The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people‚ reflecting ethnic influences‚ historic events‚ and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But‚ like so much that is “from America”‚ the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else. The origins of jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America by African slaves. The style of African
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institutions‚ but since she is only nineteen‚ I thought it will be better if I go with her‚ then she goes by herself; anyways‚ she convinced me to go with her. Back then I could not even imagine that our evening would end up in such a way… We were dancing and having fun‚ but then‚ all of the sudden some drug dealer started bothering us. He strongly suggested to us to sample something from his “goods”. I asked him to stop bothering us‚ as those things do not interest us. Two minutes later‚ I was speechless
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Movies like Avengers are typically directed by men. Female directors are only known to direct movies only if there is a lead female protagonist. There are some films with lead female protagonist such as Hunger Games‚ Divergent‚ Kill Bill‚ Dirty Dancing‚ and Pretty Woman. Just to name a few‚ nevertheless these films fall into the same genre. There is a particular film that was not directed by a woman‚ and that is Cat Woman‚ which is a superhero movie. Woman’s impact through film mostly occurs
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THE SCHOOL CANTEEN It is before lunch time right now and the weather is annoyingly hot. High temperature is focused on millions of sweat drops flowing down students’ face as if the Sun is raging toward the Earth. Here I am‚ closely observing every minute detail of the school canteen. Located upon the green hill of my school‚ the canteen symbolizes the heart of this school. Having various kind of delicate food‚ the canteen has long been nurturing chit chats‚ sharing of joys and pains and delicious
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In this essay‚ I will be talking about Vodou and their beliefs‚ practices‚ special holidays and their history. Vodou originates in the West Indies of Haiti in the 17th century. It was brought to the western coast by slaves from Africa. Vodou roughly has 80 million people worldwide who practice in this religion and continue to grow. People who practice this religion are often called Vodouists and are from Central America and Africa. Many people believe that Vodouist practice black magic and curses
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of this very old‚ run-down theatre‚ not knowing anyone‚ I spotted the director‚ Gil Stroming who greeted me with open arms reassuring me to not be nervous and made me feel very relaxed. I soon found the beauty in that ugly theatre. The smell of dirty dance shoes attacked me and I could hear the tapping of people’s tap shoes. Everyone began rushing around frantically trying to get prepared for the show. Rehearsals were extremely intense‚ and we would spend all day in the theatre for a week trying
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the movie‚ and it also shows the viewer how strange Ricky’s perspective on life is. He says‚ “It was one of those days‚ when it’s a minute away from snowing. And there was this electricity in the air. You could almost hear it. And this bag was just dancing with me… For fifteen minutes. That was the day when I realized that there was this entire life behind things. And this incredibly benevolent force who wanted me to know that there was no reason to be afraid. Ever. Sometimes there is so much beauty
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Name_______Teresa McCane___________________ Section___60517__ #____10____ VIOLATE THAT NORM This assignment is designed to have you become more familiar with the concept of a social norm. A social norm often involves a tacit rule of expected or appropriate behavior that is agreed upon by a group of people‚ yet is not always clearly verbalized. For this assignment‚ you will violate a social norm. Remember as per our discussion of this assignment‚ you are not to violate a law or a regulation
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Audrey Hepburn March 4‚ 2013 Mr. Miller AP U.S. History South vs. North 1800-1850 FRQ: In spite of sharing a country‚ the Northern and Southern areas of America had many differences and distinctions‚ which ended up dividing the nation. During the first part of the 1800’s the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers
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my opinion the 2000 version didn’t do a better job in expressing the ideas of the book. The 1974 version did an excellent job in portraying the Jazz Age. The scenes of Gatsby’s party seemed almost real. The parties included the Charleston‚ dancing‚ drinking‚ and many other things that were common in the 1920’s. In the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby Tom appeared to old. Tom was also supposed to be a hulking man‚ but was barely bigger than Nick. This took away from the movie because a bigger
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