From this, I learnt that I had to make better use of the skirt, use the parallels and come up with more modern and original techniques to express the words from the passage. In order to improve my dance, based on this feedback I first of all self-evaluated my dance and decided the movement components which needed to be changed. ... My dance was choreographed with an A, B, C, and D structure. ... This was reflected in the climax of the dance. ... The dance had to be performed in the dance studio, and therefore this limited by choreography. ...

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She even attends the Pure Talent School of Dance in Clearwater, FL, the nation's only academy for professional exotic dance. ... She dances in formal gowns at some of the most upscale clubs in Texas. She yields to nude dancing for the sake of working in Alaska. ... Interspersed with all of these reminiscences are more modern accounts of her "farewell tour". ... Having read the book, I regret that Lily never danced in Philly or observed our local scene. ...

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Rather than pursuing a career in law or business as his parents planned, Cecchetti's passion and dedication to dance swayed his parents to allow him to continue his study in dance professionally to later be famed as a virtuoso dancer, mime artist, and one of the greatest teachers of his time. ... The Cecchetti Method is credited as the first scientific method of dance training. ... The Cecchetti chassé stresses the 'down' rather than the upward pull common in modern day training. ... Many of his pupils are now dance hall-of-famers who passed on his legacy as a well-res...

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However, theatrical traditions around the world have had equal influence on modern theatrical theory and practice, including the rich tradition present in India. ... For a simple production, a simply-choreographed dance scheme is suggested. ... For The Little Clay Cart, a play told with an erotic sentiment, directors may wish to train their actors in sensual dance, in the modern vein of belly dancing, modern jazz dance, and Latin dances (tango, lambada, etc.). ... Most music during Indian theatre is improvised, so one might look to improvised jazz music for modern inspiration. ... If cert...

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ENGLISH ESSAY ("MODERN TIMES" AND "THE FLANEUR") "The ordinary practitioners of the city live "down below" the thresholds at which visibility begins they are walkers "wandesrmaenner", whose bodies follow the thicks and thins of an urban text." In "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplins character is the quintessential "walker" .His home is the public places of the city .In this sense he could be easily compared to Walter Benjamins "Flaneur". ... Chaplins character in "Modern Times", however, is...

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The beginning of Harlem Dancer, seems to give away what the entire poem is about. ... Then there are those who are barely getting by, and have to resort to things, like in Harlem dancer, being a dancer and a prostitute, in order to earn money. ... The only reason she is smiling is for the dance, for the show. ... I talked about this earlier in the essay, but when the speaker says "Her voice was like the sound of blended flutes"(3), this is very odd compared to a modern day night club. The music in this club almost makes it seem like a very high class club that plays very slow, classi...

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The dancing was called "break dancing". ... Break dancing is an acrobatic style of dance hich includes head spins, back spins, and flairs. ... But now let us concentrate on the on the music aspect of modern hip hop. ... Modern hip hop often does not include the DJ because hip hop beats are computerized a lot of the time. The controversial issue is whether or not modern hip hop should be called true hip hop. ...

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This essay will explore the "Modern Women" which are represented by different female characters in the three classic works, and it will focus on the idea of the "flapper" women, who they were and what they symbolized. ... Just like a "flapper" who wants to establish new morals by freeing herself from too much clothing, hair, and drinking alcohol while attending and dancing wildly in glamorous parties Daisy embraces these changes and she appears to be roiled by unstable emotions. ... In the novel she sits on a wine cask exposing her skin while peasants in Basque d...

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"On with the dance! ... Greeks also danced in festivals to honor their gods. ... It was a form of Ballet de cour, court ballet, which is the ancestor of modern ballet. ... Much like modern ballets, this production took place in the center of the room and was meant to be seen from above. ... He also took dance lessons on a daily basis and was a dignified and yet vigorous dancer. ...

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Shakespeare's delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in his classic Romeo and Juliet proves to only intensify through retelling and modern interpretation. ... In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins decided to retell Brooke and Shakespeare's romantic tragedy using song and dance, elements of racism and nationalism, and a modern vernacular. ... Throughout the dance at the gym in West Side Story, both of the gangs" members dance a mambo, but Tony and Maria dance a cha-cha. Bernstein and Robbins translated Shakespeare's spoken word into modern dance techniques (Gravely 1). ....

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Critics have not always agreed with the way in which Luhrmann works, saying his films are completely false, however this has not stopped him becoming one of the most famous and most accredited directors of the modern day. ... This was quickly followed by Dance Hall a large-scale musical event staged at Sydney Opera house. ... The Red Curtain styles aim is to promote audience participation within the story, and has certain specifics in mind to actively achieve this. 1) The audience knows how the story will end right from the start. 2) The Story line is thin and simple. 3) The world c...

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Though modern technology has created a new market of competition, the Nigerian female farmer has still prospered from the past due to their traditional knowledge of farming and their vast marketing techniques in food production. ... A variety of African traditions such as tribal dances, drumming, and in some churches, the practice of polygamy is still recognized. ... Many of the modern literature books and some modern day theatre shows written and produced by Nigerian women, grows out of a long tradition of festivals, story-telling, proverbs and tales, many books are written fro...

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Since the environment is strong enough to prevail over biological factors, boys should learn about "being a man in the modern world." ... One wrong move lead to having to do the dance all over again. ... There are also many scenes in which Billy is pounding the wall or floor while dancing angrily suggesting his frustration. ... Billy left the house in a fit of frustration and began to angrily dance down the street. ... The dance segment portrayed a two-sided representation of Billy's emotions: one of frustration of not being able to dance freely, and secondly an emotion that he could...

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Billy realises that dancing will open up opportunities. ... One of the greatest modern musicals, the scenic design by Ian MacNeil is a major triumph, enhanced by the poetic automation of the main elements (bed and table lift) The props and scenery are another stunning feature in act 1 as Ian Mac Neil uses the bed and table lifts to show more levels within the performance giving it a more visual interest. ... Billy's solo dance choreography involves more than formally studied ballet steps and incorporates everyday moves from his private movement vocabulary. ... In the dance sequence where ...

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Heckerling's Clueless is indeed a clever film, transforming a 200-year-old story and making it relevant to today for a modern screen audience, despite radical social changes. ... This cleverly fits into the cliché of modernity as he represents the homosexual male stereotype present in modern imagination. ... Clueless can be viewed as a humourous indictment of modern society while Emma is also a humourous indictment of Austen's society. ... From this, the difference in the film technique, such as Murray's use of language "a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand t...

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Television announcers have speech impediments, dancers cannot dance, musicians are tone deaf, and families lose all purpose, continuity, compassion, and love. ... Choosing the most beautiful of the dancers, he dances higher and higher as the musicians play brilliantly. ... His pessimistic view, however, is revealed when Harrison Bergeron throws off his shackles and weights and mask and those of the dancers and musicians, but his only revolutionary act is to dance. ... He frequently resorts to dystopias (negative views of the future) to comment on modern society. ... For example, as Harriso...

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White people dressed up as plantation slaves and acted like black musical in the act of dance forms. ... African Americans were shown as innocent people who sang and danced all night long. ... She also organized the Negro People's theater, which was the beginning of modern black theatre movement. ... Jazz dancing became the new thing and Jazz dancing schools began to open up. They first opened up in Harlem and then downtown to teach people that didn't know how to dance. ...

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"The dancers "and the observer share opposing points of view towards life. ... The environment of the dancers' are filled with imagery of superficial luxury. ... The poet describes the dancers being observed as achieving happiness through communion and large socializations. ... This can be seen as the descriptions of the observer appear more intellectual and positive in comparison to those of the dancers. ... The ambulances are "closed like confessionals", illustrating how similar to confessionals, an ambulance is the modern day place for vulnerable souls to place th...

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La Barre lists the symptoms of peyote intoxication as follows: First a sense of exhilaration often expressed by dancing which leads into a depression state in which dreams and visions occur. ... In "A Drug Called Tradition," the narrator, Victor, describes himself as dancing first in a vision, then around his companion, Junior, and Junior's car. ... Lee indicates on pages 113 through 114 that Thomas-Builds-The-Fire features in other tales by Alexie, which may in fact be Alexie's way of creating a fictional tribal storyteller to carry on the tradition through the written word rather t...

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Along with the war came vast developments in culture, causing a quick jump into modernity, mechanized industrialization, growth of modern community culture, and a modern media culture - all important parts of the Dada movement. ... Abstraction in itself was new; it is the modern form against the modern itself. ... There was an affinity between modern and primitive. ... There was a new centrality for dance and the visual arts within the group (excluding Ball)'s activities, especially with Laban's presence now in Zurich. ... NY Dada had a skeptical attitude toward the machine and mode...

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Rural slaves used to stay after the regular worship services, in churches or in plantation "praise houses", for singing and dancing. But, slaveholders did not allow dancing and playing drums, as usual in Africa. ...

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Acting like that, or just the fact that a little boy is hunting would be frowned upon in any modern society. ... 'Do our dance! ... Dance!'... Here Jack is encouraging his tribe to act barbaric and dance like animals. Jack's dance also includes the chant, "Kill the beast! ...

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The group featured modern Rock that was new and popular during the period, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney composing and doing most of the singing. ... Most of this decade's music was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced to traditionally. It became very energetic and loud; it lost the beat that tempted the listeners to dance. Instead of dancing, the musicians and the audience invented a series of random moves that in a way reminded of epilepsy attacks, when a person's body jerks in random directions. ...

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Most of the Mormons believe there are such as thing as modern day miracles, but most are on a small scale instead of a large scale. ... Issues such as birth control, divorce and remarriage, dancing, and some others are left up to the individual. ... The Mormons do not believe there is anything wrong with good, clean fun like dancing as long as it is done in the correct manner. The youth have dances and the young and old participate. ...

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In this particular poem he angrily discusses how people of the modern age have lost their connection to nature and to the smallest meaningful things in life. ... He goes on to say that her shape is one of a graceful dancer and her attractive image is in the mind of the romantic poet William Wordsworth which sometimes makes him surprised and frightened because this woman who he has laid eyes upon is something that can be closely compared to an angel from heaven. ... " Near the end of the first stanza the speaker came across a crowd of daffodils stretching out over almost everything he cou...

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