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    The art piece that I am analyzing is the dance “Takademe” by the Artistic Director of The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater‚ Robert Battle‚ who is known for his more modern dance styles. This dance features a very interesting musical piece in the background by Sheila Chandra called “Speaking in Tongues II”. It features her imitating these sort of clicking sounds as though she is speaking a different language. Before I dive into the dance movements‚ I would like to break down the music so that you can better

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    requirements of a sport. In the first place‚ the requirements of skill and competition in sports and dance are the same. There are drill teams or individuals that compete to show off their routine that they mastered to get a spot in companies like Alvin Ailey or category of battle. This connects to my claim because the competition

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    American Ballet Theatre: This theatre began in 1939 and was managed by Richard Pleasant. By 1939‚ former Hollywood agent‚ Richard Pleasant‚ came to New York to manage the company. By the summer of 1939‚ Pleasant and Chase developed big ideas to turn the company into a full-fledged ballet company and to base it on “a gallery of dance rather than the vision of a single choreographer" and a "living museum of

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    comfortable because of their skin tone or their race or religion which that shouldn’t matter because school is to get our education . Like in the huffington article it quotes “or when my high school boyfriend’s parents told him he had to stop dating me. (Alvin Ailey)Parents are so used to how life was back then that they want their kids to grow up the same ‚ time has changed but there still those parents that tell their kids stick to your own kind and that’s what they do and that’s how racism increases with

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    I believe that the way I choreographed my dance‚ and what story I chose was empowering. I feel that I bring life to the audience and get them intrigued. The audience hopefully understands the message that I’m trying to send. Not only was this theme empowering to the audience‚ but it was also emporering to me. I learned about determination and fighting. I know it sounds cliche‚ but this lesson is a lesson that I feel needs to be learned by everyone. It can help the world succeed. I’m so glad that

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    Modern Dance started in the 20th century in Germany and the United states as a way to rebel against rigid formalism‚ artifice‚ and superficiality from ballet. Modern dance resembled modern art and music being experimental. Pioneers of Modern dance like “Isadora Duncan‚ Loie Fuller‚ and Ruth St. Denis in the United States‚ Rudolf von Landon and Mary Wigman in Germany” they all wanted to create an awareness to their audiences of inner and outer realities. Isadora Duncan started “free dance” where

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    Alvin Ailey once said “One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.”. The book is told through the perspective of Scout‚ who is a child‚ and how the racism in her community affects her and her family. In the time To Kill a Mockingbird takes place‚ numerous people believed that if you were black you shouldn’t have the same rights as white people. This was a horrible time for people of color because they were discriminated as it shows in the book with Tom Robinson’s case. The

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    and White ballets‚ all choreographed by Kylian. Petite Mort was filmed for the first time in 1996 and is still being performed in theatres all over the world today. The lastest being in America by the American Dance theatre under the guidance of Alvin Ailey. The piece starts of with male dancers playing around with fencing gear‚ as the women remain silent standing in the shadows upstage. The piece then continues with women gliding onto stage with sculpture like black gowns that they push around

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    Born June 22‚ 1909‚ in Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois‚ near Chicago‚ Dunham enjoyed the security of a middle-class suburban existence for the first four years of her life. Her father‚ Albert Millard Dunham‚ was a tailor who had his own business in Chicago. Her mother‚ Fanny June Guillaume Taylor‚ who was twenty years older than her husband‚ was an assistant principal at a city school. Dunham’s life changed drastically though‚ in 1914‚ when her mother became seriously ill and died‚ leaving Albert to raise Katherine

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    “One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.” This quote was said by Alvin Ailey and it meant how racism can really affect young ones. Kids don’t know any better and they are learning each and every day. It takes a while for a kid to understand right from wrong. When you’re being racist towards a young one it makes them confused because they start to question things about themselves that they had never thought of before. No little kid should have to go through this at a

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