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Swan Lake Four Years
1,251 wordsDancer and choreographer Anton Dolin has been called "one of the most colorful and vital figures in modern ballet. " As a member of internationally known ballet companies or as director of his own troupes, this British-born artist has toured Europe and America for the past twenty years. Anton Dolin, originally Patrick Healey-Kay, was born on July 27, 1904, in Slinfold, Sussex, England. He is one of the three sons of George Henry and Helen Maude (Healey) Kay. When he was ten years of age his pare...
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Low Self Esteem Eating Disorders
1,148 wordsAnorexia is a condition that affects every part of you, your body, and your mind. In the world that we live in, where on every magazine cover, every tv show, and even in your home room, you see beautiful, skinny girls that seem to have everything they want. They seem to be popular, always happy, and have the perfect body. Many girls that are just beginning to go through adolescence feel that to be these perfect girls, they have to be skinny. They turn to Anorexia is a serious eating disorder, in...
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Stage Was Having Fun Scene Called Show
1,130 wordsI went to go see the show " Swing " at the St. James Theatre on Wednesday November 30, 2000. The St. James Theatre was located next to the Helen Hayes Theatre and across the street from The Majestic Theatre. I saw the 8 pm show with my friends Gina and Lindsay. We got the tickets the night of the performance at the ticket booth, which was located in the left of the lobby as soon as I walked in. The lobby had a white floor and had sufficient space. I thought that the lobby would be bigger, this b...
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Lighting And Costumes Moved The Show Stage
1,091 words... or playing in the band. It welcomes all with open arms. Swing is a culture phenomenon of its own and has very dazzling moves that never lets your guard down. The space of the stage enhances this point because there was always something entertaining going on stage. At points it would be hard to keep focus on one thing, so my eyes could wander the stage but never wander off. The band was always on stage and they were he element that tied the show together because the fundamentals of swing is r...
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Body And Soul Flamenco Dance
1,356 wordsFlamenco is not merely a style of music, song or dance from Spain but rather a way of life that influences the daily activities of many individuals. The art of flamenco was intended to be an outward expression of an individuals most profound emotions and the flamenco way of life. It was never intended to be a technical art performed with stoic precision yet without duende (a passion / feeling for flamenco). The main components and styles of flamenco will be discussed briefly while an in depth pr...
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Gender Roles Rock Star
609 wordsSubject: Showgirls and Present day Gender Role Construction Showgirls is a definite backlash to the typical woman's role in society. It is very interesting to me that a movie with this message is set in a normally deviant setting, when it is trying to portray the strength of a woman. I feel this is the reason that many woman did not see the film. They are offended, disgusted, and maybe even a little Strippers are able to be in control of the customers at all times. They have the power to switch ...
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O Wakan Tanka Wreaths Of Sage Tree
549 wordsThe Sun Dance O, Wakan Tanka, be merciful to me that my People may live. It is for this that I am sacrificing myself. The Sun Dance is held every year in the month of June or July when the moon was full. It was first uncovered in a vision to a Lakota Indian called Kablaya. Wakan Tanka told him that his People had become way to sluggish in their prayers, so he sent them a new way of praying-the Sun Dance. In a Sun Dance, dancers present their bodies as a sacrifice on behalf of all the Lakota peop...
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Claude Monet Edgar Degas
1,430 wordsImpressionism was the most important Art movement of the nineteenth century, having a great influence on the development of Modern Art. The name impressionism itself comes from a painting Impression sunrise created by Claude Monet (a member of the group) being influenced by Japanese Art 1863 was considered to be the start of Impressionism. However the name of the group did not appear until 1874, when the first exhibition was held. Impressionism consisted of landscapes, seascapes, snow scenes, ba...
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The Music And Dance Of Bangladesh
513 wordsThe traditional music in Bangladesh shares the perspectives of that of the Indian subcontinent. Music in Bangladesh can be divided into three distinct categories-classical, folk and modern. The classical music, both vocal and instrumental is rooted in the remote past of the sub-continent. Bangla music arena is enriched with Jari, Shari, Bhatiali, Murshidi and other types of folk songs. Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Sangeet are Bengalis precious heritage. Modern music is also practiced widely. Cont...
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Years Of My Life Four Years
1,355 wordsWhen I want something in life, I know that it usually does not come easy. Hard work and dedication is involved. For the past eleven years of my life, I have been a full time dancer. I started tying those jazz shoes onto my feet at age six, never thinking that one day they would come off. I still will slip them on once in a while, when I get an urge to prance around in front of the mirror, or attend a small dance audition. After my third year of dancing at my studio, I was definitely craving the ...
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Dance Brazil One Man
327 wordsDance Brazil performs with flexibility and power, which is evident throughout its entirety. Whether the company is lying on the floor or leaping through the air, they command their space. However, throughout the production they also incorporate one important factor, their culture. In the introduction of the show, the dancers demonstrate their religious ways by presenting the sign of the cross to the people. Throughout the scene, the costumes that were being worn were all directly related to the ...
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Jazz Music Early 1900
772 wordsAfter reading the article on jazz dance, I had found out a number of interesting things that I hadnt known before. I thought it was a dance form that was fairly new, starting in the early 1900 s. I then found out that it actually pre-dates all the way back to the seventeenth century. I also thought income from the United States, when it really originated in Africa and was brought here by the slaves. The dancing and drumming was such a part of their lives; it was eventually continued by the slave...
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Psychological View On Modern Dance
2,458 wordsPsychological View on Modern Dance Modern dance was developed at the beginning of the 20 th century. The modern dance pioneers refused to obey the rigid constraints of the Classical Ballet. They also rebelled against classical ballet technique, shoes and costumes. The new era of modern dance was followed by the appearance of various branches of modernism in art, literature, sculpture. The psychological ground for modernism was taken from the works of well-known scholar Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Fre...
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Break Dancing Hip Hop
382 wordsBreakdancing a form of African American dance that emerged from the hip hop culture of the South Bronx, New York, during the mid- 1970 s. Drawing upon several African American dance forms, break dancing coalesced in the 1970 s and reached its peak in popularity during the 1980 s. Breakdancing developed out of the Bronx, New York, disco scene. When disco DJs changed records, dancers would fill the resulting musical breaks, or breakbeat's, with movements that emphasized the rupture in rhythmic con...
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Royal Academy Of Dancing Academy Of Dancing Pointe
818 wordsGeorge Balanchine, like many dance teachers, had a good idea of what he thought the ideal dancer should look like. Balanchine also felt that there should be a greater concentration on the female dancers pointe work. He had very high expectations for his dancers to be very precise, crisp, and quick in their movements on and off of pointe. He started by teaching each dancer the correct way to pointe their feet in their pointe shoes and how to stand in release. Next the dancer inquires the strength...
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Normal Body Weight York Basic Books
1,863 wordsTwo million people in the world suffer from eating disorders, whether it is anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Two thirds of teenage girls and one third of teenage boys do not like their bodies and the weights they are at. Many people suffer from related conditions like bulimia and anorexia but do not meet specific conditions to have their symptoms called that. This category is called unspecified eating disorders. Symptoms of unspecified eating disorders are restrained eating, binge eating, pu...
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Modern Dance Dance Company
459 wordsLimon Dance Company is the nation? s oldest modern-dance company. Jose Limon established Limon in 1946. In the beginning the company only survived by word of mouth but eventually grew to be one of the Nations best and well-known Modern Dance Company? s. The Limon Dance Company survived with many of its original dance? s intact, these dances preserve the legacy of mid-century choreographers and showed the Company? s talent. The three pieces that the Limon Company performed were Champion, The Wing...
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York City Ballet School Of American Ballet Balanchine
948 wordsGeorge Balanchine, or originally Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, a Russian-born choreographer, is recognized as one of the foremost choreographers in the history of ballet. George was among a generation of dancers who spent the years of World War 1 at the Imperial school of ballet at the Mariinsky theatre. George was the son of a composer, and he also studied music from 1921 to 1924 at the Petrograd Conservatory in St. Petersburg. As a student Balanchine had already tried choreography. His fi...
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Individual Or Group Arms And Legs
1,566 wordsB-Boy Breakin Moves Dictionary AIRPLANES Form of a windmills with your arms spread out straight to the sides as high as you can get them. AIRSWIPES You start with both hands and feet on the ground, facing upwards. Then you kick your legs up with your weight on one arm and spin over so that you land on your other arm before your legs land. If done correctly you should be able to spin you body completely around in a full rotation. APPLEJACKS A basic move to challenge another by to battle. You squa...
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Dance Floor West Coast
1,153 wordsThe history of Swing dates back to the 1920 s, where the black community, while dancing to contemporary Jazz music, discovered the Charleston and the Lindy Hop. On March 26, 1926, the Savoy Ballroom opened its doors in New York. The Savoy was an immediate success with its block-long dance floor and a raised double bandstand. Nightly dancing brought in most of the best dancers in the New York area. Really being moved by the presence of great dancers and the best black bands, music at the Savoy wa...
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