Finally‚ Swan Lake is a beautiful ballet that comprises elements such as composition and rhythm. The first act is set in a park surrounded by trees‚ with a castle in the background. With a gift from his mother‚ Prince Seigfried leaves the park to go to the lake to hunt swans with the crossbow he received for his birthday. Prince Seigfried is dressed in a black leotard comprised of beautiful jewels and white pants. His mother‚ the Queen‚ is dressed in a long blue dress which fades into white which
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Kyle Jordan: English 9 – Chapter 19 Descriptive Writing: Create a Monster Descriptive Essay: 1. You will generate a list of 10 characteristics common to monsters. 2. You will plan and write a descriptive essay on a monster you create including the following: what the monster looks like‚ what the monster eats‚ where the monster lives‚ what the monsters personality is like. 3. You will identify‚ interpret‚ and create sensory descriptions‚ also called imagery. Repulsive looks‚ incongruous
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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 Pioneers and Icons George Balanchine was born in Russia to a promising future of Ballet. Balanchine’s father was a composer which led to Balanchine studying the piano. When he was ten years old‚ he began lessons at the Imperial Ballet School where he learned Russian styles of dance. He went to the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music to study piano and also to continue his study of ballet. Balanchine gathered a group of dancers to present his choreography until a manager of the Ballet
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English 111 A 10/7/12 Imagine if you had a dreadful disease that took away your memory and you could no longer remember familiar people‚ places or events. This is what is happening to my Grandma. She has been diagnosed with vascular dementia and it has been detrimental to her life and her mind‚ and I hate to think about what it will do to her in the future. She is 80 years old and is still able to live alone‚ however her son lives across the road from her. Other than having dementia‚ she is
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It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the Galleria at Tyler‚ many different people walking in and out of the large department stores and inside the interior of the mall. However‚ the vast majority of people walking among the mall were groups of young teenage girls. The mall has become the major hangout for teenagers‚ where both males and females roam to show themselves off to people of the opposite sex. I noticed two girls at the food court‚ where they were in line waiting to buy coffee from Starbucks
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Brewer 1 Mark Brewer Professor Allen English 111N 14 March‚ 2009 A Picnic in the Ukraine Ukrainian people know how to have a great time at a picnic. From the serene landscape that’s been untouched for thousands of years‚ to the natural foods unlike any found elsewhere in the world‚ a picnic in the Ukraine is something every person should experience. One will always remember a picnic shared with the Ukrainian people. First of all‚ the Ukrainian people know how to have a good time
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The New York City Living in America is a fantasy for a lot of people‚ but living in New York City is something even better‚ and more magical than any fantasy. Although regarded as the `most populated city ’ in the United States‚ the whole city has something interesting to offer everyone. It is sub divided into five boroughs ‚ being Queens ‚ The Bronx ‚ Brooklyn ‚ Manhattan ‚ and Staten Island respectively .The landmarks in New York city are known all over the world . There is
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Description With the development of modern agriculture and industry‚ water pollution has been a major problem. The reason why this issue became so important these years is that the water pollution can not only poison the creatures in the water but also affect the quality of our drinking water. Causes The main cause of water pollution is human activities‚ which means the human being pollute the water by discharging the industrial‚ agriculture and domestic waste water. And the most serious part
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Life in Dormitory I don’t want to be restricted. I am a foreign college student‚ which means I have to live in the dormitory. However‚ the life of dormitory is absolutely opposite to my expectation. The more I expect the more I loses hope. From the first time I move into the dormitory‚ I get limit and be eager to move out. My life in the dormitory is just like a nightmare. Before 8:10 a.m.‚ the first class in the morning‚ I had already felt powerless due to the dormitory rules. In the
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