"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see" (5:2). This quote by Edgar Degas puts into perspective the responsibility of true artists. So many things are considered art; it is an indefinable topic. However, a good artist can inspire a viewer or provoke thoughts and responses. .
Dancer Stretching, a pastel by Edgar Degas, was painted over a three year time period from 1882 through 1885 (3:1). Degas, a French painter, used pastels on a blue and gray paper to depict a stretching ballerina. His chose to work with pastels because they were much quicker to work with than paint and allowed him to apply several layers and correct his work as often as he needed (4:4). This particular work was left unsigned by Degas. He only autographed his paintings either at the point of sale or exhibition. "Dancer Stretching" is a later piece in his life and he did not get the chance to sell it or display it publicly. Therefore, the executors of his estate stamped his name in red ink on the piece when it was put up for sale along with the rest of Degas" estate and art (3:2). The Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas acquired Dancer Stretching in 1968 and it now resides in the museum's permanent collection (3:1).
The focus of Dancer Stretching is a young ballerina captured in an unforeseen moment as she stretches. Typical to Degas' work, she is painted in a genre style rather than flawless and romantic, as traditional artists would have done (2:1). Her face indicates that she is experiencing pain from practicing her technique or skill. Degas strategically placed one hand over her forehead to express exhaustion and the other is tightly clenched as she feels her aching muscles. Although the work expresses such intense agony, it still holds great beauty. The beauty is expressed in the hard work and dedication behind the work of ballet. The artist wanted to express the hard work and unsightly side of the ballet.
Dance A lot of people love to dance. ... Stretching is highly encouraged before dancing. Stretching helps with people's flexibility and flexibility is one of the main keys in dance. Jazz is a sharp but moving dance. ... Tap dances are all about character. ...
Hula Dancing If the first thought that comes to mind when hearing the words, "hula dancing", is a plastic figurine wearing a grass skirt then you've got it all wrong. ... The puniu is made from the skin of the kalu fish, stretched over half a coconut shell. ... Hula was then danced more by men rather than women. ... The missionaries were said to have been shocked by the open dancing. ... Hula dancing is a dance that has foregone its trials and tribulations. ...
Don't rush into any sport, dance or exercise without warming up first! ... For example, you might want to walk before you jog, or do some small dance movements before a dance class. Follow your brief warm-up with some stretches. ... When Blu-tack is cold you can stretch it so far and then it will snap. But when Blu-tack is warm you can stretch and stretch it and it feels gooey. ...
How to break dance Break dancing has been around for hundreds of years. ... I first learned to break dance when I was in elementary school. ... I hope you will enjoy break dancing as much as I have. ... Make sure to stretch your wrists a lot first so you don't screw them up. ... I truly hope you enjoyed learning and reading about how to break dance. ...
I have never been to a professional dance concert so I am not sure if that is similar to how they are ran, however with my dance studio and my high school dance team there was always someone to welcome the audience, and someone to introduce the dances and talk about the dance to give you a better idea of what the dance is about. ... I really enjoyed watching the dancers perform; you could really see how much hard work was put into each dance, from the lighting to the costumes to the actual dance itself. ... The message of being the change, being the person to help, was very obvious, but that m...
Two very different forms of dance are ballet and modern dance. ... "Can you dance in a classical ballet style without having modern dance training?" ... Ballet is a very strict and predetermined form of dance, while modern is a dance of improving a dancer's moves, while moving through space based on the freedom of nature. ... I kept my elbows higher than my wrists, arms in front of my body, legs in a turned-out position, ribs in, neck lengthened, feet and toes stretched, thighs elongated, and held my breath to keep this perfect form. ... For a dancer to dance one style without the other...
The slaves sometimes were let out to stretch out there aching cramped bodies and the children would run up and down the deck in play and Jessie noticed one of the slaves, it was a boy who stared at Jessie. The Captain ordered for Jessie to dance the slaves. ... They were so drained that they were too tired to even get up on deck to stretch. ... Jessie grew up lived his life and nearly forgot about his trip to Africa in 1840 the way he use to dance the slaves by the order of the Captain. He was traumatized for life for every single time he heard some tight of tune his memories would take him ba...
The participant could lose him/herself to the music for hours at a stretch, becoming almost disembodied, part of the music. ... In dance music the climax is somewhat different. ... Gilbert and Pearson describe a variety of dance spaces. ... The gender and sexuality of dance music are also important and probably not unrelated to the primacy of MDMA use in dance culture. ... Dance is often considered a feminine activity. ...
He starts by telling that he was wandering like a cloud floating above hills and valleys and then he saw thousands daffodils twinkle in the milky way and the water waves that danced beside them brought him joy and company. ... Then he upholds telling how "They stretched in never-ending line" in a margin of a bay and personifies the daffodils that they were tossing their heads and dancing. On the third stanza the speaker shifts to the lake telling how the waves were dancing but they "Outdid the sparkling waves in glee", then he tells that the poet could only be happy, in s...
