Dance Analysis As the lights went off‚ the audience went silent‚ curiously waiting to see what was going to happen next. All we knew was the performance name‚ Agwa‚ the Portuguese term for water. Even if I had not been given the title of the performance‚ I could have guessed it after seeing the dancers perform.The performance Agwa portrayed the many dimensions of water through dance. The essence of water was clearly painted on the stage by the bodies of the dancers through fluid movements‚ powerful
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Teenage Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Barbados Caribbean Studies Contents Acknowledgments.................. 1 Introduction.............................. 2 Literature Review................... 3-4 Data Collection Sources........ 5 Presentation of Findings...... 6-11 Interpretation of Findings... 12-13 Discussion of Findings
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War Dance is a documentary with a unique perspective on the tragedies that are going on in Uganda‚ during its seemingly never ending war. The story follows a group of young kids who have dealt with more sorrow in the pubescent life than anyone should endure. These kids tell the story of how their lives were destroyed by the war in meticulous detail‚ but that’s not the real story of the film. The real purpose of this documentary was to explore how a national dancing event has inspired the children
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Music is the pulsating heartbeat of life in the Caribbean. Caribbean Music involves sounds and rhythms that evoke a sense of hope for the future. The diverse sounds of the musical genres such as Reggae‚ Dancehall‚ Soca and Chutney are classical examples of the growing art forms that distinguish Caribbean Music today. The musical genre‚ Reggae is a long-established art form that has a huge influence on Caribbean culture and other musical styles. Reggae was first developed in the island of
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randomly selected women in Trinidad. St. Augustine: CAFRA. Carden‚ A. (1994). Wife Abuse and the Wife Abuser. The Counseling Psychologist‚ Volume 22‚ 539-573. Chevannes‚ B. (May 1996). The role of the street in the socialization of Caribbean males. Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association. San Juan. COMMITTEE‚ C. D. (1997‚ December 1st). Retrieved March 4th‚ 2012‚ from http://www.eclacpos.org/cdchtm/G0511.HTM. Creque‚ M. (1995). A Study of the Incidence of Domestic Violence in Trinidad and
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Introduction In the Caribbean and specifically in Jamaica‚ the most accepted language for communication is that language left to us by our European colonisers. The pidgin that developed from the contact of the African slaves and European masters later developed into their own individual languages (or Creoles). They (the elite in society) shun these languages as inappropriate or inadequate for public and sometimes even private use. This notion is widely accepted by even those who can speak nothing
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through‚ you change directions and go back to your starting position. BARRELS Windmills with arms rounded in front of you. BATTLE A challenge between an individual or group of bboys/bgirls. BBOY Bronx Boy‚ boogie boy‚ as in one who dances to the break. BELLYMILL Like a windmill but instead of turning around on your hands or head you turn over on your stomach. BHUDDA Similer to UFO move‚ except your knees are inside of arms which are kept straight‚ and legs are kept off
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was a big success as a singer as his voice was unpleasant. Though he neither composed nor choreographed‚ he was extremely able to pick those who had the talent. He died on August 19‚ 1929 having left an indelible imprint in the world of music and dance. Contributions Sergei cofounded and edited the World of Art‚ an art magazine‚ which became extremely popular to the lovers of art in his day. He also edited the Annals of the Imperial Theatre and transformed it‚ taking it a notch higher in terms
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breadwinner of the home and if there is any male presence‚ it is marginalized. These families can be called mother-centered‚ woman-centered or headed and grandmother-centered. In 1937‚ the British Colonial Social Welfare Workers were sent to the Caribbean to fix the existing social problems of the societies and provide measures to assist. Thomas Simey (1946)‚ was a welfare worker and postulated that one of the main problems were the fact that families were loose and children were fatherless‚ and they
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Mariela Boutte Dr. Subramanian HUMN 3375 July 2‚ 2015 Behind the Caribbean Scenery “A People to Mold‚ A Nation to Build”-European Colonization in a A Small Place “Antigua is a small place‚ a small island‚” nine by twelve miles long‚ discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 (Kincaid‚ 80). Europeans later settled on the island along with the slaves they imported. In A Small Place‚ Kincaid described the Europeans as “Human rubbish‚” who took “noble and exalted human beings from Africa” to enslave
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