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    work in other classical forms‚ using them as vehicles for his striking new harmonic and orchestrational ideas. His ballet music was and is also well known‚ as were his deft orchestrations of his own pieces for solo piano. He also contributed a substantial body of chamber music‚ including many virtuosic works for solo piano. 4. What are some of his most famous works? The ballet Daphnis et Chloé; the String Quartet in F major; the orchestral suite Mirroirs‚ La Valse; and his Bolero‚ one of the

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    have changed the way ballet is structured by sculpting the end of the 19th century classical ballet movements to modern contemporary movements‚ introducing neoclassical ballet. Neoclassical ballet defines the body’s lines and angles. They have both created various original works paired with radical patterns‚ costumes‚ setting‚ movement and music . Forsythe is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. With Balanchine’s influence‚ Forsythe stretched the ballet dictionary‚ distorting

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    dance and European Classical ballet. Introduction: The main topic of my research paper is comparing and contrasting the difference between Chinese Classical dance and European Classical ballet. The questions I will develop in the paper included as follows. The first one is the difference of movement between Chinese classical dance and European Classical ballet. The second one is the difference of performance between Chinese classical dance and European Classical ballet. The third one is the difference

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    possible 50 points) (ADDIONAL) Question 1 of 25     Score: 2   (of possible 2 points) The French court ballet reached its height during the reign of Louis XIV‚ whose very birth had been celebrated by the _______________ of 1639. A. Ballet de la Félicité B. Ballet de la coutisane appelé C. Ballet de Madame D. Ballet de la Déliverance de Renaud ANS:A The dancers in the earliest ballets were highly skilled professionals capable of feats of strength and agility. True False ANS:F

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    Ballet is a complex mixture of technique and basically a fair bit of coordination and musicality (which is feeling and moving with the music). You have to perform it confidently and it has to fit the mood of the dance and music. Ballet was considered as a classical form of art. The beauty of this 
dance type was considered timeless and unchanging. It was considered as 
an art in itself . The movement of the ballerinas represented years of 
training It was an 
art form that entailed perfection

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    Danse Russe Robert Morgan once said‚ “If a poem is not memorable‚ there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.” Most people think that one must you use a certain type of traditions meter to make good poetry. In reality there are many other ways to make great poetry‚ one example would be free verse. Free verse poetry is structured according to formal and rhythmic patterns invented for the particular poem. If the

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    Rite of Spring are ballet performances with Russian backgrounds. Swan Lake‚ a well known classical ballet‚ was choreographed by Marius Petipa in the late 1800s. The Rite of Spring‚ however‚ was performed in the early 1900s with a contemporary twist on classical ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinksy. Both pieces presented numbers of similarities such as the dancers‚ symmetry on stage‚ the act of pantomiming and music. The dances contained the principals and the corps de ballet. The principals or

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    Ballet and War: Review on Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age The Rite of Spring by Modris Ekstein examines the cultural history at the start and in World War I and the consequences that would follow after the end of the war. Ekstein separates his book into three acts- pre-war‚ during the war and then after the war. Act One takes the reader first to Paris and the premier of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet‚ Le Sacre du primtemp translated to the Rite of Spring. Choreographed

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    The meaning of turnout in ballet is a rotation of the leg which comes from the hips‚ causing the knee and foot to turn outward‚ away from the center of the body. This rotation allows for greater extension of the leg‚ especially when raising it to the side and rear (Wikipedia). Turnout is a fundamental classical ballet technique‚ but also one of the most important qualities in many types of physical activity with complex coordination. However‚ not everyone is born with 180-degree rotation‚ but

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    a strong relationship within no bad mood reason such as Billy Elliot. The full shot of Billy’s Father try to push Billy back to the Health Check Room in the Royal Ballet School while he had changed his mind and want to come home emphasises Billy’s Father realised that Billy need to prove his talent in the good situation like Royal Ballet School. Furthermore‚ a sense of belonging can emerge from experiences through the family because the family is a perfect situation which helps an individual identifies

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