Summary Paper #1 Chapter 10 pgs. 169-182‚ Ballet 1. Who was Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe? What were the innovations in ballet under Diaghilev? The Ballet Russe was an American Ballet within the first period of the 20th century that was called “Russo-American era”. Dance scholar and author Lincoln Kirstein coined the term because touring Russian dance artist made a huge impact on American audience and dances. The Russian influence was because of Anna Pavlova‚ Mikhail Mordkin‚ and
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Viewing Dance Assignment #2 Khmer Traditional Dance This dance is danced to live music with traditional Cambodian instruments. There is also singing done by the musicians. It is performed on an indoor stage. The dancers are very graceful and move slowly. The focus a lot on head movements even though there is a slight tilt from side to side. The dancers are carrying a goblet. They wear costumes with headpieces. The hands and wrist move and the focus is on the upper body because the long skirts cover
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Dance is something that everyone knows about‚ but not many people understand. As an avid dancer and competitor for over ten years‚ I’ve learned to embrace the many forms of dancing in this world. It’s hard to put a single definition on dance – ‘it is graceful‚ it is feminine’ – because there are just too many types of dancing‚ each with a unique style. What I can say right now‚ is that dance is a discipline that requires immense control of the body to accurately communicate the intent of the dance
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Music/dance 101 Alvin Ailey American Dance Company Performed by Donna Wood Dance “Cry” Dance Critique. Ballet “Cry” simply showed to us real life of all African women. Every single American people know what kind of life they went through. Therefore it touched their heard. Alvin Ailey’s “Cry” presented wonderfully combined movements‚ technique and emotion. Ms. Donna Wood uses tragic face‚ a mask of sorrow. It is a face born to cry
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RESEARCH PROJECT SUBJECT TITLE: Choreography TOPIC: Choreograph two dances in the school musical‚ High School Musical ASSESSMENT TYPE 1: FOLIO PROPOSAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT Weeks 1-4: (Background Research) • Plan for the year. Background research – history of choreography • Send letter to Kenny Ortega and Mia Michaels in America • Analyse DVDs of musicals‚ Grease‚ High School
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First performed in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia‚ the classic Christmas ballet‚ The Nutcracker has been shown for over 100 years. The composer‚ Peter Tchaikovsky‚ and choreographer Marius Petipa teamed up to create a timeless production as an adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This pair had previously worked together on another classical ballet‚ Sleeping Beauty. Despite the great fame of the ballet today‚ The Nutcracker was not a success right away. It’s first production
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Ballet has been a form of art since the nineteenth century Renaissance. Ballerinas and Danseurs evanesced fluidly across the stage with grace and grandeur‚ However; ballet is a dangerous art form due to the fact that the practices and expectations imposed on ballerinas and danseurs are near impossible and severely consequential. Hours on barre and even longer on centre work cause chronic injuries. The professionals that the train the dancers don’t realize the physical and mental strain that they
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Modern dance What is Modern Dance? Modern dance in my eyes is a form of dance which focuses on the serious expression of the inner emotions‚ using a free-flowing‚ interpretive style‚ rather than following the rigid rules characteristics of many dance disciplines. When modern dance first developed at the turn of the 20th century‚ it was considered extremely radical and iconoclastic; over the years since‚ modern dance has become more closely mingled with other disciplines like jazz dance‚ ballet
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Late last Saturday day night‚ on April 14‚2012‚ I attended the very first dance concert at John Anthony Theater at Collin College Spring Creek Campus. This concert was performed by Collin Dance Ensemble‚ which is a vibrant company that performs innovative contemporary modern dance. Their goal is to produce dance works at the highest level of artistic excellence. The dance company attends and performs at the American College Dance Festival annually and has been selected for the Gala Performance at the
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Ballet Styles There are many different styles that make every ballet you watch look different from the last. Each style has its own unique qualities that make it depictable from the others. There are many completely different ballet styles like Balanchine and Vaganova‚ these are some of the few styles that are used in ballet and are what makes every ballet exceptionally different. Vaganova has noticeable differences compared to all other styles of ballet‚ as all styles have their own distinct characteristics
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