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    DVD provides the same experience as seeing a dance live. Selected Answer: False Question 12 2 out of 2 points All choreographers create dances with a theme or storyline. Selected Answer: False Question 13 2 out of 2 points Alvin Ailey created _____________‚ one of the most well-known modern dances. Selected Answer: Revelations

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    Before becoming a published writer‚ she was an accomplished performer‚ studying modern dance with Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham‚ and performing in many award winning off Broadway shows including Porgy and Bess and Cabaret of Freedom‚ which she wrote herself (Showalter‚ Elaine). She first received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry Just Give

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    Music: Styles‚ Trends‚ and Influences in American Pop. 16th ed. Fresno: Kennel Copy Center‚ 2010. Print. [edit]Bibliography * Eliane Seguin‚ Histoire de la danse jazz‚ 2003‚ Editions CHIRON‚ ISBN 978-2-7027-0782-1‚ 281 pp * Jennifer Dunning‚ Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance‚ 1998‚ Da Capo Press‚ ISBN 978-0-306-80825-8‚ 468 pp * A * Margot L. Torbert‚ Teaching Dance Jazz‚ Margot Torbert‚ 2000‚ ISBN 978-0-9764071-0-2 * Robert Cohan‚ The Dance Workshop‚ Gaia Books Ltd‚ 1989‚ ISBN 978-0-04-790010-5

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    A Brief History of African Music through The Colonial Period Music before the 20th century was very different when compared to the music of the 21st Century. There were distinctive occasions for each type of African music. West African music‚ the African Diaspora‚ and the music of the Colonies each had different musical instruments. West African music was the music of the African people before the Europeans captured and sold them into slavery in the Americas. It was unique in the manner in which

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    Katherine Dunham was born in Chicago‚ Illinois on June 22‚ 1909 as the youngest child of Albert Millard Dunham and Fanny June (Guillaume)‚ with an older brother‚ Albert Jr.‚ as well as children from her mother’s first marriage. Her heritage included Indian‚ French Canadian‚ English‚ Malagasy (Madagascan) and African ancestry (Aschenbrenner 7). Dunham’s mother passed away when Katherine was only four and their father left the children with their aunt Lulu‚ where Katherine faced multiple instances

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    One of the most popular poets of all time‚ Maya Angelou’s poetry was powerful and personal because she was not afraid to cross the lines of race and culture. Angelou once said‚ “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said‚ people will forget what you did‚ but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Her works expressed her spirit for the cause of liberation‚ diversity‚ and empowerment for people everywhere. Trials and errors that occurred in her childhood and adulthood affected the

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    Rebellion‚ Power and Strength Diesel is a contemporary‚ luxury nouveau genre Italian design clothing company whose clientele is the young adult market. Throughout the years Diesel has established its name partly through an array of shocking controversial advertising campaigns‚ such as Be Stupid‚ Misopolis‚ which promotes women’s right to abortion‚ and finally‚ Fuel for Life Women Only designed to advertise their latest fragrance for women. The latter has launched a series of commercials and banners

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    Maya Angelou Influences

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    back then‚ due to Maya’s honesty about being sexually assaulted at a young age. In 1954 and 1955‚ Maya toured Europe with the opera Porgy and Bess. She also studied Modern dance with renowned Martha Graham‚ danced with incredible inspirations like Alvin

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    Their foreman replied: “We have‚ Your Honor.” The court bailiff carried the sealed verdicts to the bench. Train whistles‚ the fanfare of an approaching Santa Fe express‚ penetrated the courtroom. Tate’s bass voice interlaced with the locomotive’s cries as he read: “‘Count One. We the jury find the defendant‚ Richard Eugene Hickock‚ guilty of murder in the first degree‚ and the punishment is death.’” (Capote 307) The Revered Post says that as Christians‚ the people of Holcomb should not use capital

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    caused Amy Chua and Lulu got into another big argument‚ calling her a disgrace as a daughter. Lulu ended up locking herself in her room and giving herself her own‚ uneven haircut. Amy Chua then writes “part of me wanted to wrap my arms around her and cry uncontrollably” (Chua‚ 2011). This suggests that she felt bad about what had happened since this would go against the Chinese parenting style. Again‚ Amy Chua ended up giving in to her parenting style and made an appointment to fix Lulu

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