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    caused me to rip the package open‚ though I already knew what was inside I am so eager to see. As I took the tickets from the light‚ ripped open envelope‚ they felt so delicate in my hands‚ if I had lost these prior to my concert‚ I wasn’t going. The buildup of the date of the concert was almost torture‚ but when it finally came I felt as if the bricks building up to this day had come crashing down in the best way. I had woken up that day with so much to do and finally realized that there are not enough

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    Concert Analysis

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    Spring 2012 Concert Report Two concerts I attended this semester were Steve Aoki and Datsik and “The Brown Bag Series.” Although two completely different music styles‚ they were both fun to attend and interesting to think about when considering their musical elements. Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician‚ record producer and founder of Dim Mak Record. Datsik is a Dubstep DJ and music producer from British Columbia‚ Canada. “The Brown Bag Series” was an instrumental concert consisting

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    Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot is a movie about a young boy who has I tough with his family‚ he wants to do ballet instead o doing boxing. Billy’s dad is really sexist when it comes to boys doing ballet and he says to Billy “boys do boxing or football or wrestling not firkin ballet!” Jackie (Billy’s father) gave Billy fifty pence each day for him to go to his boxing classes‚ but Billy would be using the fifty pence to do ballet classes behind Jackie’s back. Because Billy hates boxing‚ and to be honest he’s really

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    Billy Elliot

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    the new world. Scene 10 in Billy Elliot is a scene that demonstrates the protagonist‚ Billy Elliot‚ confronting his father and family and dancing on the table. Daldry uses close up shots and editing between Billyhis family and Mrs Wilkinson‚ his teacher to show the tension between them and to emphasise the panic they are all in as Billy continues to confront his family’s comfort zone. The use of editing shots shows that Billy is caught between two worlds – the world of his ordinary life and tradition

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    Orchestra Concert Review

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    Concert Review The first song I heard is Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture‚ composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is written at 1880‚ a romantic period music. It is a sonata allegro form‚ which consist an exposition‚ a development‚ and a recapitulation. However‚ it is hard for me to find connection between three parts when I was at the concert. Moreover‚ I did not realize there is three parts until I did the research after the concert. I was really into music and picturing the Romeo and Julia

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    must dance. Also‚ he believes that the only reason every person is not on the track of achieving Self-Actualization is due to obstacles placed by society in their way. Due to the difficulty of materializing what you want to become‚ it gives a high degree of inspiration to witness somebody else’s successful story. Stephan Daldry‚ the director of Billy Elliot‚ exploits Maslow’s theory to depict a coal miner’s son from Northern England who desires to be a ballet dancer. Billy Elliot is a musical

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    Billy Elliot

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    process of individuals adapting from one world of experience into another. ‘Billy Elliot’‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry is a text which sends a message to the responder about venturing and transforming into new experiences. The film ‘Billy Elliot’ can challenge individuals’ attitudes and beliefs through the ideas of family values‚ gender stereotypes and determination as he leaves his monotonous life and discovers his passion and love for Ballet. These themes are conveyed through a number of film

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    Violin History Essay

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    Stringed instruments such as the violin and its accompanying variations have been used in music for thousands of years. The first officially recorded use of the violin was during medieval European times. The earliest form of the violin was referred to as a Fiddle and the person playing it was termed as a Fiddler. During the 15th century though‚ the violins began taking on a new shape and began to carve its own history in music. The evolution of the violin continued into the 16th century when it developed

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    Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot Context: • Margaret Thatcher --- Thatcherism • 1979 – 1990 • Harsh policies – free trade‚ no government intervention in business‚ increase in rate of tax for lower income‚ decrease in rate of tax for higher income • Set in 1984‚ Durran‚ Coalfield mining town in England Film: • Strong family images (still images) vs. strike of miners = rich family life vs. violence (contrast) • Scab = industrial relations talk – people who go to work even when union is on strike • Cultural –

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    Billy Elliot Select scenes from this film and explain how the director has used filming techniques to create the atmosphere and develop the themes. ‘Billy Elliot’ directed by Stephen Daldry outlines the transition of Billy Elliot‚ from a constrained society with limited expectations and restrictive gender roles‚ out into the broad horizons of the larger world. Daldry effectively used a range of filming techniques such as camera angles‚ camera shots and dialogue to develop the theme of moving

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