Essays on Ballet

I like the way Gabriela describes every article and names the reasons of her preferences. Though I like the profile of the ballerina less than Gabriela, I understand the student’s preferences. Meanwhile, she thinks that both articles are good and the profile of the poker player is worthy reading too. She points out that the way how the profile was divided and separated makes it easier and more readable for the audience. Therefore, she enjoys reading it and has no misunderstandings or even ‘frustration’ in the profile. I couldn’t agree more that the profile about the ballerina ...

The first difference which may be noticed is the size. The journalistic profile about a professional poker player Jared Hubbard is bigger than the profile about a ballerina Chelsea Rittenhouse. As a result of its bigger size, the first profile includes more details and represents a better image of the professional poker player’s life. In the poker player’s profile, there are different points of views, so that the reader can find out about negative reaction and consequences which may face an average professional player. Moreover, the profile of the poker player includes more people’s opinion about ...

Introduction

Katherine Dunham is a legendary dancer and choreographer whose contributions to the dance culture are admirable and great. She is an important figure to the dance culture because of her revolutionary and transformative choreography in the 1930’s. She revolutionized dance styles in America by investigating and establishing the roots of African and Caribbean dance and rituals and transforming them into critical creative choreography that resonates with all. She also pioneered the use of ethnic and folk choreography by introducing it to mainstream dance styles and fusing them. Katherine further founded the anthropological dance movement; showing the whole world ...

The qualities of leadership that make one individual a great leader and another individual an ineffective one are not absolutely fixed. Depending on the time in question, the situation and the person who is leading, the qualities that an individual will need to have as a leader in order to be effective can vary significantly. At the same time, it can be useful to examine those qualities in historical leaders of the past so as to glean whatever lessons are possible from their approach and their accomplishments. The following will consider the leadership qualities of Moses, Martin Luther, Pres. ...

The Right Spring is an exceptionally beautiful Ballet. Inspired by the 1913 performance that incorporated Russian pagan iconography, Nijinsky creates a movement that combines both the logical and Frenzy of Stravinsky’s music. The right string was first composed Igor Stravinsky; the performance was written for Paris seasons Diaghilev's Ballets Ruses Company. Nicholas Roerich designed the 1913 stage and customs. The Ballet was performed may the 29th 1913. The piece was received with unusual sensation and is considered the most influential work of the 21st century.

Act 1. The Adoration of the Earth; The Dance of spring begins. The ...

Modern Trends in Dance

It is quite difficult to characterize by few words such an artistically expressive phenomenon as dance. However, it is possible to depict several novice trends relevant for the dance today. Nowadays, modern dance is infused with the interpretive messages, where the performers are trying to incorporate a specific concept. The idea behind a specific performance may encapsulate a social, emotional, or artistic message that will be relevant for the contemporary viewers. For instance, the performance created by Alvin Ailey Dance Theater “Revelations” managed to explore the African-American history and incorporate a vivid expressive message into dance, which is still ...

Identifying the Object

The Mondrian dress is a red, blue, white, and yellow dress that shows the integration of art and fashion. One of the renowned French designers, Yves Saint Laurent, designed the dress in the winter of 1965-66 and made it his signature piece. This illustrates that the integration of art and fashion is an old concept, and it remains significant today. The Mondrian dress takes the form of the 1960s modified form of a sack dress, and Laurent utilized the color blocks. Inspired by the contemporary artists of the Mondrian art movement, Laurent incorporated the flat planes derived from 1960s’ ...

Identifying the Object

The Mondrian dress is a red, blue, white, and yellow dress that shows the integration of art and fashion. One of the renowned French designer, Yves Saint Laurent, designed the dress in the winter of 1965-66 and made it his signature piece. This illustrates that the integration of the art and fashion is an old concept, and it remains significant up to date. The Mondrian dress takes the form of the 1960s modified form of a sack dress, and Laurent utilized the color blocks. Inspired by the contemporary artists of the Mondrian art movement, Laurent incorporated the flat planes ...

Sydney Opera House is an art center in Sydney city, Australia, located on Port Jackson, New South Wales. Danish architect Jorn Utzon made a design in 1957 – 1973. In 2003, for the project of Sydney’s Opera House, Jorn Utzon got the highest international architecture's honor – Pritzker Prize. In 1956 the government of New South Wales announced an open international design competition. For this competition a special independent jury was called. Broad specifications were provided by a competition brief, a cost limit and design parameters were not specified because the main purpose was to attract the most talented designers.  ...

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Sydney, New South Wales This report was completed as an assessment in the

Introduction

Immigrants develop a sense of place in their new country and eventually are able to call it home. They normally integrate into the community into which they have arrived and start to develop a meaningful sense of belonging – being part of the Australian way of life and being able to participate in activities and values which are important to them. However, many Muslim women are not allowed to happily adjust to their new surroundings nor are they able to maintain their cultural norms and spiritual beliefs ...

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Teaching different art forms such as dance to students is a great challenge because it requires a great deal of confidence, a deep level of understanding of arts and the right mix of skills . For this paper, the workshop that I chose to focus on was the Moth Bangarra Dance performance. I chose dance mainly because of the fact that it was one of the most recently discussed topics in the course and this particular dance workshop was the one that really struck my senses. I wanted to do a dance workshop just like it and so I chose ...

I have chosen the following players who were drafted in 2014 NFL draft;

He is an American footballer for the Houston Texas of the Nation Football League. Jadeveon played college football at South Carolina after graduating from South Pointe high school in South Carolina. He set South Carolina school records in 2012 in loss tackles of 23.5 and quarterback sacks of 13.0 as he earned defensive playing ability of the years honor at the southeastern meeting. He is described as one of the rare sports changers on defense (Ducking et al. 681). In 2008, south point had 31 graduates. ...

The Aristotle, Poetics defines the dance as the physical implication of a pure experience.The physical movement works to arouse the emotional experience that can be associated with the abstract idea that is posed by the scenario. The dance serves as a representative of an intellectual or an emotional feeling that was not physically represented. The bodily experience of the abstract ideas helps in a long way to forming the idea that is intended to have been passed from the inner of beings. The feeling of amusement of the innate feelings gives the soothing feeling of being humans endeared to ...

The Stormy Weather starring Bill Robinson and Lena Horne was one of the most successful Broadway musicals ever created especially by a full-African American actors and actresses. The film presents a charming combination of jazz, singing, dancing, and occasional rhythmic rants of the characters from the story. At first, I was quite skeptical whether the film will make me interested until the end; however, the Stormy Weather’s brilliant and happy music creates a lively atmosphere which is impossible to deny. The film was set against the backdrop of the Progressive era, approximately during the 1920s, considering the clothes ...

Ethnic Forms

Ballet dance, to a great extent, is an ethnic form of dance as it conveys the idea that the dance is a reflection of the cultural traditions from the specific communities within which they are developed. The listings of the characters and themes of ballet and the ballet dance are a concise show of the ethnic aspect of ballet dance. Consider, for instance, how ballet dance culturally reveals the stylized Western customs, such as the mannerisms from the age of chivalry, christenings, mourning customs, burial, and weddings. I personally agree with the point raised by DeMille that “theatre always ...

Twyla Tharp the daring, original, stylish and high profile choreographer was born on 1st July, 1945 in Portland, Indiana. Her family moved to California when she was about eight years old. From a very young age she started learning piano, ballet, jazz, tap, violin, painting, shorthand etc. (Twyla Tharp Biography 2016). Her mother wanted her to be competent and expert in a number of fields. It was this strict and cumbersome schedule that she had to adhere to, which turned her into a workaholic and perfectionist. She invented the a technique called “Stuffing” in which various movements, including shrugged ...

Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher

BIOGRAPHY Gustav Holst was born in England in the city of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on the 21st of September, 1874 in the family of Adolph and Clara von Holst. His father was a professional musician, a talented pianist. Gustav was a weak child and suffered from many diseases. After his father’s second marriage, he was sent to Cheltenham Grammar School (1.The Early Years). Since his youth he has suffered from neuritis in hands, which brought him much pain and trouble. In 1893 he worked as an organist at Wick Rissington in a small Cotswold village. Later he became a ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

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Introduction

Bullying remains one of the biggest issues that restrict the educational outcome of children at school. According to research, 46% children and young individuals have been reported to be bullied at some point in life (Einarsen, 2011). While the issue receives little attention by schools and parents but its impact on life is enormous. Some of the most common kind of bullying include physical, verbal, and relational bullying. The physical may involve actions like hitting, punching, or slapping. The verbal bullying commonly occurs by name calling, while the relational bullying occurs by peers who hurt someone by ...

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Degas is often praised with the term Impressionist, as most of them he was focused on capturing the moment, nevertheless, he had a little interest in capturing the play of light or the impression from a landscape, he was fascinated with the movement and seized every moment of delicate dance by ballerinas. Line: The line of the painting is diagonal, composed of figures inhabiting the painting, it is going from the left bottom corner to the right upper dividing the painting into two color palettes. Diagonal line also conveys a feeling of movement. Shape: All the figures in the ...

Today in the world of choreography there are not that many names, at the mention of that, people would say "yes, I know him, I saw his production of "Swan Lake", it was unbelievable". But such choreographers exist and it is a fact. This choreographer nowadays is Matthew Bourne. The name of these individual more than once adorned the headlines, the front pages and covers of glossy magazines. Tickets for his performances are sold of shelves in the blink of an eye, and the number of awards, nominations and prizes are hard to count on both fingers on your ...

Modern theater – is a very complex and multifaceted phenomenon. A variety of theaters can now meet the needs of virtually any intellectual and social strata of society. Such theatrical genre as musical combines the “high” and “low” culture, reflected the public sentiment shades of different social strata, combined many elements of modern theater, and at the same time updated the classics, making it popular in a wide viewers environment. This is just one of the processes of attracting the unprepared viewer to theater arts. Important role in this also is played by the media. Following the ideology of postmodernism ...

In terms of both our vocations and hobbies, we often aspire to become great. What happens, however, when this very desire consumes and overtakes us? The 2010 film "Black Swam" starring Natalie Portman as a high-profile ballet dancer, shows its viewers that unchecked ambition can be a dangerous and ultimately deadly thing. This message is achieved primarily through the film's use of detail-heavy camerawork, its character depiction, and its embrace of magical realism and distortions of reality. The main character Nina loses her identity, herself to become perfect and on this way to the culmination of her transformation she ...

Technically, a dance can be defined as the art of having a series of relocations of the body that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music. It can be both an acrobatic and an artistic performance on the verge of specific intention. Contemporary dance has been my portion of the music-dance industry; I have loved contemporary ballet, as it is known in the modern society. In this dance, the body swings to various rhythms of song. This dance style is normally full of acrobatic movements. Floor works serve the sweetest bit of this dance. Your leg ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is common knowledge that every well-educated person should know, understand and appreciate music. However, no matter how well aware of various composers and genres people might be, many of us find it difficult to feel it. There are numerous examples of musicians who can technically perform a piece, but when you listen to them playing, you realize that you might as well listen to a robot. Only the emotion behind the melody gives music a truly human feel and makes it a universal human language that will be understood all over the world. Thus, it is extremely important ...

With the growing popularity of hip hop in the youth culture, there can be noticed a growing number of films appearing in the cinematographic industry depicting the in-demand sub-culture. Being more than just a music genre, hip hop can be fairly called a way of life that thousands of young people found close to their spirit. So the ways it looks like in real life and in movies really differ and thus hip hop is usually a controversial topic for discussion. This paper is thus going to reflect on how authentic hip hop is represented in cinema in terms ...

Origins

The New Romantics is a subculture movement that emerged from the working class youths of London. The movement began in the late 1970s and lasted to the later parts of the 1980s. It was associated with a new music wave and unique fashion. The fashion aspect of the movement emerged out of “Billy’s”, a club that was located on Dean Street, London. This nightclub held famous events which were called Bowie and Roxy Music nights. Young people found punk rock unattractive and wanted something different. It is this unique blend of post-punk and fashion that grew into the ...

It has always been innate for people to group themselves together based on a certain attribute, such as life philosophy, religion, lifestyle and the like. Once a group has been formed, the group members itself will establish characteristics that will make them identifiable from the popular crowd, a quality that will make them ‘stand out’, so to speak. The members will then conform their personality, self-image and eventually, identity in order to fit in with these perceived defining qualities. This is the process in which as subculture is formed. With this in mind, a subculture can be defined as ...

Abstract

Body dissatisfaction refers to an individual’s negativity regarding their own body image. It is found throughout all individuals, regardless of age or gender. However, studies have shown differences do exist when it comes to body dissatisfaction and an individual’s age or gender. Previous research has been aimed at body dissatisfaction and the causes that leads to an individual’s body dissatisfaction. This study is aimed at analyzing whether or not media exposure has a bigger influence when it comes to body dissatisfaction than psychological factors. The sample for this study will consist of 450 participants throughout three ...

The main purpose of the current assignment is to consider the effects of scoliosis on the organism of people, whose career appears to be directly associated with the state of their body parts and their back, in particular. Thousands of people are getting a diagnosis of scoliosis and appear to be significantly concerned about the dangerous effects of this physical disorder. Further, not only do they worry about their career as performers, but also about their health in general. What is more important, the majority of people does not have perfect spine, which has its natural peculiarities. Technically, these ...

Jazz dance is no doubt a very popular style of dance today. There are many different renowned artists that incorporated jazz dance in their music such as Michael Jackson and Jack Cole and ended up being known worldwide for jazz dance. But what really makes jazz dance to be different from other styles of dance? What is the secret behind jazz dance that makes it to continue getting more popular as years pass by? Many would suggest it is because of syncopation element of the jazz dance while other always argue it is because of the freedom of expression ...

The musical theatre is a musical-theatrical scenic genre. This type of performance combines music, drama, dancing and opera. Musical theatre may be a comedy, tragedy, farce or drama. It is necessary to say that musical theatre is a genre that is somehow similar to the operetta. That is why it has not been recognized for a long time as a separate musical genre of theatrical art. However, later it has formed its own characteristics that distinguish it from other genres. Musical theatre emerged as a result of the development of the American and European operetta and the expansion of ...

Labor and Skills Shortage in the Hotel Industry

Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, Arizona has been facing labor problems and coping like any other hotel. The labor problem seems to be a mix of issues on top of the labor shortage itself. The lack of skills and high labor turnover aggravate the situation.

Connected Problems

Skilled Labor Shortage Hotels hire many people at the entry level. However, the kind of people that hotels need is skilled and specialized. After all, not any one can do the job. So, even if there are many still unemployed, hotels suffer from a shortage. There are not enough applicants and fewer ...

Modern day dance and choreography is a manifestation of the efforts pioneered by earlier artists. In fact, a large section of modern day choreography can be said to be mere modifications and improvements on the earliest choreography. Numerous names often come up whenever dance and choreography are mentioned and among them is Marius Petipa, who was even crowned and later named “Father of Russian Choreography ”. This essay focuses on the history of Merius Petipa, his choreography, and various pieces that he presented during his lifetime. Victor Marius Ivanovic Petipa was born on 11th March 1818 in Marseille, France. Petipa ...

Introduction

Kids Clubs are after school programs, which offer their services for free. These kids clubs are set up to help the kids to learn various positive values and skills of life. The kids clubs employ the use of different types of art forms, music, and crafts for teaching their students the various values of life. Kids clubs can be full time organizations, or it can also be a part-time community organization. The community groups are led by the members of the local community. The community kids clubs do not have any particular location for conducting its activities. The activities ...

The book section pertains to the pervasive use of fragmentation and repetition in the modern art. Varnedoe’s article attempts to explain to the readers the history as to why these techniques became the basis of the modern art. In the book, he argued that artworks of the past only focus on the earthly things which can be seen by the naked eye whereas the modern art removed its materialistic viewpoint in a sense that artists began to focus more on the abstract things; things that the human eyes cannot discern in a first glance. Therefore, the author explains ...

1.What is the name of the first film you will be comparing in your essay? Save the last dance (2001) 2. What is the name of the second film you will be comparing in your essay? Street dance (2010) 3.Which of the following themes or concepts will you be addressing in your comparative essay? A maximum of two themes is recommended. Possible combinations include: "race and class," "gender and sexuality," "authenticity and appropriation," "class and social mobility," "agency and identity" and "representation and commercialization." Choose your first theme here. You will choose your second them in Question #4.

Race

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The person I would like to tell about is Myra Yvonne Chouteau, born 7 March 1929, who died of congestive heart failure on 24 January 2016 at the age of 86. She was a famous prima ballerina of a Native and French origin, famous as one of the “Five Moons”, the five prominent Native American ballerinas of Oklahoma. She became a part of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the widely reputed classical ballet company, since she was 14, and a part of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame at the age of 18 (Lee). A few years ago I ...

For Huawei, ‘Ballet’ Is the New Cliché

BALLET promotes hard work, passion, commitment, and perfection. So does Huawei. At least that is what Huawei’s advertising campaign wants you to believe. Although some critics, including company insiders, don’t quite see it that way. They found the advertisement far from uplifting.

But other marketing and product insiders explain the communication and marketing tactics behind their successful advertisement.

Huawei, established in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. According to The Economist, it overtook Ericsson in 2012. Moreover, it has entered 57 international markets in just six months (PTI, 2015). With impressive results, the company became the first Chinese company ...

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“‘Paintingshould be, Monsieur, a faithful copy of beautiful nature.’” –Jean-Georges Noverre in Letters on Dancing and Ballet quoted in “The Choreographic Imagination in Renaissance Art” by Olivia Powell (p. xvii). The above quotation made by a dancer, critic, and ballet master of the Paris Opera (albeit for a short period of time) indicates how the paintings and other forms of visual art during the Renaissance Period did their best to imitate life. In fact, the Renaissance Period played a significant role in developing techniques in art (specifically painting) that were true to the object or ...

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Introduction The architecture of theaters has not evolved much from its traditional designs except for new technological additions to enhance production and performance. According to scholars, most modern theater architectures have their roots from that of the ancient Greek theaters. However, the ambiguity of the meaning of theaters among different cultures as well as on how they are being staged has somehow influenced the development of theater space in different countries across the globe. Over the years, the designs of theatres have been influenced by several factors such as the audience capacity and the purpose to which ...

Known as the ‘Sun King’ due to his performance in Le Ballet de la Nuit or ‘The Ballet of the Night,’ he also established the first ballet school in the world. Academie Royale de Danse, or ‘Royal Academy of Dance’, was founded in 1661. The school is acclaimed for the development of the five basic foot positions of the ballet which was formed by Pierre Beauchamps, one of the teachers in the school. Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born opera composer, ‘transformed opera into a French art under the royal patronage of Louis XIV.’Lully integrated Italian styles into French opera ...

Introduction

Robots are used predominantly in industry. More and more companies are making their production lines automated by the usage of programmed robots. This trend of using robots started way back in 1960s and 1970s and gained popularity in the subsequent decades. Education was one area which was not touched by robotic technology until 10-15 years back. The strong belief was that a robot could not enhance the learning process. In fact introducing a robot in the learning process might make it more mechanical than creative. However, perceptions have changed in the last few years and education field is seeing more and more ...

The debate between Nature and Nurture within psychology is a great concern to a large extent, particularly in regards to the extent to which selected aspects of behavior are a product of either acquired (learned characteristics) or inherited (genetic). All aspects of human behavior are in one way or another affected by both nurture and nature (N & N). To start with, it is coherent to first differentiate the two terms; Nurture is a term that refers to all environmental influences after conception which in this case could be an experience, while Nature basically is that which is generic or inherited (Hockenbury, 2011, ...

Jack Cole (1911-1974)

Jack Cole is known as the Father of Jazz Dance Technique and Father of Theater Dance. Cole started out as a modern dancer but during the Great Depression he switched to the jazz style of dancing. He is famous for combining jazz steps with modern and ethnic dances. Some of his famous choreographies include “Man of La Mancha”, “There´s No Business Like Show Busines” and “Les Girls”.

Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito (1925-2015)

Luigi is a dancer whose physical handicap from a car accident made him create a new style of jazz dance. He improvised the jazz steps by incorporating warm-up and stretching exercises into dance routines. He ...

Complete Name of the Professor

Overview of the Romantic Ballet Historically, the nineteenth century ballet is perhaps the landmark in the history of dance. This is the product and culmination of the innovations and discoveries in the later part of eighteenth century which then brought together the different elements in ballet. This has been crystallized and formed of what is a classical ballet of today. The Romantic ballet period occurred mainly in Paris London. Romantic ballet has different characteristics and qualities. The Romantic ballet, was to the dance world, a nineteenth century phenomenon. It brings a different and a whole new era of dance as it ...

“The Romantic ballet was a nineteenth century phenomenon to the dance world” (Baker 3). This style appeared after the French Revolution with the help of new middle class. People wanted to escape and experience all existence art forms. The combination of these wishes made themes of exotic lands, man versus nature and supernatural extremely popular in Romantic ballet. This style made female dancers the focal point of performances. Experts divided style into two groups: "The Classic Romantic Ballets" and “The Lesser Known Romantic Ballets”. One of the main plot of last category was women’s emancipation. Romantic ballet also was ...

Introduction

The current business spectrum is exposed to a series of challenges starting from competition pressures to unexpected financial market fluctuations. In addition, currently industries are filled with a large number of potential competitors, and there is no scope for new market entrants. This paper will critically evaluate a marketing concept called ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ introduced by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne and discuss its relevance to today’s business challenges. The paper will also consider some real life examples to evaluate the potentiality of this concept. Blue ocean strategy was proposed by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, co-directors of ...

“Don Quixote,” is a popular dance that excites people and brings happiness to sad souls. I find it quite interesting because it coordinates dances from a diversity of places and backgrounds. The dance takes place in a series of days and most of the time the audience comes out of the auditorium with jubilation and excitement. The dance is always successful because of the intense preparations by the gifted and well-experienced managers, choreographers, artistic directors, and artists. When all these people work in harmony, the audience feels the magnitude and the quality of the work produced. Looking at the choreography of ...

Introduction

Alvin Ailey proved he was gifted in more than one way. Raised by a young single mother, life was far from easy for him. He rose from poverty to become a figure that greatly influenced the 20th century modern dance. Alvin Ailey’s rise from poverty all the way to the top and finally succumbing to AIDs is an interesting story. He certainly had his weaknesses, but Alvin Ailey is an individual who will forever remain in the hearts of dance lovers (Ailey & Bailey 1995).

Discussion

Alvin was born in 1931 in Texas. Being born to a teenage mother (17 years old) then ...

What are the implications?

During adolescence it’s usual for young people to think a lot about how their bodies look. During the teen years their bodies and appearance go through lots of changes and youngsters often compare their bodies with others. Meanwhile a positive attitude to your body is an important part of a healthy self-esteem. The standards of beauty are very wobble and change from decade to decade. If we look through the pages of history, we see that for insance in Western Europe in the Middle Ages the main attributes of beauty and femininity were considered to be small height, blond hair, ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov was born on 27th January, 1948 in Riga, Latvia. He is famous for dancing throughout the world. His dance is the sublime vision. Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov began his ballet studies in 1960. He studied in Vaganova School the then Leningrad with Aleksander Pushkin. He won the top prize in the junior division of the international Varna Competition. His teacher described him as “the most perfect dancer I have ever seen”. He made his debut at Maryinsky theatre where he danced the ‘peasant’ pas de deux in Giselle, in the group Kirov Ballet. A new instrument unique ...

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“Black Swan” is about Nina Sayers, an aspiring ballerina, who had to deal with the pressure of her career, discordant relationship with her mother, and sexual advances from her mentor. Nina wants nothing more than to play lead in the New York City ballet company’s upcoming “Swan Lake” production. Her chance came when Thomas Leroy, the director, dismissed Beth, the lead, and subsequently chose Nina to take her place. Throughout the film, Nina’s psychoses surface on account of her experiences with his sexually aggressive mentor, Thomas, who also puts the most pressure on Nina to perform better, ...

The production I watched on YouTube was a modern interpretation of the classic Swan Lake ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky written circa 1875–1876. I searched in the site for more information regarding where this particular production took place, the name of the city or theater but I could not find it. There was no mention of the name of the ballet company or the names of the principal dancers. As would be expected, this dearth of information extended to the orchestra and its conductor. No credit was given to lighting, sound or set design as well. In this production, ...

The Little Fourteen–Year–Old Dancer is an adored impressionist piece sculptured by Edgar Degas. Degas presented the piece at the sixth impressionist exhibition in the spring of 1881, and public exhibition he ever did. Originally named by the artist, Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans, the piece has become one of the most acclaimed artworks of well-known bronze casts produced after the artist’s death. She did not attract much admiration in her first appearance. Many know Degas as an artist of dance, and some critics originally dismissed his sculptures, claiming that lacked the quality of good art. Most ...

Musical Theater and Musical shows have been around for centuries. In the beginning, a musical show was the “integration of narrative, song, and dance characteristics” that “glorified beautiful women and surrounded them with comedian, singers, and dancers” (Reynolds and McCormik). From the early 1900 to 1930’s, the theater supporter was charmed by Minstrel shows, Variety Shows, and Follies which led to musicals with dramatic action. As the theater progressed, dance numbers became more a part of the entire show. Over the next 30-40 years Broadway Musicals would hit their highs and lows, but it was all too evident that the ...

Socialist realism ideally refers to a realistic style developed in Soviet Union and which over time has become a dominate among the socialist states. In a broader sense, the style embraces the role of the working class in the society and the meek. It further glorifies the emancipation struggle. In the articles, the author gives a succinct and articulate review of the characteristics of the socialist realism in China. According to him, it is inconceivable that China, a socialist state is not controlled by peasants, workers and peasants, who collectively are regarded as the masters and creators of the country’s history. It is ...

Medici played a significant role not only in politics, but also in the cultural life of Europe of their time. Like other wealthy and influential people, they ordered a work of art for the greater glory of themselves, their family, of the city and God. Under the influence of the new ideas of the Renaissance, Medici saw in the artists not only artisans. They were interested not only on a beautiful pieces and its content, but also on its creator. Not by chance, as an example of Renaissance patron relationship to the artist, Cosimo the Elder quoted words of Filippo Lippi. Monk ...

Carole Vance’s article, “Social Construction Theory: Problems in the History of Sexuality,” explains how the social construction theory can be used to help understand LBGTQ+ identities. As discussed previously, essentialism assumes that all things, at the essence, are the same or share a similar experience. However, this does not take culture into consideration, and just how far humans are constructed socially. Vance explains that the LBGTQ+ community would benefit from identifying as a socially constructed group, because assuming that sexuality is finite or natural is an essentialist argument that completely undermines people who are sexually fluid and rejects the idea ...

The origins of the Sphinx was derived from Egyptian, Persian and Greek Mythologies. A sphinx is a mythical beast with a body of a lion and a human head. In Greek mythology, it is portrayed as a winged beast who preys upon humans who cannot answer its riddles (Pinch, 206). Early Persians also believed that the Sphinx was a guardian deity whose mission was to protect the royal Persian Gods (British Museum, n.p.). Meanwhile, the Egyptians also built a sphinx of their own. The Great Sphinx located in Giza, Egypt had been buried in the sands for hundreds of years not until the early 19th century ...