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    Tap Dancing

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    created tap dancing by combining their own ethnic dances while working on plantations. It was said to have began as “Juba” which was an African slave dance. Current research suggests that tap did not stem from plantations but in crowded‚ urban environments such as New York City. The fusion of cultures that originated tap dance influenced American culture by bringing different societies and ideas together. Master Juba or William Henry Lane was considered the “inventor of tap dancing.” In the late

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    Troy and Cory

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    June 4‚ 2012 Troy and Cory The story‚ “Fences‚” is a play written by August Wilson. The book won winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The main characters are Troy Maxson and Cory Maxson. Some ways they are both similar‚ is that they both hate one another‚ and they are alike. Some ways they’re different is that Troy likes baseball‚ while Cory likes football. Also they both did things opposite. Troy went to jail‚ while Cory went to the marines. Even though Troy and Cory are similar

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    Family and Troy

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    relationship with his family and friends is influenced by the conflicts and hardships that he has endured throughout his life. Troy Maxson‚ the protagonist of the play‚ changes from a responsible character who is loyal to his family and friends‚ to a character that makes wrong decisions‚ which eventually lead to the break up between he and those who love him. The numerous obstacles Troy has faced in his life have shown to have a psychological impact on the way he carries out some of his unjust decisions

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    Dancing Bear

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    suggesting that a wild animal feelsor behaves in much the same way that a human does. They are no longer masters of their own fate or destiny. What went on in the oldbastard ’s head if anything? Hismouth had opened as if he were about to speak. He has notsucceeded in being embraced by the bear but is embraced by the very womanwho torments him. What is significant about this quotation is that it links the longforgotten dancing bear to Dieter himself. Hax‚ "It was going to be one of those days. Lear is

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    Dancing at Lughnasa.

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    Dancing is significant in the play so far because it is the way the Mundy sisters can escape social boundaries and it is a form of self expression for them. Dancing is also the only way they feel satisfaction and take pleasure in life. The Mundy sisters can neither explain nor express their true feelings or desires because of their religion of catholism‚ therefore they use dancing to fill their desire to break free and give them strength to carry on living the way they do. Dancing also provokes many

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    Square Dancing

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    Square dancing was first developed by lonely farmers as a means of entertaining and wooing their livestock (or at least that’s the rumor I’m choosing to believe/spread). But honestly‚ how drunk on moonshine and bored with wife-beating did people used to be to develop this jig of humiliation? More importantly‚ how—I reiterate HOW is it still around today? I mean wasn’t Bugs Bunny mocking this like 60+ years ago? Barnfolk during a hootenanny. Personally‚ I’m for jettisoning into the sun everyone

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    Deaf Dancing

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    As ABC’s new season of Dancing with the Stars gets ready to start‚ one of the most interesting stars will be appearing. Marlee Matlin‚ a famous deaf actress will be completing. With her appearance on the show‚ I started to think about how deaf people dance without hearing the music. Many of the hearing population would just think it is through vibrations from the music. That is indeed correct‚ but there are many other ways in which deaf people can learn how to dance. There are varying degrees

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    Tap Dancing

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    ’s School of Performing Arts and The Ballet Academy‚ writes in Tap for beginner‚ “The term "tap dancing" is derived from the tapping sound produced when the small metal plates on the dancer ’s shoes touch a hard floor or surface.” In 125 Years of Tap‚ Jane Goldberg‚ a dancer-writer who is considered as one of the most prolific voices in the filed of tap dancing‚ writes: “What distinguishes tap [dancing] from most other dance forms is that it is two arts in one: music and dance. The dancers are ‘playing

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    Troy Film Review

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    Troy. Good or Bust. Throughout time‚ men have waged war‚ some for power‚ some for glory‚ some for honor and some for love. In ancient Greece‚ the passion of two of history’s most legendary lovers Paris‚ Prince of Troy and Helen‚ Queen of Sparta‚ ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. When Paris steals Helen away from her husband‚ King of Menelaus‚ it is an insult that cannot be suffered. Familial pride dictates that an affront to Menelaus is an affront to his brother. Agamemnon‚ the

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    and HD use diction to further imply their individual perspectives of Helen. In the second stanza of Poe’s “To Helen”‚ the words “glory” and “grandeur” are used to describe Helen’s beautiful qualities and image‚ referring to the glory and grandeur of Ancient Greece and Rome. The classic period‚ while horribly violent‚ found this referred glory and grandeur in their victories and honors that came from brutal wars. Poe sees Helen not only as the most gorgeous woman in the world but also as a figure

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