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Today Im Dance Night
677 words
Did you ever have the chance to do something you
really wanted to do, but you just didnt have the
guts? well I encountered something similar to
that. It started when I was at thirteen, back in
Junior high school. That was the awkward age when
everyone was begging to mature and grow those
awful bumps all over there faces. Which was
considered puberty, but in my situation pimples
were not the problem, but my weight was. I was 59
250 lb. with my shoes off. This created an impact
on my life that I w...
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Body And Soul Flamenco Dance
1,356 words
Flamenco 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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Middle Class Families Rap Music
3,729 words
... t lifting. Clive did not like the name
Hercules so he shortened it to Herc. When Herc
became a graffiti writer he took the tag name Kool
Herc. Kool Herc began to DJ in 1973 once he had
amassed a great sound system. The Jamaican
influence of having a large sound system was not
lost on Herc. Herc realized that in order for
large crowds to dance to his music they needed to
hear the beat. Kool Herc seldom played an entire
song. He knew which part of the record sent his
audience into a frenzy. It...
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White Middle Class Forced To Move
938 words
The movie, Save the Last Dance, goes along with
all of our discussions and conversations about the
visual difference between the black and white
cultures and the stereotyping that Hollywood does
of the two cultures. The movie shows the
difference in the two cultures, according to
Hollywood. you have your typical white
middle-class suburban girl (Sarah) and your
typical low-class black boy (Derrick). Save the
Last Dance is a love story about the pros and cons
that comes along with interracial dat...
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Cultural Of The Ojibway Native Americans
1,642 words
I sat in awe when a Native American, dressed in
traditional regalia, walked forward and began
speaking to us about his life and culture. Never
in my nineteen years of life had I actually seen a
Native American aside from television. Prior to
that point I never had any first hand experiences
with their culture, so therefore all of my
opinions and thoughts were based on stereotypes I
had come to absorb over the years. Therefore, he
looked how I had imagined he would, but I had no
clue what to expe...
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Analysis Of Thorpe Dance Young Man And Death
438 words
Young Man and Death is a dance that is very
expressive. It is full of exaggerated movements,
which have symbolic interpretations. It is quite
simple to interpret. If one didnt know the title
of the dance the content could easily be
identified. A male dancer performs a dance of
desperation, jubilee and death. This dance is full
of insight, exhibits perfection and is
inexhaustible. The content of the dance is a male
/ female relationship that has resulted in a
breakup. The woman is leaving the man...
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Time I Dance Special Hobby Dancing
743 words
Practically every person has his or her own hobby;
whether it's a sport, collecting certain items, or
something one takes their time practicing.
Personally, I never thought I ever had a hobby. As
a matter of fact I wasn't even sure what a hobby
actually was. Then I got to thinking and I finally
realized that my hobby was dancing. Yes, I know
that to some people dancing is not considered a
true hobby; but the way I see it, if I enjoy
dancing and spend my precious time doing it, then
I have every ...
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King David Kalakaua Merrie Monarch Hula
695 words
What is one thing that stands out in most peoples'
minds when they think of Hawaii? Most people would
probably say the hula dance. The hula dance
descended from, or can be traced to Polynesia and
India. The Hula was a form of poetry for the
Hawaiians in all of its sacred and ceremonial
forms. In hula dancing, the hands are very
important: they tell a story. However, more
important are the chants. Chanting is an extension
of speaking that started as a means of
communicating to the gods. The hula ...
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Jazz Music Early 1900
772 words
After 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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Peace Love Unity Rave Scene
7,121 words
Introduction What is a rave? This is a fundamental
question that, in a way, I will attempt to answer
in this paper, but I will never do it. Raving is a
highly subjective experience. One persons best
rave is another persons worst. Any attempt to
analyze rave culture must recognize the highly
personal factor of the experience. It is because
of this fact that I start off my attempt to
analyze rave culture with a series of quotes on
the experience. hardcore music being slammed
through my body while ...
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University Of Illinois Native Americans
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Are you anti-Chief or pro-Chief? Before I answered
that question I decided to educate myself on the
topic and saw this research paper as the perfect
opportunity. What I wanted to know was when was
the Chief Illiniwek introduce, what the deal is
with the dance, and who and why did this
anti-Chief movement start. The tradition of Chief
Illiniwek was started on October 30, 1926, during
a football game against the University of
Pennsylvania. Raymond Dvorak, who was the Marching
Illini director of th...
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Death And Rebirth Dance
550 words
A series of set of movements to music, either
alone or with a partner. That is the definition of
dancing. Dancing is a way to express ones feeling
and to get active. Dance has been a part of human
history since the earliest records of human life.
Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating
from 30, 000 - 10, 000 BC. have vivid drawings of
dancing figures in association with ritual
illustrating the presents of dance in early human
society. Many people around the world see life as
a dance from...
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Flamenco Dance Body Movements
358 words
Country of Spain/Flamenco Culture? Flamenco is
more than just an art, it is the way of looking at
life, an integral form of feeling the cosmos and
the small world of one? s own personality? Rafael
La fuente. The Flamenco culture of dance derives
from a Flemish background and first came to Spain
in the middle of the 15 th century from the Danube
Valley. It is believed to originate from an
Eastern Asian family of culture. Flamenco dance is
associated with the Spanish gypsies (Flamencos) in
the tri...
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Day By Day Flamenco Dance
1,160 words
Flamenco is one of the greatest musical forms of
Europe, and is considered to be one of the most
passionate and complex forms of music. Flamenco is
a multicultural art form, that arose in Andalucia,
the southern region of Spain, evolving from the
interaction of many migrating cultures? including
the Moorish, Jewish, Spanish, and especially the
Gypsies. It is the Gypsies from the south of Spain
that created this improvised music day by day
since their arrival to Spain in the 15 th century.
The gy...
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Sun Dance Native American
1,525 words
Coming Home In many Native American cultures,
ceremonies of sacrifice and renewal are an annual
activity used to promote community and individual
well being. In the novel Green Grass, Running
Water, Thomas King suggests that when one is able
to fully accept ones own self and / or cultural
traditions, a renewal celebration or regeneration
of the spirit may give the individuals life
direction or guidance in previously misguided
areas. The Native American Sun Dance is a
celebration where the sacrif...
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Louis Xiv Three Companies
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A History of Ballet in Canada Magnificence,
extravagance, artificiality, a tiny society in
which everyone knew every detail of everyone s
life. The preceding sentence best described the
court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, and it was into
that world that professional ballet was born.
Louis was an accomplished dancer and appeared in
many court ballets from the age of twelve until he
was thirty-two. Though he continued to perform his
favorite ballroom dances, various affairs, such as
his sense of roy...
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Tweaking Noses Smashing Pies Rko Rival Betty Grable Lucy
11,857 words
On April 26, 1989, the world lost an extremely
talented comic genius, Lucille Ball. There are so
many things to learn about this extraordinary
woman: her childhood, her acting career, and her
unfortunate death. Lucille Ball will most surely
be known as a premiere comedienne of the 20 th
century. Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New
York on August 6, 1911. She spent her first few
years in Anaconda, Montana and Wyandotte,
Michigan. When Lucy was three and a half her
mother, Desiree, was pregnan...
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American Psychiatric Association Sympathetic Nervous System
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Mind-Body Therapies The mind and body are so
completely connected that physical activities such
as yoga and dance have healthful effects not only
on the body but also on mental ailments such as
depression and anxiety. Conversely, mental
approaches such as hypnosis and imagery benefit
physical problems such as hypertension and immune
deficiency. Having an understanding of the
mind-body connection helps us to see why CAM
interventions prove helpful in the treatment of
depression. For example, acco...
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Quot Quot Poems Quot
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Denise Levertov Andre: Prior to the sixties you
suppressed the direct autobiographical allusions.
But now you seem to be pulling in more actual
facts. Would you say again this is related to
movements in poetry, such as confessional poetry?
Levertov: Im rather antagonistic on the whole to
what is called confessional poetry which seems to
exploit the private life. Ive even felt that some
young poets, students, feel that they have to make
a suicide attempt, that they must spend some time
in a menta...
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Dance Floor West Coast
1,153 words
The 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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