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    Comparing with all the other styles of dance‚ ballet burns the most calories (Cipolla‚ “Dance’s Effects on the Human Body & Mind”). Ballerinas can burn up to 432 calories per hour while engaging in this activity (Cipolla). During ballet dancing the development of long‚ lean muscles rather than

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    invisible. -Leila felt invisible because at the beginning of the ball no one asked her to dance. 7- Describe Leila’s first dancing partner. - 8- What did Leila talk about with her partner and why? -Leila and her first partner talk about the floor of the ballroom. After that they had a brief conversation about the ball and how it was Leila’s first one. 9- Why did Leila and her partner go out after the dance? - He was a nice man but he didn’t talk to Leila that much. He had a tenuous voice.

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    Dance Devolution

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    "6:30" curfew for women? It is said that music does not and cannot influence behaviour‚ but with a dance craze to complement every song‚ I’d say the influence is real. Let me draw reference to one of the most popular songs presently pervading our airwaves‚ "6:30". For the time tellers this is all innocent fun‚ a perfect display of one’s youthful flexibility. I recently "took a lime" as they say and was quite surprised at the reaction to that song. Almost like clock work every woman upon

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    Elizabeth Miller ES 2400 Sec 01: Intro American Indian Studies Final Research Paper The Ojibwa Tribe and their Dances and Ceremonies “When Ah-ki’ (the Earth) was young‚ it was said that the Earth had a family. Nee-ba-gee’-sis (the Moon) is called Grandmother‚ and Gee’-sis (the Sun) is called Grandfather. The Creator of this family is called Gi’-tchie Man-i-to’(Great Mystery or Creator). The Earth is said to be a woman. In this way it is understood that woman preceded man on the Earth. She is

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    GNED 199 Mid-term Assignment Ballroom dance in social community of China Professor: Gel Messinger Date: March 10th‚ 2013 By students: Ballroom dance was from Europe‚ and it refers to set of partner dances‚ which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects‚ ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed in stage‚ film‚ and television. Ballroom dance may refer; at it’s widest to almost any type of social dancing as recreation

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    Dance Theropy

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    Introduction Dance therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that uses movement to promote the social‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and physical improvement of an individual. Dance is the most important key of the arts it involves a direct expression of someone’s self over one’s body. It is specifically a powerful medium for therapy. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person

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    Dances With Wolves The film “Dances With Wolves” initiates with Lt. John Dunbar in fear of having his leg amputated by the doctors‚ he would rather die than to live without his leg. In his attempt to die‚ he decides to become a distraction to the enemy by riding in front of them and be the main target. While they were trying to shoot him‚ the rest of the union he belongs to overcome the enemy. Consequently Dunbar is named a hero and is offered a station wherever he liked. He chooses the frontier

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    Evolution of Modern Dance

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    Modern dance has developed to what it is today through the contributions of many famous artists. The choreographers mentioned are and were some of the most influential people that defined what modern dance is today. Modern dance is developed when a choreographer wants to move away from the restricting rules of classical ballet and the strong ideals of what dance should be. Students often take preference to what style of dance they like‚ either ballet because of the security of the positions‚ steps

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    Effect on Dance History has had a huge effect on the way that dance is today. “The more you know about the past‚ the better prepared you are for the future.” Theodore Roosevelt is correct‚ the more you know about the history the more ready you will be. That is why knowing about the history of dance is important. History has changed dance through the years to get to where it is now. The early 1900’s‚ mid 1900’s‚ and the late 1900’s had some of the biggest impact on the changes in dance. The early

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    There is much more to the arabesque‚ grand jeté‚ and fouetté than just hours of practice and strong toes. Dancers do not often understand the physics and mathematics describing their movements‚ but they know how to execute them with grace. If ballerinas were not able to feel physics‚ they would fall over. Legs‚ arms and head are oscillating as they turn– moving back and forth in seemingly separate patterns. For dancers‚ everything must move in separate patterns‚ yet at the same time‚ move at the

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