Scene. It was a cherished and unforgettable moment and a thrilling feeling I will never forget. In those minutes‚ I knew dancing was an enjoyment for me. It was a day in December‚ my friends and I were walking up to the auditorium where Salt Creek Ballet was having their annual Nutcracker performance. We arrived in the crowded and chaotic dressing room where the fumes of hair spray and fluffy‚ shiny‚ laced‚ and glittered costumes were tossed around the room. Many dancers
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Douglas Holt‚ explains to Oxford University Press how the process of the rise to popularity truly works. He says‚ “These individuals and groups became immensely influential by advancing innovative ideology‚ and thereby developing intensely loyal followers” (Why Does Something Become Popular). He explains how famous icons stand out to people because they make alternative approaches towards things that have once been mastered. Because of Fred Astaire’s effortless work in the ballroom genre of dance
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Brought out into the light only when the drawer was rummaged through. Once again I needed its assistance to step into a character. Dancing in the Nutcracker ballet as a Chinese dancer at the age of fourteen. With this dance came mastering dancing in and out of giant fans slicing through the air. In so the fan was released from its wooden prison of art supplies. Relentlessly practicing gracefully managing the
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Ballet Report: Teatro alla Scala Teatro alla Scala’s “Giselle” is about a peasant girl named Giselle‚ who dies of a broken heart after discovering her lover‚ Albrecht‚ is to marry another woman‚ Bathilde. The Wilis‚ a group of mystical women who dance men to their demise‚ summon Giselle from her grave. They target her lover for death‚ but Giselle’s magnanimous heart frees him from their wrath. The Wilis are particularly haunting characters‚ and are the spirits of girls that died before they
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Ballet was founded around the 15th century in Italy. After everybody in Italy liked it‚ France‚ England‚ and Russia decided to join in the fun-fun action. The higher up people wanted it to be performed just for them. After It become more popular‚ there started to have ballet concerts. This dance was so popular‚ the world started to take notice. The dance is known globally‚ and is loved by many. Today‚ there are many schools that teach ballet to the young and old. Ballet is planned out very precisely
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The ballet Giselle first premiered at the Paris Opéra in 1841. Giselle is a ballet that tells the tragic story of the death of a young girl from a broken heart. This scenario fits in with the time of the Romantic era for it references to the Medieval era by including the idea of death throughout. It is said that‚ “‘The word romantic has been lately introduced in Germany to designate that kind of poetry which is derived from the songs of the Troubadours; that which owes its birth to the union of chivalry
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The sound of soothing music penetrated time and space‚ interrupting a peaceful slumber. The melody beckoned her to come closer‚ drawn into another world‚ another dimension. Obeying the Piped Piper‚ she followed the sound into the dense mist that made it difficult to see. The encompassing fog obscured all vision and her fear hung on the distinct possibility of running into something unyielding or worse falling into a deep chasm. Until suddenly realizing that wouldn’t be feasible as her feet weren’t
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Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to win 1st place at a competition? Or being the person who choreographed that winning dance? Becoming a dancer or dance instructor can help you lead to that accomplishment. After completing career Inventory test‚ two careers recommended for me are dance instructors and dancers. Dancer and dance instructors have similarities in what they do‚ yet have differences in how they do it. Dancers and instructors have very similar jobs. Both occupations require
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Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was born in Hartford‚ Connecticut. Likewise‚ she was beginning her training at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Martha Graham and Louis Horst. she was a member of the Graham Dance Company and helped Mr. Horst in his move piece classes in the 1930s. In the meantime‚ she takes up with the WPA move unit and she began her own organization and started choreographing and performing solo shows and gathering works. She is very interested in humanity drove her to make works of dramatic
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DANC 100-6 Research Assignment Michel Fokine When ballet director Sergei Diaghilev ordered a young artist to “astonish” him‚ he was setting the tone of his own temperament as well as that of the twentieth century modern art in general. Diaghilev greatly valued imaginative‚ creative choreography and strongly encouraged it within his Ballets Russes to five of the biggest ballet choreographers of the century‚ including Michel Fokine. All of Diaghilev’s early triumphs were choreographed pieces
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