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    Imagine living in the 1960’s fighting for the chance to be able on a hit dance show series. Now‚ imagine fighting for equal opportunities between the blacks and whites‚ in an area where segration between the two races is held up as an important aspect of the community. This is exactly what happened in the hit musical‚ Hairspray. I was able to attend this amazing musical at Washington Lee High School on April 25‚ 2015. Directed by Keith Cassidy‚ outstanding performers showed off their collaboration

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    The Jive Dance Analysis

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    Dance differs from sport in that it is not concerned with movement purely as a means of performing but rather with the artistic intent and quality of the movement (Macmillan‚ 2010). The Jive movement originated from the USA in the early 1930’s. It is a very energetic‚ boppy dance that encounters a number of fast tricky steps. Biomechanics is an analysis process that detects ways to improve athlete’s performances and techniques. It allows the athlete and the coach to understand how force acting on

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    Dance- 'What Is Stamina?'

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    ‘What is stamina? Describe the distinctive way in which the body of a dancer with stamina functions. Discuss how stamina is developed‚ drawing on your own experience in the dance studio and elsewhere.’ Stamina is the endurance and staying power of the muscles‚ heart and breathing. In order to maintain a high standard of performance and technique‚ stamina is needed as it ensures that the heart and lungs are able to get oxygen to the muscles through the blood‚ to enable them to function to their

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    Ghost Dance Analysis

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    Sitting Bull proposes and leads an idea of peace with the Americans‚ but this all comes to an end when he is accidentally killed by a policeman. The Indians seek a new leader [a strange farmer]‚ and rely on the miraculous Ghost Dance (Carnes‚ 1996). Their enemy views the dance as a superstitious‚ and then massacres all of the Indians. Because of the selfish control of the government‚ led by fear of the Indians and greed‚ the Indians have no freedom; this shows how much people shouldn’t have ultimate

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    Tunes For Bears To Dance To – Robert Cormier. Plot – Chapter 1 In chapter 1 of Tunes for Bears to Dance to by Robert Cormier we find out that Henry lives next to a crazy house and sees an old man who is Mr. Levine everyday walking in and out and he wonders why they let him go without anyone else. We find out that Henry had broken his knee by falling down the stairs of where he lives‚ which is on the third floor of a tenement building. Eddie which was Henrys brother had died about a year ago of

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    Analysis of Wedding Dance

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    “True love doesn’t have a happy ending because true love never ends.” The story “Wedding Dance”‚ written by Amador Daguio‚ tells us how a human normally acts in dealing with the beliefs and traditions that evolved in the society. Cultural norms have always been used as an excuse to control the behavior of people. They can be constricting and opressive though it was probably not initially the intention of the practices. The tribe’s culture permits man to leave his wife and take another woman hoping

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    Music and dancing both play a huge important role in expressing oneself. Nowadays with dance and music‚ each and every individual has their own way of expressing themselves. However‚ early filmmakers believed that every person within one race; looks‚ acts‚ and thinks in the same manner. Hollywood cinemas always assign labels that are effortlessly recognizable‚ and that blatantly identify completely different ethnic cultures from those that aren’t “white.” Things like food options‚ mannerisms‚ speech

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    Individual Dance Analysis

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    HUM/103 – Survey of Performing Arts Individual Dance Analysis Week 2 Assignment University of Phoenix February 18‚ 2013 Individual Dance Analysis On this paper‚ I will be discussing a theatrical opera from PBS.org called “IL POSTINO” (The Postman); it was adapted by Daniel Catan from the 1994 Oscar-winning Italian film Il Postino as an opera. The play depicts part of the life of Pablo Neruda’s exile to Italy. Pablo Neruda was a famous Chilean writer/poet who wrote mostly

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    Accompanying the drum are dancers in extravagant regalia; their clothing may be buckskin and neutral-toned or cloth and colorful. Two seemingly similar dance styles stick out in particular: the men’s grass dance and the women’s fancy shawl dance. Although the men’s grass dance and the women’s fancy shawl dance are both physically demanding powwow dances dominated by the drum‚ they differ greatly in origin‚ style‚ representation‚ and regalia. Both grass dancing and fancy shawl dancing are seen at Native

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    The story of “Dances With Wolves” revolves around a U.S. Union Army Lieutenant and his developing of a relationship with the Sioux Indians (Costner). In my opinion‚ all of the events in the film can be separated into three sections: before making contact with the Natives‚ meeting with and developing a relationship with the Natives‚ and choosing what side to stay with at the end. I think the most important message in the film‚ out of very many‚ is that even the worst of enemies could very well be

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