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    century England‚ manners played a big role. In her book Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrays many different aspects of English social manners in the 1800s‚ and these facets of English etiquette‚ including traveling etiquette‚ social propriety‚ and dancing‚ greatly affect the plot of the book. One aspect of English social etiquette was the set of strict rules for how one was to act to appear as a socially adept person and therefore a desirable match for marriage. They were for the most part unspoken

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    Dance Narrative Essay

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    Page 1 Kiana Pizzo Professor Jarvis Composition 101 09 November 2012 Dance: There was a time in my life when the only thing I wanted to do was dance.  It was like I couldn’t get up and start my day without releasing those wonderful endorphins.  The instant high I would get just by moving my body and sweating really made me feel alive.  There were days that I did not dance.  I felt extremely lazy and my feet felt heavy like they were dragging across the floor as I walked.  What a difference

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    Voicing Acceptance

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    Spring 2012 WOU Dance Concert – performance was viewed 11 May 2012 Voicing Acceptance Attending the Spring Dance concert was a fun learning experience. I am glad that this was a required assignment for this dance class because if it was not required I am sure I would not have attended . The variety of dances have taught me different things‚ and one of them is that you do not have to do complex moves in order to dance. The dance I have decided to write about is Voicing Acceptance choreographed

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    Australian Visions

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    many techniques like camera movements‚ costume‚ dialogues‚ symbolism etc. to create distinct Australian visions. Strictly Ballroom starts with the Australian vision of competitiveness. The first world we enter is the competitive world of ballroom dancing‚ which is represented by the fiercely conservative‚ with rigid rules that must be obeyed. It is shown by the Anglo Australian comic stereotypes characters wearing garish and glitzy costume with excessive make-up and funny cartoon looking hairstyles

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    Definition Essay Beauty

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    Through examples of art‚ dancing‚ people in general‚ and nature one can get a better understanding of what beauty is. An example of beauty is the oil painting Starry Night (1889) by Van Gogh. Using small brush strokes and vivid

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    Helen Tamiris Biography

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    natural dancing but soon grew restless of it; thus‚ she quickly left the studios to develop her own sort of dance. Tamiris spent a few years making minor nightclub appearances and dancing in stage shows at movie theaters. But in 1922‚ she left America to tour in South Africa with the Bracale Opera Company‚ where she was exposed to international dance forms. When she returned to America‚ she abandoned her former Italian ballet training and studied Russian ballet technique. She appeared dancing in a

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    Dance history

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    Ballet is a form of dancing performed for theatre audiences. Like other dance forms‚ ballet may tell a story‚ express a mood‚ or simply reflect the music. But a ballet dancer’s technique (way of performing) and special skills differ greatly from those of other dancers. Ballet dancers perform many movements that are unnatural for the body. But when these movements are well executed‚ they look natural. The beginnings of ballet can be traced to Italy during the 1400’s at the time of the Renaissance

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    My Papas Waltz Analysis

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    Gabriella Cerqua Analyze Poem Story My Papa’s Waltz The style and purpose of dancing has changed throughout the years of existence. From culture to culture‚ dancing is passed through generations as another form of communicating. Dancing has been used as a healing method throughout Europe‚ and in the 1900’s people would attend balls as a social gathering and use dancing as a way to court someone; yet today as a form of artistic talent people dance to express emotions and feelings. Tied

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    trials. As stated before‚ The setting in the book affected things such as the plot and characters. The Woods‚ or “Satan’s house” where the group of girls were dancing‚ contributed to the plot of the “The Crucible”. If there were no woods or dancing in the story‚ then there wouldn’t be a similar plot. There wouldn’t be a similar plot because dancing in the forest is against puritan values and their overall religion. That’s why if geography wasn’t important and if it was a normal forest the plot would have

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    Pretty Powder Puffs

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    was well over thirty tiny ballerinas in the “Pretty Powder Puffs”piece‚ and only a small fraction of them continued dancing later on in life. I was one of the lucky ones to never stop dancing. Since my early years‚ I have participated in many ballet performances‚ workshops‚ and assistant teaching. When my mother had extra money to spare‚ she always made sure it went towards my dancing.

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