paintings and ballets as well. Every adaptation has different ways to show the protagonist of the literary text‚ written by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. However‚ considerable success was reached in the ballets and in films as well. In fact Don Quixote became an interesting subject in the ballet by Marius Petipa in 1860s and in unfinished film by Orson Welles in 1955. Thus this essay is divided in three part: a study of the first version of Don Quixote in the ballet by Petipa;
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going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps on training secretly while the work situation as well as the problems at home get worse. Finally‚ Mrs. Wilkinson manages to get Billy an audition for the Royal Ballet School‚ but now he also has to open his heart to his family in this gritty coming-of-age
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driving through the country-side‚ through open paddocks and fields with rolling slopes and the mountains in the background. I felt peaceful and free and as if nothing mattered. 2. When the boy had to shift schools to escape persecution because he did ballet it is to me an indication that that school was probably quite a rough school. At my school
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individuals share as members of a field’. Ballet dancers are expected to have a certain body type‚ which is tall‚ slender and young. The ballet dancers identity is deeply affected by injury if they don’t keep up their extremely high discipline of training‚ self-management and their culture of ballet (Turner and Wainwright‚ 2003). When ballet dancers feel stressed‚ sleep deprived‚ anxious and nutritionally deficient they are more susceptible to getting injured. Ballet dancers must ensure that they eat a
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Billy Elliot is an eleven year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into ballet lessons. He learns to deal with many trials and triumphs as he hopes to change his family’s set ways and the inner conflict between them. Billy lives in a small cramped house with his bad-tempered brother‚ out of control father and his forget-ful grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance but Billy is told by his father that “boys wrestle; boys don’t dance”. But Billy loves to dance. This disappoints
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onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family ’s set ways‚ inner conflict‚ and standing on his toes!. Between Billy and his family the relationship is a complete exemplification to the idea of gender role stereotypes. With Jackie (his father) being a typical hard man who sees no prospect outside of the mining industry‚ and Tony (his brother)‚ who possesses a great deal opposition towards the deeply taboo art of male ballet. The conflict
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Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative
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The timeless Swan Lake is today prized as one of the world’s greatest and most renowned classical ballets to ever exist. For over one hundred years Swan Lake has been performed‚ adapted and rewritten innumerable times to enthrall a wide range of audiences all across the world. Whilst the foundation of how Swan Lake began and came to be is still‚ to some extent‚ unknown‚ it is widely believed that the production was originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger with the accompaniment of celebrated
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It is about a young boy who has grown up in a poor community and a world of rules and traditions. During Billy’s boxing lesson‚ he discovers that he has talent in ballet dancing. Contrast is then used by the camera panning past many pairs of dainty ballet slippered feet before settling on Billy wearing his boxing boots. This shot reinforces the idea that Billy is different‚ and highlights his preparedness to take risks and to stand out. In order for Billy
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