Social Justice Event

Over spring break I went on a Caribbean Cruise. The ship was out of this world and every night they had numerous entertainment acts. The acts ranged from musicians, singers, magic shows, dancers, and even a hypnotist act. One night the show was called Around The World. I had no idea what would be in store at this show. When i got there the set had all the continents on it. Then the show started and it was a wide variety of different dances from all over the world. They did a Irish step dance a Asian dance, a dance from Greece, even some sort of Egyptian dance. The show was amazing it lasted an hour and a half and was non stop dancing. And every time they did a new dance they got a new set and costumes. The costumes were gorgeous and fit to the culture they were performing. The cast of the show was even a diverse group and it was awesome to watch them come together.


Here is a picture before the Indian piece started.
This is a picture of the actual theater it blew my mind that this beautiful theater was inside the ship.

I can relate this to our class in a few ways. The first being how Lisa Delpit says teachers and students need to work together and have the right order and power to function correctly. This also applies to how a team works together just like these dancers did in the show. Because they worked together good just like the relationship of a teacher to his or her classroom they created a beautiful show.

This can also relate to Carlson because in the show there were gay men but that didn't hold them back from being able to do what they love which was dancing. It was nice to see this diverse group work together Carlson would embrace the fact that this group worked together as one but each person had their own individuality. Much like a class room the kids can all be different but when they come together they each do their own part to make them as a whole look good.

Lastly this can relate to Johnson's idea of learning to say the words. Not only did these entertainers have to sing and "say" the words but they had to express them self with no words and just by dance. Their bodies had to tell the viewer about the emotions going on in the music. These entertainers exceed Johnson's thought and know how to express themselves in more than one way.