Melanie Garcia 2/9/2013 Period 3 Absent Report Martha Graham was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on May 11‚ 1894. She was influenced by her father as a child. Her dad worked as a doctor who used physical movement to remedy nervous disorders. Throughout her teens‚ Graham studied dance in Los Angeles at Denishawn. In 1926‚ she established her own dance company in New York City. She danced into her 60s and choreographed until her death in 1991‚ leaving the
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Classification Essay “Eat‚ sleep‚ breathe dance‚” is a motto that many dancers use today because dancing is expressed in such an exciting way. Dancers find inspiration and motivation as they become lost in the dance; it gives the dancer peace of mind and relaxation. Dancing is a stress reliever for most dancers. Dancing has a variety amount of categories such as modern‚ jazz‚ and ballet. Modern can be a very awkward type of dance it breaks all the rules of classical ballet. This dance type was
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American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham had a significant influence on modern dance marking the beginning of the development of postmodern dance. Considered as the father of postmodern dance Merce Cunningham’ s work clearly differs in many ways from the modern choreographers that came before him. Throughout Cunningham’s work there are distinguishing key features that can be seen in their presentation and were used in his creative process. The use of design elements and collaboration with
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The sharp‚ strained movements and demonic screeching in Anna Halprin’s 1975 improvisational piece‚ Darkside Dance‚ make it is easy to understand the amount of despair Halprin went through upon hearing that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer a second time. In an interview‚ Halprin described her feelings regarding this diagnosis when she said‚ “For those of you who have cancer or have had cancer‚ you know how life threatening it can be. You’re unprepared suddenly to face the possibility of dying
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Every 16.2 minutes‚ somebody takes his or her own life‚ and on average one million people commit suicide every year. Have you ever thought about what might cause somebody to do something so tragic? In Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” we see how even 50 years ago there were major social pressures playing a role in peoples lives‚ and creating a stereotype of what both men and women should live like. It is these very stereotypes and demeaning social pressures that lead to the unnecessary suicides
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rn Dance History Kimberly Valmore Isadora Duncan’s Legacy Isadora Duncan was the first American dancer to define natural movement. She was referred to as the Mother of Modern Dance due to her achievements and artistic abilities. She was not a fan of ballet because she thought it was “ugly and against nature.” She believed that dancing should be an art and not require so many rules like ballet. This led her to begin working in major dance companies and eventually start her own dance companies. Isadora
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Different But Equal Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) published Nathan der Weise in 1779. Written during the Enlightenment period‚ Lessing aims to capture the religious intolerance of his time and refers to this theme as the “scourge of his age”. The story‚ written as a play‚ is a fanatical plea for religious tolerance. The church forbade the performance of the play during Lessing’s lifetime; it was first performed in Berlin‚ 1783. Nathan The Wise is set in Jerusalem at the end of the twelfth
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My Aunt Dori has always been different; however‚ I never truly realized how different until a few years ago. She has severe cerebral palsy. I have always known‚ nonetheless it did not fully sink-in until August 3‚ 2003. This particular day I had witnessed her having a grand-mal seizure. I remember being terribly afraid and confused. The scent of disinfectant filtered deliberately through the air. The aroma filling my nostrils gradually at first‚ then all at once. The hospital seemed empty
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Anna Halprin and Merce Cunningham: Two Post-Modern Dance Choreographers Anna Halprin was born July 13th‚ 1920 as Anna Schuman. She took on the name Halprin when she married Lawrence Halprin‚ a landscape architect. Together they founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop in 1955. Merce Cunningham was born on April 16‚ 1919‚ his romantic partner was John Cage‚ who he began working with back in 1940’s. In 1953‚ together with John Cage‚ he founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Both Ann and Merce
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According to the Collins Dictionary‚ modern dance is “a form of dance as a performing art‚ variously developed in the 20th century by Isadora Duncan‚ Ruth St. Denis‚ Martha Graham‚ etc.‚ and characterized by bodily movements and rhythms less formalized than in classical ballet and less firmly bound to predetermined musical form.” Although this may have still been fairly new to American audiences‚ worldwide‚ the art form had developed a long history of accepted tradition by the turn of the 20th century
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