Good morning. How are you? It’s been great‚ hasn’t it? I’ve been blown away by the whole thing. In fact‚ I’m leaving. (Laughter) There have been three themes‚ haven’t there‚ running through the conference‚ which are relevant to what I want to talk about. One is the extraordinary evidence of human creativity in all of the presentations that we’ve had and in all of the people here. Just the variety of it and the range of it. The second is that it’s put us in a place where we have no idea what’s going
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BILLY ELLIOT Film Metalanguage Juxtapositioning – the organisation of scenes so that their differences made comment – eg. gloomy interior of the Elliot kitchen and the light and grace of the Ballet School auditorium Motif – the reception of an image (or piece of music) throughout a text contribute meaning to the work eg doors in Billy Elliot Segue – the imperceptible movement from once scene to another Mise-en-scene – French term – putting into the scene – the composition of a scene or shot
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Ibrahim Diallo 1st Period 9/18/13 Stravinsky Essay In Igor Stravinsky’s essay‚ he describe his hatred toward the way conductors attract their audience with little effort and talent. In the passage‚ Stravinsky a composer of music‚ describe what Conductors are and what they do. He compares them to politicians and actors‚ who only care to play themselves and rarely attract people with original minds sets. A Conductor need not understand the concepts of music‚ nor does he/she need to have any musical
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Anna 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
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The Life and Times of George Balanchine The founder and Ballet Master of the New York City Ballet. The father of American ballet. The best choreographer of the twentieth century. George Balanchine carries all these impressive titles and more‚ yet still‚ almost no one today knows his name. He was the unseen puppeteer of the NYCB‚ the man who was admired but unknown. Those lucky dancers he trained went on to become the biggest ballet stars of their time‚ and his beautiful dances were and are still
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entered second grade my fascination for ballet turned to gymnastics. All my closest friends were taking gymnastics and would teach me walk-overs and cartwheels. My single mother was too poor to afford to pay for classes‚ so I would learn the movements at recess then practice them after school in the front of our apartments. We moved to a different city every year so stability and opportunity were not staples in my childhood. As I grew older the idea of ballet and gymnastics became childhood fantasies
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1. I agree with this statement‚ my explanation is that everybody got an education since they was born. First‚ you have to define the word “education”. In my opinion education is same as imitation because everyone learns by imitate from what people have done. Students learn mathematic by the method that ancient people made‚ baby or kids learn everything from what they have seen. You can see that when we were young‚ we imitated the way we speak from our parents‚ and we drew the picture from what we
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of dancing. But as Billy gets older his dream of dancing becomes more of a reality‚ with the help of his ballet teacher‚ family and friends. In my static image the hatched swan eggs represents how Billy has struggled throughout his childhood‚ but now has hatched into a beautiful adult swan. The idea of the swan came from the end of the movie when Billy performs a swan in the Royal Ballet Swan it shows Billy has accomplished his dream to dance. The childhood toys and boxing gloves inside the swan
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Ballet Martha Graham once said‚ “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Ballet is one of the world’s most graceful and elegant forms of dancing. The first ballets were danced in Italy but it eventually developed in France under Louis XIV. Ballet thrived in St. Petersburg‚ Russia and developed most of the ballet dancers. Choreographer George Balanchine was the first person to bring ballet to the United States. He was born on January 22‚ 1904 as Giorgi Meltitonis dze Balanchivadze and founded
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boxing lessons with pal George (Mike Elliot) at the local village hall. Unfortunately‚ Billy isn’t interested in expressing himself with his fists‚ he’s much more taken with the ballet lessons next door‚ run by jaded Mrs Wilkinson (Julie Walters). When Billy’s old man learns that his son has forsaken boxing gloves for ballet shoes‚ he is distraught: dancing is not a manly pursuit‚ certainly not for a miner’s son. Fearful of what his friends might say‚ Billy’s father bans him from taking classes and
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