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Los Angeles Dance Company
316 words
Born on the 5 th of January 1931, the man who
changed the face of modern dance forever. He was
born in a farming community in Rogers, Texas. When
he was twelve he and his mother moved to Los
Angeles. He had a difficult childhood. His mother
was always working or out at a club. Through these
hard times a wide range of dance genres, including
the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine
Dunham Dance Company, influenced him He enrolled
at the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA). It ...
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20 Th Century Carnegie Hall
1,701 words
Billie Holiday was one of the most famous jazz
singers of the 20 th century. Billie Holidays
innovative phrasing about her life experiences in
her music makes her one of the most influential
jazz lyricists of the 20 th century. The emotional
intensity that she brought into the words she sang
was always very memorable and sometimes almost
scary; she often lived the words she sang. Billie
Holiday was born Eleanor Harris in Baltimore,
Maryland on April 7, 1915. She did not have a
stable life. Her f...
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Make Him Feel Part Of Society
1,013 words
The novel The Catcher in the Rye is about a young
man named Holden Caulfield who is on a
subconscious quest to find love. Holden attends a
private school named Peace where he feels he does
not fit in once again. Holden Caulfield is reliant
on physical love, family love as well as
friendship in order for him to feel accepted in
society. Holden has a subconscious desire for
physical love to make him feel a part of society.
Holden hired a prostitute to help him get over his
feelings of being alone ...
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Rip Van Winkle Sir Walter Scott
1,068 words
Washingtons work is ended, said Mrs. Irving, and
the child shall be named after him. And so,
Washington Irving, the last of eleven children,
was born on William Street in New York City on
April 3, 1783, to a prosperous merchant family
headed by William and Sarah Irving. He lived in a
town of about 25, 000, from which he drew much of
the material for his stories and sketches. He
spent his childhood days wandering the town and
listening to the Dutch descendents as well as
reading a great deal in h...
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Extra Curricular Activities Realize That Ivy School
591 words
Discovering and choosing a university that
fulfills all of my needs was a rigorous yet
exciting task. The Ivy U clearly emerged as the
best choice for me and I, as a great match for the
university. After visiting the campus, reading the
information pamphlet, and researching the
university Web site, I realize that Ivy offers
what I hope to gain from my college experience. In
return, I will contribute to the university as a
person with leadership qualities who takes
initiative and enjoys participa...
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Adolf Hitler Versailles Treaty
1,546 words
From the first day that Adolf Hitler seized power,
January 30, 1933, he knew that only sudden death
awaited him if he failed to restore pride and
empire to post Versailles Germany. His close
friend and adjutant Julius Schaub recorded
Hitler's jubilant boast to his staff on that
evening, as the last celebrating guests left the
Berlin Chancellery building: No power on earth
will get me out of this building alive! Adolf
Hitler, murderer of millions, master of
destruction and organized insanity, did...
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Dare To Fail Open Minded Lighting
515 words
I want to learn to take risks. I want to change my
attitude about taking chances. Assessing my
academic and extracurricular achievements, I am
proud of my accomplishments. I see myself as an
open-minded, goal-oriented person who achieves and
succeeds through hard work and determination. How
much of that success is a result of staying on
comfortable ground? I began wondering about the
range of my abilities when I attended Northwestern
University's Theater Arts Program last summer. The
theme of th...
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Stratford Grammar School Earl Of Oxford
1,535 words
The world has come to accept that William
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England, during the year of 1564. The register of
Holy trinity, the parish church in Stratford,
records his baptism on April 26. According to the
custom at the time, infants were baptized about
three days after their birth. William's father was
a glover, trader, and landowner who married Mary
Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowner of
Wilmcote. Therefore, the generally accepted date
for Shakespeare's birt...
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Picasso At The Lapin Agile Dramatic Criticism
758 words
Picasso at the Lapin Agile From the time you enter
the Falk Theatre, until the curtain rises and
falls on the Stage works productions of Picasso at
the Lapin Agile, you are in for a treat. The play
is an original work by Steve Martin with a running
time of 90 minutes, which feels more like 30
minutes. Aside from the uncomfortable seating,
this production is nothing short of wonderful. The
Theatre has been transformed from a long movie
Theater atmosphere to a quaint surrounding by
means of risers...
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One Of The Greatest War Hero
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Alexander the Great is said to be one of the
greatest conquerors of all time, and yet, his
significance in battle showed up late in his life.
His early years were spent in poverty, and as the
years progressed, his dream of being a war hero
grew dimmer and dimmer. Ironically, while he was
later known as a war hero, he was still feared by
all because of his reputation as a drinker and
murderer. But first, his background. He was born
in 356 BC. His parents were Philip, the brother of
King Perdiccas...
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People Find Ashes
412 words
Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves with
poison, although it was not synthetic drugs. The
poison had to be as powerful, some scholars
believe that it was hemlock that sealed the fate
of the two start crossed love, other are
skeptical, but we will probably never know. The
methods and medicines used in Renaissance and
Medieval times were very primitive compared to
today's standards. medical concepts were magical
and demoniacal. With no anesthetics, no knowledge
of how the human body and it's f...
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Edgar Allen Poe Poe Describes
764 words
Deeper meaning to the poem We often call Edgar
Allen Poe one of the fathers of terror and
mystery. His twisted, Macabre tales and poems are
filled with great detail and often end with a
dismal twist. The Conqueror Worm is one example of
his masterful rhymes and tells how a play on life
turns into reality for mankind. The setting is a
theater but it is not just a site for plays. Poe
describes it to be that way to trick the reader,
but the theater is actually the setting for
mankind. We play our l...
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Ich Habe F R
530 words
Ich get zu D? sseldorf! D? sseldorf ist eine gute
Adresse und ich habe viel f? r meine Reise
gallant! D? sseldorf hat das Einkaufen, Sport,
Museum, Oper, und viel mehr. Mein Flug very? sst
Mittwoch, Oktober 29 bei 15: 20 vom
internationalen Flughafen Los Angeles. Ich kobe in
Frankfurt, Deutschland am Donnerstag, Oktober 30
bei 10: 55 an. Ich ver lasse von Frankfurt am
Mittwoch, Dezember 13 bei 10: 15 und kobe in
internationalen Flughafen Los Angeles der gleichen
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Red Riding Hood L R
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DRAMA 3020 /CHILDERN S THEATER SCRIPT # 4 5?
NONETRADITIONAL THEATER SCRIPT LITTLE RED RIDING
HOOD; ADAPTED FROM A TREASURY OF CHILDREN S
LITERATURE AGE GROUP 9 - 12 year old adopted by
zebra alex nevi Cast of Characters: Mother Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood Grandmother Wood cutter
(EARLY ONE MORNING, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD S
MOTHER BAKED SOME CAKES AND OTHER SWEETS IN HER
KITCHEN AS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD WATCHED. SHE
BACKED SOME CAKES AND BUTTER IN A SMALL BASKET AND
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People Plague Find
411 words
Renaissance Romeo and Juliet both killed
themselves with poison, although it was not
synthetic drugs. The poison had to be as powerful,
some scholars believe that it was hemlock that
sealed the fate of the two start crossed love,
other are skeptical, but we will probably never
know. The methods and medicines used in
Renaissance and Medieval times were very primitive
compared to todays standards. medical concepts
were magical and demoniacal. With no anesthetics,
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One Of The Greatest Ive Heard
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Megadeth and Metallica: A Comparison An essay by:
Nick Conley Intro Ah yes the age old question,
comparing the 2 most influential bands in metal
history (of course this is in past tense
considering even Metallica has admitted to no
longer being a metal band). I write this essay to
help give an understanding to those pathetic
drones whom remain chained to the oversized
bandwagon that are known of as the Metallica fans.
I am an experienced musician who has been playing
for over 5 years. I have a b...
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Things He Has Learned Acting An Actor Character
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Jennifer Farrell 101496 There are many diverse
methods and approaches to acting, each actor uses
the things he has learned and creates his own
unique way of playing and interpreting a role.
Using the things he has learned, he can find his
own weaknesses and strong points and therefore
creating this method that belongs to him only. But
before the actor can learn his own method, he must
study many other methods to the approach of
acting. There are many different methods of
acting. One of the many ...
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National Missile Defense George W Bush
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Star Wars was an idea for the future. It was an
idea that was set into motion by Ronald Regan and
at the time seemed almost like an impossibility.
That future is now. Now what seemed impossible is
possible with todays technology and the technology
to come in the upcoming years. George W. Bush is
quickly picking up with where Ronald Regan left
off. There is a plan in affect for a Missile
Defense System. This system will be capable of
shooting down ballistic missiles, that have been
launched by an...
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Doc Holliday Shakespeare Play
2,158 words
In the 1940? s, protagonists and antagonists were
easily distinguished in America? s Western-style
films. However in John Ford? s film, " My
Darling Clementine" , which depicts the
famous story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday? s
character is portrayed as an elusive, somewhat
ineffective man. Not until one of the final scenes
does the viewer have confirmed that Holliday is
actually a fair and just man. He then becomes a
member of the protagonists with the Earp brothers,
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Rest Of His Life Orson Welles
1,170 words
Orson Orson Welles Orson Welles Orson Welles was
an actor, producer, director, writer, and
columnist who revolutionized the film industry by
directing movies that depicted men and woman as
real human beings. Throughout his writing career,
Welles characters reflected his own personality
and inspired others to write about human
struggles, both good and bad. An innovative,
dynamic individual, Welles spent his entire life
experimenting with different mediums and bringing
to the world his vision of m...
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