Finally‚ Swan Lake is a beautiful ballet that comprises elements such as composition and rhythm. The first act is set in a park surrounded by trees‚ with a castle in the background. With a gift from his mother‚ Prince Seigfried leaves the park to go to the lake to hunt swans with the crossbow he received for his birthday. Prince Seigfried is dressed in a black leotard comprised of beautiful jewels and white pants. His mother‚ the Queen‚ is dressed in a long blue dress which fades into white which
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Victorian Certificate of Education 2009 General Achievement Test Thursday 11 June 2009 Reading time: 10.00 am to 10.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 10.15 am to 1.15 pm (3 hours) QUESTION BOOK Structure of book Type of questions Number of questions to be answered Suggested times (minutes) Suggested time allocation Writing Task 1 Writing Task 2 Multiple-choice questions 1 1 70 30 30 120 10.15 – 10.45 10.45 – 11.15 11.15 – 1.15 • Students are permitted to bring into the examination
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Balanchine’s Prodigal Son I was not familiar with this ballet at all although I have enjoyed Prokofiev’s music when watching Romeo and Juliet. It is not a long piece to watch and the dancing although slow in parts (when the Siren is doing her solo and the Pas de Deux) it is always interesting to watch. The principle male has to really be able to act and portray lots of different emotions – it’s not all about the dancing for this character. I thought for the time it was created quite a contemporary
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Many traditional ballets such as Swan Lake‚ La Sylphide‚ and Sleeping Beauty are known as “ballet blanc” or white ballets. Many scenes of these ballets are performed in white tutus. Not only are many ballets “ballet blanc” but many ballet companies are as well. However‚ taking center stage of the ballet world is Misty Copeland‚ principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Copeland is an African American dancer who has turned the world of ballet on its axis. Through the use of her personal
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Stravinsky’s developmental context Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17‚ 1882 – April 6‚ 1971) is known not just for the breadth of diversity acknowledged in his oeuvre‚ but for the impact and contribution it has made on Western culture‚ particularly music. Indeed‚ Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people of the 20th century. At the time of Stravinsky’s birth‚ Imperial Russia was undergoing immense change in all areas of society. Upon his accession to the Russian throne
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time square and even on the streets‚ talent is around every corner there. The third day that i arrived my grandmother and i decided to go see a ballet nearby her house in a small theater. The name of the ballet was Tchaikovsky Tribute‚ the ballet was put on my some local dance majors. The dances consisted of point‚ lyrical‚ classic ballet‚ and modern ballet. All the music of course was by Tchaikovsky they were short segments remixed into an hour long piece. The dancers who performed the 1st dance wore
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Summary Paper #1 Chapter 10 pgs. 169-182‚ Ballet 1. Who was Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe? What were the innovations in ballet under Diaghilev? The Ballet Russe was an American Ballet within the first period of the 20th century that was called “Russo-American era”. Dance scholar and author Lincoln Kirstein coined the term because touring Russian dance artist made a huge impact on American audience and dances. The Russian influence was because of Anna Pavlova‚ Mikhail Mordkin‚ and
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Passion is Adventure There is darkness‚ black with a hint of teal surrounding a giant grainy‚ white stone-like pointe shoe. A small ballerina in a purple leotard and a white tutu is shown in the spotlight. Hanging from the small bow towards the top of the pointe shoe‚ she is looking up at the words "Your passion is a real adventure." This is an ad created by a dance school in Italy called “Accademia Teatro Alla Scala‚" that conveys a message to convince you to follow your passion by signing up for
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on August 27‚ 1968 in Leningrad Russia (Alexei Ratmansky‚ 2016.). He started dancing at the young age of four to the sound of music‚ Alexei moved very amicably to the musical beats. At the age of ten he was enrolled in what was known as the Bolshoi Ballet but is now the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (Alexei Ratmansky‚ 2016). He and his classmates had grown to have tremendous respect for their teacher‚ Pyotr Pestov. He can recall how classes were like‚ he compared it to wartime. He explained
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The Romantic Era of Ballet 1. The Romantic ballet Giselle is about a peasant boy and a prince who both fall in love with Giselle. The prince sees that Giselle may not like a prince such as himself so he pretends to be a peasant boy so Giselle will like him. Giselle and the prince fall in love. But then Giselle finds out that he is‚ indeed‚ a prince and he is engaged. The real peasant boy tells her this. Giselle goes mad and stabs herself with a sword. She dies and turns into a Willi (who kills
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