production was originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger with the accompaniment of celebrated Russian composer Russian Tchaikovsky for the musical score. It was first presented as The Lake of the Swans by the Ballet of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre in 1877 in Moscow‚ Russia. Brash judgment and calamitous reviews were passed upon this production and in turn‚ most ballet companies today now establish their staging both choreographically and musically on the revival created by Marius Petipa
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The Italian Lira is a fairly new currency with roots that lie deep within Italian culture. The word "lira" is actually derived from the Latin word "libra"‚ meaning pound‚ making it a distant cousin to that of the British pound sterling. The lira was a monetary unit long before it existed as a coin or note. The lira made its first appearance in the hands of bankers‚ merchants and consumers in Venice in 1472‚ put in place by Doge Nicolas Tron. The Venice lira set a trend for large silver coins with
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NAME: PERDESSA ABRAMS 12/0257/1980 COURSE: HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE Introduction The movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity was known as the Risorgimento. Giuseppe Mazzini and his leading pupil‚ Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ failed in their attempt to create an Italy united by democracy. Garibaldi‚ supported by his legion of Red Shirts who was mostly young Italian democrats ‚who used the 1848 revolutions
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A Portrait William the Conqueror William the Conqueror: First English King Dominique Joyner Period 3 March 10‚ 2013 William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England. During the time of his reign as Duke and King‚ William I strengthened the relationship between the English and the French. William the Conqueror’s conquests improved the prosperity of both England and France. William I was born 1027 in Falaise‚ Normandy. He is the illegitimate child of Herleva of Falaise
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In 2003‚ the people of Liechtenstein voted on whether or not to expand the powers of the monarchy. Prior to the referendum‚ Crown Prince Hans Adam II had the right of a princely veto‚ the right to dissolve parliament and call early elections. Laws could not be passed without his consent‚ and as such‚ he was already one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe. The Crown Prince wanted these powers to be further consolidated even though political critics said that such a change would transform the country
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Design History Paper Shigeo Fukuda Krystal Roberts 10/16/2012 Shigeo Fukuda was born in Tokyo‚ Japan in February of 1932 he unfortunately passed at the age of 76 from a stroke‚ on January 11‚ 2009 in his hometown of Tokyo. He was mostly known for his antiwar and environmental advocacy posters. He was an expert in conveying a message using minimal graphic needs. His work is very popular among American designers. Fukuda’s book “Visual Illusion” 1982‚ at one point was a virtual textbook for US
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible‚ or Ivan IV‚ was born on August 25‚ 1530 to Grand Prince Vasilii and wife Elena Glinskaya. Even at the beginning of his life‚ it seemed that Ivan IV was going to have a rather unusual childhood‚ even by noble Russian family standards. His father‚ Grand Prince Vasilii III‚ died when Ivan IV was only three years old. So Ivan IV’s time began as child ruler while his mother was regent until her death in 1538 as stated by John M. Thompson in Russia and the Soviet Union (Thompson
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This brought upon the introduction of one of Stalins first grand projects‚ The Five Year Plan. It was a plan to modernize the Soviet Union‚ which Stalin believed was far behind the west. This plan was an attempt to build up mass industrialization and collectivize the farming economy. This is where Klutsis and his
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Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian operatic composer. He was raided as a duchy. He was born on October 10‚ 1813‚ in Roncole. Berdi first studied music in the town of Bussesto. In 1832 Verdi was rejected to study with the Milan Conservatory because of his age. He became the pupil of composer Vincenzo Lavigna. Then returned to Bussesto in 1833 as conductor. At the age of 25 Verdi again went to Milan. His first opera‚ Oberto‚ was produced at La Scala with some success in 1839. His next work‚ the comic opera
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and burned by the Sauval with only one survivor‚ Anne. Sir Richard offered protection to all the peasants but he could not protect the castle because “the old duke is dead [and] . . . the young duke is but a boy‚ and his mother‚ who will rule the duchy until he is a man‚ is indifferent
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