Dancing Through Life

I took the time to pick an assemblage that really reflected the success of songs throughout the course of an entire year. For that reason, I chose a mashup produced by Daniel Kim in 2015 called Pop Danthology. Daniel Kim took the top hits that were most popular in that year and created a remix that encompassed them all together. To accompany the audio, he included the music video in the same order as in the audio to in order to create a visual aspect for the audience. To transform this already amazing assemblage, I decided to create a more visual medium by presenting all the song’s album covers. I presented them in a checkered format so you could visually see each song that was included in the mashup. The arrangement was largely based on the color palette on each cover so that too many similar colors were not contained in the same area. This project truly encompassed what it means to compose, because I had to carefully decided on how I wanted to shift the focus of the original assem...

In an environment full of projects and essays, students like myself, are accustomed to following a specific layout and criteria due to the similar, yet continual expectations. Not much thought is needed as it is almost a routine to present the information in the same format time and time again. In contrast, this class has expanded my ideas on what is necessary to complete a project. A traditional English class would require me to write traditional essays explaining the rhetorical situation, however, it follows Shipka’s ideas instead. These projects have shifted the focus on how students have to approach projects. The concepts are there, as one is required to identify and analyze the choices that were made to convey the specific rhetorical situation, but they are just approached differently. For example, for our last project, choosing an assemblage to do a project on, forced me to truly dissect what assemblages are and how one can be transformed to another. If we we...

Both of the assemblages present demonstrate the high energy and intricacy of Colombian salsa dancing. What makes them different is what types of audiences they are focusing towards. The video of salsa dancing in Colombia is more focused on the culture and how it is performed locally. The two dancers are dancing in the middle of one of the most popular salsa bars in the country and demonstrate what would be seen in the classical setting of a night out in Colombia. There is no production or concern about appealing to a particular audience, as the couple is dancing for the enjoyment of the act of dancing as well as showcasing what traditional salsa in Colombia would look like. The second video is of a popular group “Swing Latino” and their performance in the Divisional Finals of the new competition “World of Dance”. The group is Colombian, so they showcase a large part of the salsa culture in their country, but this performance in particular is addressing that despite their home coun...