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    Technicalities of Dance

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    Beaven 27 March 2013 Technicalities of Dance Dance is a universal language that involves exaggerated movements of the arms‚ legs‚ and body. With the sound of music‚ dance is more than just a form of expression. It is a moving portrait embraced by the curtain frame. It is a masterpiece assembled by artfully maneuvered strokes. The strokes don’t belong to that of the painter‚ but rather the educator who supervised the integration of music and dance. There it hangs on a stage like any other painting

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    The Ghost Dance

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    The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it

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    History of Dance

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    History of Dance Speech INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time there was dance! In dance there are many forms. There is Ballet‚ Jazz‚ Tap‚ Hip hop‚ partner dancing‚ modern‚ and country and western. Dance originated many‚ many years ago. People used it to express emotions and stories. As time went on so did new dance techniques. Ballet came into the world around the 15th century Italian Renaissance and it slowly became the backbone for all dancing styles. As Albert Einstein said “dancers are the athletes

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    Dance Research Paper

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    I. Dance has always been something that fascinates me. Ever since I was a little girl‚ my dream was to become a prima ballerina. The way the dancers carried themselves with such grace and finesse in every movement was something I aspired to achieve someday. I began taking up dance when I was four years old at Hudson Valley Conservatory. There‚ I studied three different types of dance: tap‚ jazz‚ and ballet. Ballet‚ of course‚ being my favorite‚ was the one style I focused on the most but my performance

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    Is Dance Really A Sport?

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    actually comparing dance to sport a lot of similarities are uncovered to support that dance really is a sport. Television has recognized that dance is a sport‚ but are selling it to the public as entertainment only; almost like putting a safety blanket around them. They telecast competitions like the National Dance Sport Championships‚ commonly known as ballroom national finals‚ which have commentators and presenters known to common audiences mixed in with the real veterans of dance sport commendation

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    Dance isn’t a sport. It’s not in the olympics!” People constantly say. On the contrary‚ dance is a sport. Competitive dance requires hard work‚ dedication‚ determination‚ perseverance‚ endurance‚ and confidence‚ just like any other sport‚ for example‚ football. Found in the Random House Webster’s College Dictionary‚ its states‚ “sport-an athletic activity requiring skill or physical and often of a competitive nature. Dance takes a lot mentally and physically. Dance is a sport. Dance takes hard

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    Sun Dance Origin

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    the Sun Dance‚ which is a sacred annual summer ritual that was performed by some twenty tribes of the Plains Indians (the nomadic tribes of the American mid- west). The performance of the Sun Dance varied among different tribes people‚ but certain activities were common throughout the various Plains Indian tribes. In a word‚ the performance types and structure are different between varies tribes. Just like other native dance and music‚ the purpose of the Sun Dance‚ which is a sacrificial dance‚ and

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    how to dance dabke

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    into the world of the tradtional dance used in the arab I will be talking about how to dance my traditional lebanese dance dabke commonly practices in certain events and ceremonys so if you would like to show the fomouse traditional arab dance to your friend I will be willing to show you how. Requirements to complete this traditional dance are having the required clothes‚ approporiate music‚ dance steps. Firstly‚ you start by preparing for your fast pased dance by getting a suitable pair of clothing

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    Ghost Dance Assignment

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    Dance Assignment Draft In 1981 Christopher Bruce choreographed a dance about the human rights of people in Chile and how they were tortured or killed and left to rot on the side of the road until they were found. The dance is called Ghost Dancers. In Ghost Dances there are a eleven dances‚ there were three people who represented the dead and the rest of the dances were the Sullivans who were just doing their normal everyday activities and didn’t know when death was going to come and take them away

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    Dance Facilitation Essay Discuss the meanings of authoritarianism and anti-authoritarianism in practices of dance teaching. Make specific reference to examples from practice and from the literature. Discuss ways of working that might be appropriate to working with a group of GCSE students and prepare a lesson plan for a specific session with GCSE students. On an online dictionary the definition for authoritarianism is; "Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority‚ as against

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