suggests that “material life appears as the end‚ and labor‚ the producer of material life…appears as means”‚ Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times(1936) exhorts‚ in numerous ways‚ that the machine age devoured men both physically and emotionally‚ breeding a new lineage of ‘human machines’. There is no respect‚ time or space for individuality or human emotions in this period of modern mechanical industrialization. From the establishing factory shots to the President’s surveillance cameras‚ the workers are
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Halprin and Merce Cunningham: Two Post-Modern Dance Choreographers Anna Halprin was born July 13th‚ 1920 as Anna Schuman. She took on the name Halprin when she married Lawrence Halprin‚ a landscape architect. Together they founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop in 1955. Merce Cunningham was born on April 16‚ 1919‚ his romantic partner was John Cage‚ who he began working with back in 1940’s. In 1953‚ together with John Cage‚ he founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Both Ann and Merce were highly
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conversation with Gandhi in 1931‚ Charlie Chaplin said: “Unemployment is the vital question. Machinery should benefit mankind; it should not spell tragedy and throw it out of work” (Bourne‚ 2003). This was the seed that eventually grew into his masterpiece‚ ‘Modern Times’. At this point in time things were rapidly and continuously changing‚ and Chaplin believed that the majority of these changes would not be for the better good. The movie depicts the life of The Tramp as a factory worker in a world where labour
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Alvin Ailey ’s Influence on Modern Dance Alvin Ailey never considered dancing as his career. He had always been enthralled by the lights‚ costumes‚ and dancers flowing with the music‚ but it never occurred to him that he would be creating such spectacles. He went to see many shows when he was younger‚ mostly ballet and musical theater. Acceptance for modern dance had not yet been established during the 1940 ’s‚ when Ailey was in his childhood‚ and he would become one of its most major influences
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Performance critique Content: the performance we saw was a very simple setting with surprising contemporary dancing. It was a group of 6 dancers but 7 including the choreographer. Some very impressionable moments were when they would do the lifts and floor work all together I felt it was very strong and interesting. Interpretation\connection: three important things I feel the audience should know about the performance is that the piece was a very different modern type of dance‚ it was based
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Truly Rights? The Modern Gay Rights : A Normative Critique Laws affecting lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender people vary greatly by country or territory—everything from legal recognition of same-sex marriage or other types of partnerships‚ to the death penalty as punishment for same-sex romantic/sexual activity or identity. LGBT rights are human rights and civil rights. LGBT rights laws include‚ but are not limited to‚ the following: government recognition of same-sex relationships
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Japanese Butoh versus Western Modern Dance Ankoku Butoh –– or “Dance of Utter Darkness‚” is a Japanese dance form that emerged from a restless post-World War 2 Japanese society. The dance form is deeply influenced by Western thinkers‚ philosophers‚ and artists who adopts dark Gnostic principles‚ such as Georges Bataille and Antonin Artaud1. Butoh consistently focuses on themes considered taboo such as sexuality‚ eroticism‚ and other dark explorations of the dark soul. The art form surfaced because
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Compare and Contrast of Classical Ballet and Modern Dance Dance is one of the most beautiful‚ expressive forms of art known to mankind. It expresses joy‚ love‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ and the list truly goes on for all the possible emotions that it can convey. Dance not only can express how one feels‚ but it can tell a story or even be used to praise a higher power. Dance has intricately played an important role to every culture over the course of time. Two forms of dance that have not only stood against the test
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form of dance has been present on this planet for centuries‚ creating and inspiring people all around the world. Over time‚ some dance forms have evolved to mould society’s expectation and perspectives‚ while some have actually grown to question and scare it. Created in a time of change and cultural awakening‚ Post Modern Dance was seeded by performers in search of a new meaning to dance in a changing world. Since its beginning in the 60/70’s‚ the style has pushed the boundaries of dance and paved
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Written Concert Critique Guideline Winter Intersession 2008 Daniel Berney Use the following criteria to help format your critique. Depending on the program you attended‚ some of these items may be addressed to a greater or lesser degree! Feel free to add emphasis to what affected you personally/emotionally! 1. Was the program based on a narrative/storyline or more abstract? 2. Did you know in advance what you were going to see? 3. If so‚ how informed were you? 4. Did you
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