and pine. March the 15th‚ the day of my ballet recital. Today will be the best day of my life‚ I thought dreamily. I made my way down the stairs and was greeted by my mom with a wide smile on her face. A sumptuous breakfast was laid out for me. On the table were my favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ scrambled eggs‚ hotdog tortillas and a cup of refreshing orange juice. I took my time to enjoy my breakfast and when I was done I made my way to my ballet studio‚ excited to start my day. "One
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aspect of Stravinsky’s second and third ballets is their bitonality‚ which is the use of two different keys at the same time‚ as seen with the juxtaposition of the two chords in "Dance of the Young Girls". According to Alfred Casella‚ the composer can be seen as the primogenitor of polytonality‚ as The Rite of Spring presents bitonality properly and is not just "a more or less happy ’experiment’ " (1924: 164). However‚ polytonality can be found in his previous ballet as well. Two major triads‚ C Major
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African Proverb Kristy Nilsson - Tarentelle‚ Atlanta Ballet Centre Theatre If you can talk‚ you can sing. If you can walk‚ you can dance. ~ African Proverb The
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Dance Film Review “Petite Mort” Petite Mort is a piece choreographed by Jiri Kylian for the Nederland Dans Theatre. It is part of a group of six pieces‚ called the Black and White ballets‚ all choreographed by Kylian. Petite Mort was filmed for the first time in 1996 and is still being performed in theatres all over the world today. The lastest being in America by the American Dance theatre under the guidance of Alvin Ailey. The piece starts of with male dancers playing around with fencing
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theatrical unity and wholeness in the meditative mind. The following is a list of dance names; Argentine Tango - history of Argentine Tango and Milonga. Argentine Tango History - Milonga and Argentine Tango history by Mike Higgins Ballet History - Into a fantasy world: A history of ballet (offsite: CBC) Breakdance - traces the origins of break dance. Cha Cha - history of cha cha. Clogging - clog dancing or clogging‚ as it is sometimes known‚ takes its origins from square dancing. This is not where or how clogging
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be admitted to study at Julliard School. She fails the audition and soon thereafter learns that her mother has been involved in a fatal car accident trying to get to her audition. After her mother’s death‚ Sara is wracked by built and gives up on ballet. She moves in with her father whom she doesn’t know well‚ transferring to an urban Chicago school. At her new school she finds that she is one of a handful of white people but quickly friendship flames up between her and a single mom named Chenille
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Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Evington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization
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When Maria joined the New York City Ballet in 1948‚ she danced to Balanchine’s choreography in his version of The Nutcracker. She was the first person to dance as the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was also around this time that Maria officially began to be known as Maria Tallchief by combining the two parts of her birth surname. In 1947 Maria Tallchief‚ the shy young Native American from a tiny town in Oklahoma‚ became the first prima ballerina‚ of the New York City Ballet. She continued to hold this tittle
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the film‚ “Black Swan” Anonymous The movie‚ Black Swan‚ is about Nina‚ a ballerina whose life is consumed with dance. At the beginning of the film‚ the company where she belongs to is preparing to open the season with Swan Lake. Like any other ballet dances‚ Swan Lake has a story - it is about a pure and sweet girl trapped in a swan’s body and the only way to break the spell is true love. Nina lands the role of the Swan Queen – but‚ the role of the Swan Queen requires a dancer who can play
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Jazz Dance: Then and Now Jazz has been around for centuries‚ starting in the 1600s with the rhythms and movements brought to America by African Slaves. Being forced into America‚ Africans from many cultures were cut off from their families‚ languages and tribal traditions. African cultures intermingled creating a new culture with both African and European elements. African dance has rhythms and movements such as vocal soundings‚ hand clapping‚ and foot stomping and tapping. All of these were woven
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