I AM A DANCER Martha Graham was born on May 11‚ 1894‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania and died on April 1‚ 1991. She was a modern dancer‚ instructor and icon of her time. In this article Graham speaks in a philosophical and spiritual sense about the meaning of dance in her life‚ about what it takes to be a dancer‚ and about her profession or calling in general. She feels that dance is a special form of art in which movements and gestures help one make the effort
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professional dancer. I practiced hours every day after coming home from school‚ and it is without a doubt my strongest passion. It was not until my senior year however‚ until I realized how improbable my chances were of succeeding as a dancer due to the competitive nature of it. With this in mind‚ I finished my academic career in high school on a strong note‚ which was enough to get admitted into a business college in New York City. I am now a student studying in the library by day‚ and a street dancer dancing
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Benefits of China: Mao Zedong’s Influence Mao Zedong once said‚ “One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes.” Like any other leader in the world‚ he made mistakes‚ but what set him apart from the others was that he admitted that he made them. Born to a peasant family in 1893‚ Mao struggled with his family to survive at a young age. Leaving his family for a better education‚ Mao set forth and involved
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explore many things. From narratives to emotions to social critics‚ dance displays a wide range of human thought. The Tower Dancers‚ a dance group made of dancers attending Hillsdale college‚ staged a dance cabaret featuring a wide variety of numbers‚ including a piece titled “Picture This!”. “Picture This!” was choreographed by Holly Hobbs and danced by a nine different dancers‚ including Kathryn DuHadaway‚ Elizabeth Garner‚ Sophie Marie Gorecki‚ Micah Heinz‚ Sarah Kilgore‚ Colleen Prince‚ Stephen
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China and Democracy Post Mao The Potential Power of China’s New Middle Class By: Ryan Smith Senior Thesis Professor Felker Abstract: This paper examines China during the reform era after Mao. It tries to understand how a country‚ which has been engaging in economic liberal reforms since 1978‚ has been able to resist any major political reforms. The answer to this question lies with the newly created middle class in China. The reforms initiated
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Over the years‚ billions of people have died. With that has come various last words‚ some ordinary such as "I love you"‚ and some random and plain out dumb such as "I did not get my Spaghetti-Os". When Johnny Cade laid out‚ in agony and distress on his death bed‚ he muttered the last words "Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold..." (page 157). If one who hasn’t read the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton‚ they can assume these last words mean nothing‚ or that Johnny was delirious. However‚ when you think
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Dancing a Rebellion Since the first time that white men came across Native Cultures they have tried imprint their own values and view points on that culture. In Susan Power’s The Grass Dancer‚ dance is an important symbol of the Native American culture. Powwows‚ and the dances held at them‚ play a key part in the book and many of the major events in the book are somehow related to a ceremonial dance. Many times‚ though‚ the dances do not take place at powwows or ceremonies‚ they just occur as a
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Dancers putting all of their body weight on the tips of their toes effortlessly and yet people still believe that it is not a sport. Actual dance has been around since about 6000 B.C. It wasn’t brought into America on the mayflower; it has originated from each individual culture‚ from New York to Africa to Russia. People say that dance is just twirling and jumping on the stage however‚ Dance is‚ and should be considered a physically demanding sport. Dancing meets all the criteria needed to be considered
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Mao Zedong cultural revolution era In 1966‚ China’s Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. Believing that current Communist leaders were taking the party‚ and China itself‚ in the wrong direction‚ Mao called on the nation’s youth to purge the “impure” elements of Chinese society and revive the revolutionary spirit that had led to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier and the formation
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Summary Living in early 20th century Greenwich Village are two young women artists‚ Sue and Johnsy (familiar for Joanna). They met in May‚ six months previously‚ and decided to share a studio apartment. Stalking their artist colony in November is "Mr. Pneumonia." The story begins as Johnsy‚ near death from pneumonia‚ lies in bed waiting for the last leaf of an ivy vine on the brick wall she spies through her window to fall. "I’m tired of thinking‚" says Johnsy. "I want to turn loose my hold
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