The tango‚ which is a popular‚ globalized dance‚ fails to be examined on the basis of its origins. The tumultuous history of the Argentinean tango involved the pervasion through social classes. The origins of the Argentinean tango are based upon the evidence of several theories‚ one of which‚ is the theory of African slave descent‚ is widely accepted by the music community. Also‚ the dance itself did not appear immediately‚ but rather its elements were derived from dances such as the polka‚ mazurka
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MUSICAL ANALYSIS WRITING GUIDE THE CRITERIA In writing your essay‚ the only thing you really need to do is fulfill the marking criteria. Let’s look closely at what the criteria says. The student evaluates music by thoroughly deconstructing the repertoire‚ and determining the manipulation
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“Chicago” Analysis “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg is a poem written to describe the everyday lives of Chicagoans. Sandburg uses poetic devices such as similes‚ personification‚ and imagery to emphasize parts of the poem‚ which helps him show his love and pride for the city of Chicago. Imagery played a very important part in the poem because it gave the reader an image in there head of the city and the environment with the people who lived there. The main purpose of this poem is to defend the
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Musical Analysis The first piece I chose was Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4). It was performed by Aldona Dvarionaite (2009). Chopin was a composer in the Romantic period. This is a sad piano piece. Chopin wrote primarily for the piano. The piece range was almost monotone in nature. The sound was in scale rising and lowering using the same melody throughout the piece. The tones were kept uniform repeating over and over again. I found this piece of music one dimensional.
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arm around her. The Tango is the third dance to use this hold for couple dancing. The Viennese Waltz is the first dance done in this couple hold. It was very popular in Europe in the 1830’s. Couple dancing before the Viennese Waltz was very formal and did not involve a lot of physical contact just mainly holding hands. About 10 years after the Viennese Waltz came the Polka. Also taking Europe by storm‚ the Polka became the newest craze to use this scandalous new hold. Tango was extremely different
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Analyzing The Entire Film "Chicago" (2002) Understanding movies comes from describing and analyzing the cinematic‚ theatrical‚ and literary elements that combine to create meaning. These steps create a basic understanding of the artistic and technical elements found in moviemaking. In addition‚ the major characteristics of different film genres and classic movies will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is analyzing the Academy Award winning film Chicago. This paper will describe the six
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New York‚ I finally got to lose my broadway virginity and was able to watch what a real broadway show looks like‚ and I couldn’t have picked a better musical than Hairspray. This musical has one of the most imaginative set design‚ incredible and catchy music‚ and important messages. When entering the theatre‚ I had a different view on the musical Hairspray. Like many I had watched the Ricki Lake version‚ and expected it to be just like it. But as the show began‚ I discovered that this Hairspray
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The Buenos Aires Tango is a great part of the Argentine identity today. The dance and the music represent the history of the country and the culture of Argentina. The dancers used the emotion to present a sensual dance and with a lot of passion. As a musical genre‚ It was born at the end of XIX century in a Buenos Aires in full growth. However‚ the idea of men and women with the bodies strongly embraced‚ was shocked to the society of the time. Therefore‚ it was only popular among low class society
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Shrek the Musical is a musical based on the DreamWorks 2001 film of the same name. The music was composed by Jeanine Tesori‚ while the book and lyrics were written by David Lindsay-Abaire. The Broadway production ran originally from December 2008 before closing in January of 2010 (Shrek the Musical). July of the same year it toured in North America starting in Chicago‚ and lasted two years. In addition‚ the musical premiered in the United Kingdom in June 2011 (Shrek the Musical). This Tony Award
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RENT Analysis Rent is a rock musical that focuses on the lives of several different young artists and the relationships that bond between them. The title Rent is very fitting for this musical because the majority of the characters are impoverished and are trying to survive in the world‚ while making a life for themselves. The story mostly revolves around the characters Mark and Roger‚ as they battle loss‚ love and life. While Roger tries to run away from all that he is faced with‚ Mark tries to capture
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