nights, making it one of my highest ranked parts of the show.
Irish Dance is an amazing art form which has been and will be around for a long long time, despite Riverdance's final tour. The power, percision, and grace of it's dancers are mind blowing and for all who were lucky to have seen them, a great memory.
Thats all i got to say.
The Riverdance show consists of dancing, singing, and playing instruments.
This is what the show consists of
ACT ONE
Reel Around the Sun - The Irish Dance Troupe
The Heart's Cry - The Riverdance Singers
The Countess Cathleen - The Female Irish Dance Troupe and The Male Moscow Folk Dancers
Caoineadh Chu Chulainn (Lament) - The Riverdance Irish Piper
Thunderstorm - The Male Irish Dance Troupe
Shivna - The Riverdance Flamenco Soloist and The Male Irish Dance Troupe
Slip into Spring : The Harvest - The Riverdance Band
Riverdance - The Irish Dance Troup with The Riverdance Singers and Drummers
ACT TWO
American Wake - The Company
The Harbour of the New World
Heal Their Hearts: Freedom - The Riverdance Baritone Soloist
Trading Taps - The Riverdance Tappers
Macedonian Morning - The Riverdance Band
The Russian Dervish - The Moscow Folk Ballet
Oscail an Doras (Open the Door) - The Irish Dance Troupe and The Riverdance Singers
Andalucia - The Riverdance Flamenco Soloist
Heartland - The Irish dance Troupe
Finale - The Company
One of my favorite parts of the entire show had to be the Flamenco Soloist, Rocio Montoya. The encorporation of Flamenco into traditional irish dance was so interesting, because typical irish dancing is done with your arms at your sides. Yet she danced with her arms in fluid motion, while irish dancing. It was so beautifully done and the colors involved with her part of the show were so bright that I felt like I was in Spain watching a festival.
One aspect of the show that i hadn't anticipated was the importancy of the music. There was a fiddler, Pat Mangan. He was extraordinary. There were parts of the show in which he would move to center stage to perform a solo and he was so good. My only critique of his part would be the length of it. At some points i felt like "okay....come on..." but even at those points it was still amazing.
Vocals were also a huge part of the show. There was one vocalist that stood out to me most, The Baritone Soloist, Michael Samuels. Although he only sang one full song on his own, it was one of the most bone chilling parts of the show. His voice was insanely beautiful and I couldn't believe my ears. I still have the song stuck in my head today.
But, the largest part of the show was obviously the irish dancing! The dancing in the show passed any expectation i had or any memory from the movie i used to watch with my grandmother. The way the dancers move their feet is mind blowing. The pace of the hard dancing was so fast, I have no idea how they do it. Pretty much the show consists of two kinds of dance, "hard shoe" and "soft shoe". Hard shoe is where they make the traditional tapping noise on the ground with their feet. The power and precision of all the dancers was incredible. Soft shoe is when the dancers move with more eloguence and grace, allowing a more fluid movement of the legs and feet. Although to me soft shoe is prettier, hard shoe is much more entertaining and it was more shown in the performances.
There were six Lead Dancers who were involved with many of the solos throughout the night. Craig Ashurst, Liam Ayres, Melissa Convery, Caterina Coyne, Marty Dowds, and Alana Mallon. Each was spectacular in their own way. My favorite, by far, is Marty Dowds. His feet move faster than anything i have ever seen before. And his stamina allows him to keep up incredibly fast rhythyms for long periods of time.
At some points in the performace, a sort of dance-off would occur. This was one of my favorite parts because it really displayed the abilities of the dancers better than routine dancing. "Trading Taps" displayed one of the best dance battles of the entire nights, making it one of my highest ranked parts of the show.
Irish Dance is an amazing art form which has been and will be around for a long long time, despite Riverdance's final tour. The power, percision, and grace of it's dancers are mind blowing and for all who were lucky to have seen them, a great memory.
Thats all i got to say.
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