imagination and love of fantasy drew her to the world of ballet. Although they were poor‚ Anna and her mother were able to see a performance of The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg when Anna was 8 years old. Captivated by what she saw‚ the wide-eyed little girl declared she was resolved to become a ballet dancer Within just two years‚ Anna was accepted at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School. t the Imperial Ballet School‚ Petipa and Anna’s teachers‚ Ekaterina Vazem
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encounter similarities. These similarities can be the use of space‚ body‚ energy‚ and time. The first performance is a music video by Paula Abdul performing a jazz. The music video appears to be very sensual and full of energy. The second performance is a Ballet version of Sleeping Beauty. This performance seems more elegant and with smooth energy. The third performance is a Modern dance performance by Danza Contemporánea de Cuba. The performance is similar
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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 school class trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo‚ he fell in love with concert dance. Inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and classes with Lester Horton‚ Mr Ailey began his formal dance training. It was with Mr. Horton‚
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paintings and ballets as well. Every adaptation has different ways to show the protagonist of the literary text‚ written by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. However‚ considerable success was reached in the ballets and in films as well. In fact Don Quixote became an interesting subject in the ballet by Marius Petipa in 1860s and in unfinished film by Orson Welles in 1955. Thus this essay is divided in three part: a study of the first version of Don Quixote in the ballet by Petipa;
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going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps on training secretly while the work situation as well as the problems at home get worse. Finally‚ Mrs. Wilkinson manages to get Billy an audition for the Royal Ballet School‚ but now he also has to open his heart to his family in this gritty coming-of-age
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world of ballet. Looking back on her childhood‚ Anna Pavlova described her budding passion for ballet accordingly: "I always wanted to dance; from my youngest years...Thus I built castles in the air out of my hopes and dreams." Although they were poor‚ Anna and her mother were able to see a performance of The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg when Anna was 8 years old. Captivated by what she saw‚ the wide-eyed little girl declared she was resolved to become a ballet dancer
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driving through the country-side‚ through open paddocks and fields with rolling slopes and the mountains in the background. I felt peaceful and free and as if nothing mattered. 2. When the boy had to shift schools to escape persecution because he did ballet it is to me an indication that that school was probably quite a rough school. At my school
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individuals share as members of a field’. Ballet dancers are expected to have a certain body type‚ which is tall‚ slender and young. The ballet dancers identity is deeply affected by injury if they don’t keep up their extremely high discipline of training‚ self-management and their culture of ballet (Turner and Wainwright‚ 2003). When ballet dancers feel stressed‚ sleep deprived‚ anxious and nutritionally deficient they are more susceptible to getting injured. Ballet dancers must ensure that they eat a
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Billy Elliot is an eleven year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into ballet lessons. He learns to deal with many trials and triumphs as he hopes to change his family’s set ways and the inner conflict between them. Billy lives in a small cramped house with his bad-tempered brother‚ out of control father and his forget-ful grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance but Billy is told by his father that “boys wrestle; boys don’t dance”. But Billy loves to dance. This disappoints
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onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family ’s set ways‚ inner conflict‚ and standing on his toes!. Between Billy and his family the relationship is a complete exemplification to the idea of gender role stereotypes. With Jackie (his father) being a typical hard man who sees no prospect outside of the mining industry‚ and Tony (his brother)‚ who possesses a great deal opposition towards the deeply taboo art of male ballet. The conflict
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