and choreography. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and throughout his lifetime created some 79 ballets‚ many of which have appeared in the repertoire of major dance companies. It was on a junior high school class trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo‚ he fell in love with concert dance. He became inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and classes with Lester Horton. Alvin Ailey would go on to create a legacy of versatility and cultural expression. *
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Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real‚ artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera‚ photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century‚ America went through a period of social and economic change
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Synopsis Mikhail Baryshnikov was conceived in Latvia in 1948. Baryshnikov was an exceptionally skilled and regarded ballet performer of the Soviet Union amid the late twentieth century‚ Baryshnikov was a cherished by numerous in the USSR. Sadly‚ he couldn’t respond those same emotions. He moved from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1974 preceding moving to the United States with expectations of having a superior chance to convey what needs be inventively in a free nation. His procedure rose
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Around the 1400s‚ as the court dances became more detailed and complicated‚ it became necessary to formally codify these dances to maintain consistency. In 1661‚ King Louis XIV established the world’s first ballet school‚ the Academie Royale de Danse (Royal Academy of Dance). The Pre‐Romantic period is most noted as the origin of pointe work. The Italian dancer Marie Taglioni‚ who was eighteen years old at the time‚ is generally considered to be the first ballerina to dance en pointe‚ balancing
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Throughout history‚ people fight‚ the economy shifts‚ empires collapse‚ and new ones rise from the ashes. In other words‚ societies change‚ sometimes in major ways and sometimes in ways barely noticeable. However‚ despite the constant transformations that our world undergoes‚ art remains the way a society expresses itself‚ and it evolves and changes along with society. Ballet is one such art form. Contrary to popular belief‚ ballet is not an art that lives in the past but one that has grown and changed
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (b. 5/17 June 1882; d. 6 April 1971) is undoubtedly one of the most important and influential musical personalities of the 20th century‚ his musical innovations concerning rhythm‚ harmony‚ melody and sound texture from his early works also making him a pioneer of new music. The 20th century has been marked by tumultuous events and the conflictual and agitated atmosphere surrounding certain nations during the first decade pushed artists towards a nationalist attitude. In
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The History of Middle Eastern (Belly) Dance (The super condensed mini version) Middle Eastern Dance is an umbrella term which refers to all dances of the Middle East and it’s surrounding areas from both the past and present. However its also a term commonly used to refer to Raqs Sharqi or "belly dance" and its various styles‚ offshoots‚ and predecessors. Many scholars believe that Raqs Sharqi stems from older dances. It has been called the world’s "oldest dance‚" with theories linking it
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As a composer‚ Mahler all his life stood in a shadow of his far more famous friend and rival‚ Richard Strauss (1864-1949). While the audience in Europe saluted Strauss’ tone poems and his operas with enthusiasm‚ Mahler received recognition as an up-and-coming director/conductor of the Vienna Court Opera‚ but remained controversial as a composer. Although Mahler failed to win a well-deserved recognition as a successful composer during his lifetime‚ Mahler’s symphonies have become a firmly established
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The contemporary literary period is from 1945 to present. There are many amazing athors in this period. Stephen King is an outstanding horror writer he started writing professionally in 1974 and has released new books as late as 2008. Stephen King an American author has truly made a significant impact on today’s readers. King can turn marital stress‚ peer pressure‚ or adultery into a terrifying epic that would make your skin crawl. Stephen king was born September 21‚ 1947. Stephen’s birth was
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Era : Early 1970s Trend : Ethnic clothes Impact on fashion trend or history: There was no acute impact or revolution in fashion trends‚ as result the popular trends in late 1960s continued into 1970s. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970s. The Mexican peasant blouses‚ tunic and Indian fabrics were still popular. The Also‚ the seventieth was a individualism decade. Everyone could wear anything anywhere so that the first phase of early
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