History and memory does generate compelling and unexpected insights‚ and this is explicitly conveyed and explored in the Smithsonian website created by the American government‚ as well as in How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien. History is the compilation of events and peoples perspective in events‚ all meshed up into a montage to create a definitive account of events. Both texts demonstrate the fact that history and memory are directly linked‚ and memories of history are perceptions tainted
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“Mao Zedong: Man‚ not God” by Quan Yanchi was first published in 1992‚ book is translated to English from Chinese by Wang Wenjiong and edited by Gale Hadfield. The book is based on the recollections of Li Yinqiao‚ Mao’s bodyguard for many years. Highlighting the book are photographs of Mao with his relatives and Li‚ published for the first time. This book can help anyone who is new to China or know just a little about this country to get more familiar with who Mao for Chinese is. They love him
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It is the interplay of both history and memory‚ which allows us to gain empathetic understanding of Truth. History is factual‚ and traditionally objective‚ yet is subject to bias and control. It cannot reveal the reality of human experience‚ as it relies on facts‚ lists and statistics; the need for memory arises. Memory is a composition of personal perspectives which can be deemed subjective‚ yet challenges history’s authority and rationalism. Combined‚ history and memory generate a powerful tool when
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Faustin Linyekula’s‚ Congolese dancer and choreographer‚ performance‚ Le Cargo‚ possessed a narrative thematic supported by various elements such as: text‚ props‚ gestures‚ movement‚ technical aspects‚ and technology/media. In this narration‚ Linyekula’s journey began with a specific path on which he walked as he entered the stage. Choreographically‚ the precision and slow-paced walk on the path suggested the path was a personal journey. Consequently‚ he supported the idea of a personal journey as
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Dancer in the Dark is a movie about Selma a Czech immigrant and a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is her deep passion for music‚ specifically‚ the singing and dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. Selma has a sad secret that she is losing her eyesight‚ and her son Gene stands to suffer the same fate if she can’t put away enough money to secure him an operation. When a desperate neighbor falsely accuses Selma of stealing his savings‚ the drama of her
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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He started the Great Leap Forward movement in China. Most of his goals‚ however‚ never worked out greatly for China. Mao Zedong was born in Shaoshan‚ China on December 26‚ 1893. The country was in a very difficult time and life was hard for most people. Mao’s family lived better than most of China’s population and had three acres of farmland that they had kept for many generations. When Mao was 8 years old‚ he started going
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Mao Zedong’s ideas varied between flexible pragmatism and utopian visions‚ exemplified in the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. As Professor Nutter says‚ Mao established a regime that was based upon his own personality. Ruthless and ambitious‚ Mao turned China into a world military power and created a cult of personality‚ forcing the distribution of his image and his "Little Red Book" (a collection of political maxims) upon the Chinese people. As far as the world was concerned for
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Suddenly‚ in the next shot‚ we are taken to a pleasant scene in Goa‚ where we are introduced to a handsome young man singing at a Christian wedding. This is no other than Anil‚ but as an adult. This scene occurs at a critical juncture in the film “Disco Dancer”. It serves
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Indian Dancers. I chose this performance‚ because of my interest in the Native American culture and deep history in this country. Interestingly‚ dancing is an important art form in their culture with many stories that go along with them. Nonetheless‚ this was a performance I exceedingly enjoyed and would see again. On February 11th I went to go see The Thunderbird dance performance in the Theatre for the New City located on the Lower East Side. This group was made up of 12 singers and dancers who come
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Member 1999-2006 Coppell House of Dance‚ Coppell TX – Company Member Summer Intensives 2011 Joffrey Ballet School Jazz and Contemporary Summer Program‚ NYC 2008-2011 NYC Dance Alliance‚ Outstanding Dancer Program‚ NYC 2010 Complexions Contemporary Ballet Summer Intensive‚ NYC 2010 Peter Sklar Beginnings Workshop‚ NY 2009-2010 Common Art Mutual Passion Contemporary Intensive‚ Plainfield
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