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    differences between ballet and hip hop Ballet and Hip hop are two types of dance that are studied by dancers all over the world along with many other types of dance. Ballet is a type of dance that originated from Italy and was shaped by the French. Hip-hop is a more modern type of dance that was first discovered in the late 1970’s in America. Both ballet and hip-hop are specific types of dance that uses different types of music‚ technique‚ and have different dress codes. Ballet normally uses classical

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    Personal Narrative It’s competition day‚ three days of dance a week will finally pay off! My team and I have been working toward this all year and are first competition is here. We are dancing and the Minneapolis Convention center. The minneapolis convention center is in the middle of Minneapolis. It is a Big building with four dome shaped roofs and 6 Huge different commercial rooms. The competition was in commercial room D. The stage was in the middle of the room‚ and they had green and blue

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    Modern Dance started in the 20th century in Germany and the United states as a way to rebel against rigid formalism‚ artifice‚ and superficiality from ballet. Modern dance resembled modern art and music being experimental. Pioneers of Modern dance like “Isadora Duncan‚ Loie Fuller‚ and Ruth St. Denis in the United States‚ Rudolf von Landon and Mary Wigman in Germany” they all wanted to create an awareness to their audiences of inner and outer realities. Isadora Duncan started “free dance” where

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    classical ballet is physically rigorous‚ tantamount to engaging in the most grueling sports activities. Many professional athletes have been sent to ballet class to improve their balance‚ agility and flexibility. Dancing has the added demand that the leaps‚ spins‚ and turns are graceful and apparently effortless. Imagine basketball‚ baseball‚ football or tennis with no grunts‚ grimaces or spitting allowed! The rule of thumb is that it takes eight years of training to create a professional ballet dancer

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    shoes. Of course‚ when I was younger I did not call them pointe shoes‚ but pink flats with the ribbons on them. Now I know that there is more to pointe shoes than just fabric. According to an article called‚ “The Point of Pointe Shoes‚” by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre‚ pointe shoes look quite dainty‚ however they are not and cannot be because they must be sturdy enough to support and balance the entire weight of the dancer. The shoe can actually be made up of “paper‚ cardboard‚ burlap‚ and/or fabric held

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    Italian princess Catherine de Medici married the French Henri II and introduced ballet de cour‚ or "court ballet" to the Court of France in the sixteenth century. In the 1600’s‚ King Louis XIV especially loved dancing and starring in court productions. When he grew too old and fat to perform he continued to be one of ballet’s greatest patrons. He founded the Académie Royale de Danse‚ which would later become the Paris Opera Ballet. However‚ around 1730 danse haute superseded danse basse. Dancers took to

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    was alive and now that she is died. Martha Graham had made modern dance so great and interesting to watch and do. During Martha Graham’s life‚ she has made some amazing accomplishments. When she was studying dance is bent the rules of ballet and created modern dance. Martha Graham went to her dream dance school Denishawn School of Dancing and Relative Arts after her father died she enrolled into the school was was doing great. When she was done teaching and being a student after several

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    Limon Dance Company is the nation’s oldest modern-dance company. Jose Limon established Limon in 1946. In the beginning the company only survived by word of mouth but eventually grew to be one of the Nations best and well-known Modern Dance Company’s. The Limon Dance Company survived with many of its original dance’s intact‚ these dances preserve the legacy of mid-century choreographers and showed the Company’s talent. The three pieces that the Limon Company performed were Champion‚ The Winged‚

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    then he bursts out into the yard (this represents his move Into the world)‚ when he finishes dancing he hits an iron fence - represents barrier. The scene when he first begins ballet - hes on one side of the Barre and the girls are on the other is another barrier‚ shot of his boxing shoes in amongst the girls ballet slippers‚ the scenes where he was practicing dancing in the bathroom (the spin thing) represents his small world or being boxed in‚ but also his determination as

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    CULTURE of BALLET By Name Withheld for privacy CULTURAL STUDIES WST152AR WOMEN’S FOLKLIFE‚ WOMEN’S CULTURE Recognized as a natural occurrence of human expression‚ the folklore of dance has existed since the beginning of time. Ballet’s elegant quality of movement and expression was established in these ancient demonstrations of dignity in the human spirit. The culture of ballet has been a reality for over 400 years‚ yet the tradition of women performing in ballet has only been

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