Dance is an art‚ a creative portal‚ a form of expression; it is a sport. Atop all of the things that dance can be‚ it is also something physical. It takes work‚ power and effort. It takes stamina‚ grace and an extreme amount of muscle and flexibility. What do athletes need to have‚ all of those characteristics. When it comes to athletes‚ of any kind‚ dance can help with honing their skills. Something that most athletes do not seem to understand is that dance is just as much a physical and athletic
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Contemporary artists have the ability to convey irony‚ goofiness‚ satire‚ and sarcasm through their pieces. Influences for humor include vaudeville‚ cartoons‚ and comic books. Art can also be based off of loss and desire. Unlike humor‚ loss and desire is based off the emotional and philosophical parts of human life. Issues depicted include war and peace‚ longing for perfection‚ myth‚ religion‚ history‚ and others. Collier Schorr photographs blend photographic realism with elements of fiction and
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Music has a very persuasive control over people. It can increase the rate in which we learn things. Music can improve our daily lives and our well-being. It can affect our blood pressure and body organs. Music is a very powerful entity that can drive people’s emotions. Our body experiences something similar to a chain reaction when listening to music therefore; the psychological relationship between music and the mind is very powerful. The auditory cortex in the temporal lobe of the brain connects
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What is ethnomusicology? It comes from the word‚ ¡§ethnographic¡¨‚ which is the study of music within its social content and it is an account based on research. It documents traditional music and focuses on what the meaning of music is. ¡§ethnomusicological research also involves history‚ and for many studies history is the focus. Often ethnomusicologists study cultures other than their own‚ a situation that distinguishes this field from most historical musicology¡¨ (Meyers‚ 1992: 3). In this essay
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The Beatles explored their passions through writing music‚ touring the world‚ and experimenting with different sounds that were new to the music industry. The Beatles often incorporated different genres of music including Indian music‚ psychedelic‚ and hard rock‚ which was not done or believed to be a good idea at the time. They didn’t stop at different sounds‚ but they also explored different methods to make music‚ like sampling‚ artificial double tracking‚ and multitrack recording machines. As
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The 1920s started a new era in music known as the jazz era. Saxophones were just recently accepted by modern audiences instead of being used in only military bands (Verity). The saxophone was created by Adolphe Sax in 1840 and is a reeded instrument made of brass. Because it is made of brass‚ it fits in very well with other brass instruments‚ like trumpet and trombone that were very popular in bands. It is also a reeded instrument which allows it to have a voice-like quality and great range of tonal
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Dr. Seuss’s Art Have you ever considered winning awards and writing books‚ art? Well‚ it is. Dr. Seuss wrote amazing books and was nominated for‚ or won‚ many awards. But‚ just imagine being a little kid. You love to read and you love to see colorful characters in books. If‚ as a kid‚ you loved seeing colorful characters‚ then Dr. Seuss’s books are the thing for you. Dr. Seuss was a well-known author and award winning artist. He won many awards due to his book and movies. In 1995‚ Dr. Seuss’s
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Mendieta had many influences that impacted her art and personality. When she was only 12 years old‚ Ana and her older sister were sent away from their home in Cuba to a program in Iowa that aimed to help children escape the regime of Fidel Castro. Mendieta’s parents were set to join their children in Iowa. However‚ her father was put in prison for 18 years for his involvement in the Bay of Pigs. During her years as a middle and high school student‚ Ana spoke very little english and was moved around
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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I always believed that Greek art was something unique and that almost all of the forthcoming constructions were based on Greek style. Considering that many ancient theatres were in the area of southern Italy we can understand the influence of the Greek culture in the Roman life. The Greeks admired almost everything and they showed that admiration by representing figures almost in all forms of their art‚ like pottery and sculpture. They painted human shapes on pots in black and red background has
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