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    To what extent do Top Girls by Caryll Churchill and Dancing at Lughnasa by Brien Friel agree on the choices available to women? Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls and Brien Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa are both plays set in times of great change. The former deals with the implications of the electoral success of Margaret Thatcher‚ Britain’s first female Prime Minister‚ while the latter grapples with the consequences of industrialization in Donegal‚ Ireland. The chief concern of both plays is how political

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    created tap dancing by combining their own ethnic dances while working on plantations. It was said to have began as “Juba” which was an African slave dance. Current research suggests that tap did not stem from plantations but in crowded‚ urban environments such as New York City. The fusion of cultures that originated tap dance influenced American culture by bringing different societies and ideas together. Master Juba or William Henry Lane was considered the “inventor of tap dancing.” In the late

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    The popularity of Ballroom dancing is growing because of film and stage performances. As the public sees the grace and elegance of this dance style‚ more people are finding dance organizations and studios that offer classes. The dance is almost sports like with movements and a performance of the fit. The Olympic Committee is adding Ballroom dance to the dance sport for the 2016 Olympics (New World Encyclopedia‚ 2009). Historical Development Ballroom dancing began in England during

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    Title of Building: Dancing House Name of Architect: Frank Gehry Date Completed: 1996 Illustration of Work:  Frank Gehry. Dancing House. Prague‚ Czech Republic. http://www.columbia.edu/~beecher/prague/Dancing_House/0600/dancing_building_1.html. Part 1: Description of This Building Dancing House by Frank Gehry‚ was a building that was started in 1992 and was finished in 1996. The building obviously resembling a couple dancing‚ was first named after Fred Astair and Ginger Rodgers

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    Dancing Fox

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    Running head: DANCING FOX 1 SAMPLE APA PAPER (6 th ed.) Note: Per APA 6th edition‚ the header on the cover page is different from the rest of the paper. How one does this is go into page layout and page setup. In the bottom right corner is a box with an arrow. If the arrow is clicked‚ a box with page setup options appears. Under layout is the box to check to make a “different first page.” The cover page header includes the words Running head: and the header the student creates‚ in

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    March 6‚ 2012 Professional Dancing “There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” Edwin Denby. Dance has not left behind identifiable artifacts that prove when dance was created. It is not possible to place a date on when it became part of human culture. For billions of years people have expressed emotions and feelings through movements. Over the years dance has transformed into an art of great proportion in our daily life. Everyone dances for a different

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    ’s School of Performing Arts and The Ballet Academy‚ writes in Tap for beginner‚ “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.” In 125 Years of Tap‚ Jane Goldberg‚ a dancer-writer who is considered as one of the most prolific voices in the filed of tap dancing‚ writes: “What distinguishes tap [dancing] from most other dance forms is that it is two arts in one: music and dance. The dancers are ‘playing

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    DANCING AT LUGHNASA - ACT ONE STAGING P1 – chiaroscuro lighting state establishes atmosphere and non-realism from the start. A stylised tableau allows the audience to see the cast in its entirety. Michael‚ as an adult narrator‚ is a Brechtian device P2 – lighting is used for mood – probably straw and pink state to connote Summer. Props and set is organised to allow for cast to break from tableau into small-scale action representational of character eg ‘AGNES knits gloves’. P7 – the

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    Dancing Is Not An Art

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    Dancing is an activity that requires many skills‚ including high physical endurance and the ability to express one’s feelings through their movements. In this way‚ it is questioned whether dancing is a sport or an art. Dancing is an art and not a sport because of a dancer’s ability to express themselves and the art itself in different forms. First of all‚ to know that dance is an art and not a sport‚ the definition of the two need to come into consideration. Harrell Fletcher is a teacher in the

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    Benefits of Dancing

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    creative skills. There are numerous benefits to participating in dancing ranging from increasing your amount of daily exercise to making new friends with shared interests. In some countries‚ the weekly exercise targets for children are currently set at a minimum of 1 hour per day for children and at least 30 minutes‚ five times a week‚ for adults. Although these targets may look daunting at first‚ they can easily be met by dancing. Dance offers an activity for people who may not consider themselves

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