Type of Combined Art: Dance

Title: Dance of the sugar plum fairy from the Nutcracker (The Royal Dance)

Elements: Music, Choreography, Theme, Movement

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Insight about the Experience:

I feel amazed and relaxed when watching it, as well, it helps me connect to the stories and feelings that
inspired those dances. The first thing I notice as a newcomer is the hypnosis of synchronicity. This is
something very basic and obvious to point out, but that being said, it motivates watching full of
ballerinas move in synchronization. Part of what makes it all so hypnotic is when they break their
pattern, only to reconnect it later. Not to be disrespectful but it can best be described as a lullaby or
nursery rhyme. The repetition and synchronization told you a story that you would discover if you just
paid close enough attention to it. Because ballet releases endorphins giving participants a real feel-good
factor, during and after class. Additionally, classical music has been shown to have positive, calming
influences on the brain and aids focus and concentration, all helping to create happy ballet dancers, it
feels like they’re uttering different language without words but instead they’re using their bodies to say
it with a lot of meaning.