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    Ballet Diversity

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    Prof. Silvia Ballet Discriminatory Diversity Everyone cannot make it into the entertainment business. Specifically not everybody can become a dancer. It takes pure talent‚ and the natural ability to be great at dancing. On top of that many professional dance companies want the whole package. Yes dance companies choose people based on talent‚ but they unfairly make decisions on whom they want in their company based on discriminatory diversity. I know many great dancers who will dance circles around

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    Ballet History

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    In the articles I read about the history of ballet I was astonished to learn how much the dance has and has not changed over the centuries. Ballet transformed from a dance performed casually by kings to a show performed by professionals. The dance is and seemingly always has been associated by high social class. Originally Ballet was performed by kings and nobles inside of court. This was shocking to me because I had expected the dance to have its roots as merely a performance for kings. The articles

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    Ballet Costumes

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    The first ballet ever performed was called Le Ballet Comique de la reine. ( or “The queen’s ballet comedy”) and was danced in Paris‚ France in 1581‚ in the court of Queen Catherine De Médicis . Ballet has evolved and changed a lot over the years‚ but one main thing that has changed is what dancers wear. From their head to toes‚ Ballet costumes have changed alot since the first ballet was on stage. From extravigant costumes with high heeled character shoes to classical and romantic tutus with pointe

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    The Horrors of Ballet

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    Emily Whittaker Cause & Affect Rough Draft Word Count: 1‚081 (Essay itself) Ballerinas: Behind the Tutus and Glamor When people attend the exquisite performances of ballet recitals most are captivated by their form‚ how they maneuver ever so gracefully like a leaf falling from a tree in the autumn months‚ their beauty and how on stage they can appear to be anything they desire. However‚ behind the glamor‚ the slippers‚ the makeup‚ lies an eminent issue affecting these performers. Ballerinas

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    Dance

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    Dance‚ the art of precise‚ expressive‚ and graceful human movement‚ traditionally‚ but not necessarily‚ performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. The Origins of Dance The earliest history of human dance is a continuing mystery. From the evidence of illustrated ceramic fragments‚ some archaeologists have speculated that dance originated some 5‚000 to 9‚000 years ago in early agricultural cultures located in a swath

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    Halprin and Merce Cunningham: Two Post-Modern Dance Choreographers Anna Halprin was born July 13th‚ 1920 as Anna Schuman. She took on the name Halprin when she married Lawrence Halprin‚ a landscape architect. Together they founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop in 1955. Merce Cunningham was born on April 16‚ 1919‚ his romantic partner was John Cage‚ who he began working with back in 1940’s. In 1953‚ together with John Cage‚ he founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Both Ann and Merce were highly

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    Anorexia in Ballet

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    Anorexia and Bulimia In ballet. Anorexia affects over 24 million people worldwide. 9% percent of The United States of America’s population has some sort of eating disorder‚ and that statistic is even higher is ballet dancers‚ 84% .This essay will explore why the statistic is higher in dancers and the connection between success and being extremely thin. Anorexia and bulimia are both very harsh psychological and physiological disorders. Anorexia is diagnosed when someone’s body weight is

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    Dance

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    First major Choreography “Jardi Tancat” which is Catalonian for “enclosed garden” by Nacho Duato performed in 1983 is based on Catalan folk tales. The work explores the hardship and sorrow of the Catalonian people as they struggle working in the barren‚ water stricken Catalonian land. Throughout Jardi Tancat you can see the presentation of contemporary dance‚ with a background of classical techniques; this is evident through the training accompanied. Throughout the performance you can see the influence

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    The Camellias Ballet

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    Variations of the novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils have taken many forms such as being acted out through dance in a ballet and performed in the opera La Traviata. Although telling similar stories of heroine Marguerite Gautier and her lover Armand Duval‚ the artistic vision portrays different tones of these characters through emotion and stage performance. The ballet and opera remain to the original text through the display of affection between Armand and Marguerite‚ however‚ differences

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    Dance 10: Quiz 1-5 Part 1 of 1  Multiple Choice/True False     Score: 50   (of possible 50 points) (ADDIONAL) Question 1 of 25     Score: 2   (of possible 2 points) The French court ballet reached its height during the reign of Louis XIV‚ whose very birth had been celebrated by the _______________ of 1639. A. Ballet de la Félicité B. Ballet de la coutisane appelé C. Ballet de Madame D. Ballet de la Déliverance de Renaud ANS:A The dancers in the earliest ballets were highly skilled

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