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    lifestyle for hundreds of years. The “Ghost Dance” was created to give the native people some hope at a time where disease‚ death and oppression peaked. reasons for the Indian’s predicament at this time in their history included: lack of hunting‚ decease of the buffalo‚ forced abandonment of their religion‚ ceremonial customs‚ and forced conversion to Christianity. As each tribes’ social structure quickly disintegrated a spiritual movement known as the Ghost Dance materialized. Wovoka (1856-1932)‚ also

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    regarding Cheating and Plagiarism. 000806512 Oluwatosin Callisto Tutor’s comments Grade For Office Use Only__________ Awarded___________ Moderation required: yes/no Tutor______________________ 1 Final Grade_________ Date _______________ 2 MARIAS DANCE STUDIO PROPOSAL 3 Table of Contents Page No. Executive summary...............................................................................4 Business environment analysis...............................................................5 Industry

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    Saguna and Nirguna Bhakti in Classical dance forms. Bhakti means devotion. Bhakti can be categorised into Saguna and Nirguna. Saguna Bhakti means form of God‚ with ’living’ attributes. Nirguna Bhakti means form of God‚ with "sleeping’ attributes. Bhakti is always Saguna... there can’t be a nirguna Bhakti !!!. For I think Meditation and Mantra can be Saguna or Nirguna. But bhakti is always Saguna‚ as one’s deity has attributes with whom the bhakta falls in love. There is never a Bhakti or

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    The Day I Lost Dance I was always one of those kids that never felt comfortable doing any sport. So when I found out that I had a talent for dancing‚ I was overjoyed. I started dance during my 5th grade year of school. I immediately fell in love with the sport. I was obsessed with it. I worked very hard my 6th grade year to be able to join my dance academy’s company‚ and I had finally made it into the company‚ when things went south. One day‚ during my musical theatre class I was doing a combo that

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    Paper between Save the Last Dance and Center Stage Center Stage and Save the Last Dance are both films that use dance as a major component of the plot. Center Stage use dance as not only a career‚ but as a way of life‚ while Save the Last Dance uses dance as more of a form of self-expression. Center Stage uses mostly a ballet based form of dance with some infusion of jazz in the mix‚ whereas the dance in Save the Last Dance is based more on hip-hop and contemporary dance with some ballet thrown

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    awareness campaigns have become a part of Chewa traditions because it is one of most affected tribe in Malawi. One of the means which was used to warn people against the dangers of HIV at this ceremony was Gule wamkulu (Great dance).This essay will therefore‚ talk

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    Buzz Dance Theatre ‘Look the other way’ How could you leave your country? The place you grew up in‚ how could you leave your loved ones in a place so bad you had to flee it yourself? The production of ‘Look the other way’ choreographed by Cadi McCarthy is clearly emotionally attached to the performers. Look the other way describes how people had to leave their home and become refugees‚ their fear and hatred needing the encouragement to move forward. The mixture of contemporary and hip hop really

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    for himself‚ social and political themes emerge naturally as a reflection of his own concerns‚ although his aim is always firstly to create a piece of dance‚ rather than to make a statement. Nevertheless‚ he does not see a conflict between creating interesting movement and tackling difficult issues. He believes that there is much beauty in Ghost Dances and similar works‚ just as in the First World War poems of Wilfred Owen. Turning to propaganda pieces‚ such as the work of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl for

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    vernacular dance? In the Great Depression‚ the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Nevertheless‚ it had immense impact on the evolution of American vernacular dance by bringing

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    The traditional dance (Ngajat Iban) The Ibans perform a unique dance called the ngajat. It serves many purposes depending on the occasion. During Gawais‚ it is used to entertain the people who in the olden days enjoy graceful ngajats as a form of entertainment. The origin of this indigenous dance is not clearly known but it is believed to have been in existence along with the Iban tribe since the 16th Century. The Ngajat dance is believed to have been performed by warriors on their return from

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