An American writer and futurist‚ Alvin Toffler once said‚ “Our technological powers increase‚ but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.” What Toffler is inferring is that in this 21st Century‚ humans are born into a world full of wonderful gadgets. But behind all these wonderful gadgets lies some pretty scary effects to it. With the knowledge of knowing that there is a high possibility of getting into a car accident; teens nowadays‚ including adults‚ use their phones while driving
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Revelations Lighting – in ‘I been buked’ the stage is dark and there is only a yellow spot light on all the dancers who are in centre stage. This Symbolises the pain and the mood of the dancers. The lighting in Pilgrim Of Sorrow is much darker than In Move‚ Members‚ Move. This could be because there is a lot more hope in the third section. At the beginning of the dance there is little hope and pain is shown. In the second section the lighting is a blue wash across the stage and it is brighter than
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Conceived out of a concept devised by Alvin Ailey‚ Cry took its inspiration from the suffering of the African American Woman. "She represented those women before her who came from the hardships of slavery‚ through the pain of losing loved ones‚ through overcoming extraordinary depressions and tribulations. Coming out of a world of pain and trouble‚ she has found her way-and triumphed." In this three part solo‚ the dancer‚ clad in a white leotard and long ruffled skirt‚ brings the audience on a journey
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The Puritans are a well known religious group. They were known for reasons that made them separate from the Catholic Church. They are also extremely well known for their strong work ethic. This ethic was the foundation of America and is now lost upon the Americans who depend upon their country to give them the material possessions they want but do not want to do any work for those things. A large number of people who came over to America from England in the 1600’s were Puritan. They moved to American
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The life and times of Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was born on January 5‚ 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas to Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Lula was only 17 years old at the time of his birth. His father abandoned the family when Alvin was only six months old. Because the era Alvin was born in was the Great Depression‚ the Aileys moved around often. Growing up during the great depression also meant that his mother had a hard time finding work. Unfortunately‚ Alvin also grew up during a time of racial segregation‚ violence
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Alvin Ailey became interested in dance at age 12‚ he moved with his mother to Los Angeles‚ where he was introduced to dance by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. His formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend‚ Carmen de Lavallade. Horton‚ the founder of the first racially integrated dance company in the United States‚ became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s
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Alvin Ailey It was really impressive performance I ever seen. I like all programs and their performance was too attractive and interesting. I like lighting and music because it looked very decent with the performance. In addition‚ they organized it very well. I really like it. The following paragraphs give a few facts about Alvin Ailey and his background. Alvin Ailey was born in Rogers‚ Texas on January 5‚ 1931 and moved to Los Angeles‚ California at the age of twelve. There‚ on a junior high
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The dance show that I went to was called Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The place of the performance is 131 W 55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues. The date and time of the performance was Saturday‚ Dec 16‚ 2017 at 2:00pm. I was 20 minutes late to the first performance because of the heavy traffic‚ but i did see a portion of the first dance. Heysel and I both saw this dance performance together. The order of the dances were The winter in Lisbon choreographed by Billy Wilson‚ Night Creature
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design in AAADT‚ refer to flowers Alvin Ailey born 1931-1989‚ began his career as a dancer in the 40’s and then went onto later create a body of dance works. He founded his own company in 1958 AAADT‚ grown from a small company of seven or 8 dancers into a large carefully managed international famous business. The decision for Ailey to call his company AAADT illustrates his belief that black Americans should be acknowledged to the USA’s heritage. In 1971 Alvin created the dance work Flowers which
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John Alvin was one of the most talented cinematic artists‚ with a number of world-famous movie posters that we instantly recognize. His posters effortlessly enticed me and made me crazy curious about the movie they were presenting‚ even when I was not in the theatre! I became fond of movie posters‚ and began to consider them more important than the movie itself. Every time I go watch a
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