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    1. I agree with this statement‚ my explanation is that everybody got an education since they was born. First‚ you have to define the word “education”. In my opinion education is same as imitation because everyone learns by imitate from what people have done. Students learn mathematic by the method that ancient people made‚ baby or kids learn everything from what they have seen. You can see that when we were young‚ we imitated the way we speak from our parents‚ and we drew the picture from what we

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    of dancing. But as Billy gets older his dream of dancing becomes more of a reality‚ with the help of his ballet teacher‚ family and friends. In my static image the hatched swan eggs represents how Billy has struggled throughout his childhood‚ but now has hatched into a beautiful adult swan. The idea of the swan came from the end of the movie when Billy performs a swan in the Royal Ballet Swan it shows Billy has accomplished his dream to dance. The childhood toys and boxing gloves inside the swan

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    Ballet Martha Graham once said‚ “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Ballet is one of the world’s most graceful and elegant forms of dancing. The first ballets were danced in Italy but it eventually developed in France under Louis XIV. Ballet thrived in St. Petersburg‚ Russia and developed most of the ballet dancers. Choreographer George Balanchine was the first person to bring ballet to the United States. He was born on January 22‚ 1904 as Giorgi Meltitonis dze Balanchivadze and founded

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    Masculinity In Billy Elliot

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    boxing lessons with pal George (Mike Elliot) at the local village hall. Unfortunately‚ Billy isn’t interested in expressing himself with his fists‚ he’s much more taken with the ballet lessons next door‚ run by jaded Mrs Wilkinson (Julie Walters). When Billy’s old man learns that his son has forsaken boxing gloves for ballet shoes‚ he is distraught: dancing is not a manly pursuit‚ certainly not for a miner’s son. Fearful of what his friends might say‚ Billy’s father bans him from taking classes and

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    Group Project Caileigh Rendek - 260511107 Deana Cappelli - 260458567 Nada Almaghrawi – 260481264 Ali Shah Khawaja - 260473146 Pirouetting from the Past to the Present and Into the Future: The New York City Ballet Company THE PAST AND PRESENT Introduction - Caileigh The New York City Ballet Company (NYCB) is one of the foremost dance companies in the world with a roster of spectacular dances and an unparalleled repertory. As the largest dance organization in America with 90 dancers‚ 350 artistic

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    career as a professional ballet dancer. Billy’s first transition occurs when he is handed the keys to the ballet class and he enters it to be completely astonished by the beauty of the art known as ballet. The key that Billy is handed symbolizes his gateway to a new world. This transition is reflected through the scenes when Billy is seen running the streets of Everington with his boxing gloves around his shoulders and the later scene where Billy replaces them with ballet shoes. Additionally‚ there

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    Is it Nature or Nurture

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    Is it Nature or Nurture? Sally Yopp Psychology 1403-04 Mid South Community College Is it Nature or Nurture? You become a certain way because of your nature‚ or what you are born with‚ or because of your environment which is nurture. Nature comes from genetics; your talent can be defined by natural talent‚ intelligence‚ temperament/attitude and disorders/conditions. Determination is the gray area between these too. Nurture on the other hand is your environment; your peers‚ family

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    Romantic Period (circa 1800-1900) The Romantic Era sprung from literature and free thinking caused by the French Revolution (1789-1794). Stories and poems of heroics written in the Romance languages – French‚ Spanish‚ Italian and other Latin-based languages – conjured images of fantasy and imaginary other worlds. The Romantic period was somewhat detached from reality‚ and focused less on the present than on the past and future. Music was seen as the best medium to express the values of the Romantic

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    DECONSTRUCTRON Critical Review: Cry (Alvin Ailey) DANCE; The Long Shadow Of Ailey ’s Great ’Cry ’ By VALERIE GLADSTONE Published: November 26‚ 2000 THE audience wouldn ’t stop cheering when Judith Jamison danced Alvin Ailey ’s masterpiece ’ ’Cry ’ ’ at its premiere on May 4‚ 1971‚ at City Center. ’ ’They went crazy‚ ’ ’ Ms. Jamison says. Ms. Jamison‚ the artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since Ailey ’s death in 1989‚ recalled that night in an interview one afternoon

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    The Life and Work of Gelsey Kirkland Jaclyn Repice LA 211-301 Professor Goldberg April 30‚ 2012 According to many skilled dancers‚ knowledgeable critics‚ and essential lovers of ballet‚ Gelsey Kirkland is one of the most well-known and admired American ballerinas of our time. She was born on the 29th of December in 1952‚ in Bethlehem‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Jack Kirkland and Nancy Hoadley. Her father Jack was a play writer‚ known for his production‚ Tobacco Road. During the making of Tobacco

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