fashion industry last year alone. This includes retailers like Zara‚ which is infamous for their quick turn around and almost synonymous with the term “fast-fashion”‚ Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ J.Crew‚ H&M‚ Forever 21‚ TopShop‚ Urban Outfitters‚ Charolette Russe‚ Wet Seal‚ etc. This force is obviously beneficial to the American retail economy‚ however‚ it is causing modern designers and fashion houses to suffer. Though fashion revolves around the basic principles of reference and reinvention‚ there has
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Imperial Ballet School in 1900‚ in which he studied under Enrico Cecchetti and Nicholas Legat. He took many lead roles until his dance career took a turning point‚ and met Sergei Diaghilev. He danced with famous Anna Pavlova‚ as a lead in the Ballets Russes in Paris‚ and also starred in Fokine’s pieces "Le Pavillon d’Armide‚" "Cleopatra‚" and "The Feast." He then went on to choreograph his own ballets‚ such as "L’Aprés-Midi d’un Faune" (The Afternoon of a Faun) and "The Rite of Spring" ("Russian Ballet
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Alvin Ailey became interested in dance at age 12‚ he moved with his mother to Los Angeles‚ where he was introduced to dance by performances of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. His formal dance training began with an introduction to Lester Horton’s classes by his friend‚ Carmen de Lavallade. Horton‚ the founder of the first racially integrated dance company in the United States‚ became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional career. After Horton’s
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The Roller Coaster has a long varied history. It has origins in large ice slides found mostly in Russia around the 16th and 17th century. In the 1800s many appeared‚ primarily in America. The industry continued into the 1920s‚ which are known as the “golden age” for roller coasters. Production for roller coasters slowed down during the Great Depression‚ and by WW2 very few were being produced.The industry has made a comeback since‚ with a large production boom beginning in the 60s-80s. The varied
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Auguste Escoffier… “Indeed‚ stock is everything in cooking‚ at least in French cooking. Without it‚ nothing can be done. If one’s stock is good‚ what remains of the work is easy; if‚ on the other hand‚ it is bad or merely mediocre‚ it is quite hopeless to expect anything approaching a satisfactory result.” (Fondes De Cuisine‚ Chapter 1 in Le Guide Culinaire) Born in 1846 France‚ Auguste Escoffier was director of the kitchens at the finest hotels in Monte Carlo and London. He revolutionized French
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HISTORY 2084: RUSSIA IN WAR AND REVOLUTION‚ 1894-1953 ACCOUNT FOR STALIN ’S RISE TO POWER IN THE PERIOD 1922 TO 1929 INTRODUCTION Stalin ’s ascent to the leadership of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was neither easy nor inevitable. Following the incapacitation and subsequent death of Vladimir Lenin‚ there were many legitimate claimants to this leadership: Grigory Zinoviev‚ Lev Kamenev‚ Nikolai Bukharin and‚ particularly‚ Leon Trotsky‚ Lenin ’s right-hand man and heir apparent.
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repetitions to accomplish this effect. “The Dance” stands out from some of Williams’s more famous poems. "The Red Wheelbarrow" (1923) and "This Is Just To Say" (1934) are both entirely motionless and describe specific moments in time. While “The Danse” address a single moment as well‚ it is full of motion. This obvious difference comes to life in the first line when the poem begins to describe Brueghel’s painting‚ The Kermess. “Kermess” literally means peasant dance. It depicts men and women dancing
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Bebe Miller was born in Brooklyn‚ New York City‚ NY on September 20‚ 1950 (age 65). She was raised by her mother‚ an elementary school teacher. She was raised in a public housing project in Red Hook Neighborhood. At the age of five she started to take modern classes. At thirteen she took ballet classes at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan. She later said that she “didn’t fit in” and “I was intimidated” so she quit. In 1971 she graduated from Earlham College in Richmond‚ Indiana with a degree in art. Four
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by his five-month trip through Spain and North Africa in 1879. Sargent named his piece El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance‚ the jaleo de Jerez and counting on the broader meaning jaleo‚ which means ruckus. The painting’s other title‚ El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes‚ meaning “Dance of the Gypsies”‚ was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882. The painting is almost 12 feet wide and appears to be mostly monochromatic with the exception of some reds off to the side. The black and grays of the piece seem
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How do the media influence females? Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women‚ and their bodies‚ sell everything from food to cars. Women’s magazines are full of articles urging women to fit a certain mold. While standing in a grocery store line you can see all different magazines promoting fashion‚ weight loss‚ and the latest diet. Although the magazines differ‚ they all seemingly convey the same idea: if you have the perfect body image you can have it all the perfect marriage‚ loving
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