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    creative industries because performing and dancing is my passion‚ I love doing it and I would love to be able to wake up every day to do something I love rather than waking up to an alarm and going to a job I hate and am not passionate about. The creative industry isn’t just dancing and performing It’s also people like artist‚ technicians and people in design and fashion. Ever since I can remember I’ve been dancing whether it’s been in dance class or dancing for my family at home‚ I love it‚ I love

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    people moving as one‚ gliding fluidly and forcefully around the dance floor; if they were dancing on water‚ there would be no ripples in their wake. Imagine a room filled with stiff whipped cream. The dancers’ goal is to move smoothly and powerfully through the cream‚ charting a clean path without disrupting any of the cream around them." This is one of the best definitions that we have heard about smooth dancing. It is from the book‚ "ABC’s of Ballroom Dance". This month we would like to discuss one

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    17thC that we have any real documention referring to dance - not just confined to Ireland - worldwide. Citm: The common people in Ireland may have been dancing more free-form‚ simple dance‚ to fiddle and pipes. As well as courting‚ dancing had important social ritual functions. Rinnce fada is described as being performed on May-eve and dancing is associated with other important times are the year‚ e.g. Bealtaine‚ births‚ weddings‚ wakes. It is a matter of speculation whether country dances had

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    Tap dancers use their feet like drums to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats. The term "tap dancing" is derived from the tapping sound produced when the small metal plates on the dancer’s shoes touch a hard floor or surface. “A common style of tap dancing is called "classical tap." Classical tappers use their arms and upper bodies to blend movements of ballet or jazz into their tap routines” (Bedinghaus). Tap is not a stiff

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    Modern dance emerged in the twentieth century as an expression of rebellion against classical ballet. It takes a lot of effort and the weight of the body in modern dance whereas ballet requires the dancer to create the illusion of freedom from gravity. The two video “Rainbow’ Round My Shoulder” by Donald McKayle and “Chroma” by Wayne McGregor are similar to each because they both use contemporary ballet but with different meaning behind it. “Rainbow’ Round My Shoulder” is a modern dance with

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    situation created confusion to young man. We can say that the non verbal communication is not worked out at this spot. The young man’s understanding from her non verbal communication is may be like this. i) When he sees the young gorgeous lady dancing in front of window with tune of “All Right Now” the young man smiles hopefully and waves meekly. He holds up a bottle of wine and waves it‚ apparently inviting her over for drink. But

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    positive or negative aspect. These ideas have been reflected in the texts Strictly Ballroom‚ Neighbours and Drifters. Strictly Ballroom directed by Baz Lurhmann shows a young man‚ Scott Hastings‚ who ballroom dances’ but wishes to change his style of dancing. This goes against the authority and the federation and affects the whole community. In Neighbours written by Tim Winton‚ illustrates a married couple broaden their beliefs about belonging to a place through acceptance from the community which allows

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    Fred Austerlitz‚ or as we know him Fred Astaire‚ was born May 10‚ 1899 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. At the age of four his parents put him in a dancing class with his sister. Astaire and his sister were very good dancers so their family moved to New York so that they could continue their training. Fred and Adele‚ his sister‚ performed in Vaudeville in 1905. Shortly after that they changed their names and started performing in musicals. From 1917 through 1932 the Astaire siblings performed in ten musical productions

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    Like an Onion‚ by Ana Castillo‚ the only thing that can make Carmen happy is Flamenco dancing. But unfortunately‚ she is diagnosed with polio and dancing gets much harder for her to do. Because it gets so difficult for her‚ she tries to find other jobs to make money. Although she finds jobs here and there to earn money‚ she is unable to find happiness in her life without dancing. She feels that because dancing is such a huge part of who she is‚ she can’t be herself anymore. She feels that her life

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    written by Baz Luhrmann played and set in the competitive world of ballroom dancing. In this theatrical film Luhrmann usees themes and images to construct the story line of glitzy‚ glamorous‚ competition of romance of federation dancing. Luhrmann uses colour‚ teeth‚ glitter and synchronised dance movements as metaphors for the materialistic world‚ being attractive but lacking real substance. The whole world of ballroom dancing is clearly depicted as unrealistic from the opening scene with the curtain

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