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    painting related to "both art and life. Neither can be made." Following from this belief‚ he created artworks that move between these states in constant dialogue with the viewers and the surrounding world‚ as well as with art history. He allowed the chance to determine the placement and combination of the different found images and objects in his artwork such that there were no predetermined arrangements or meanings embedded within the works. This idea is demonstrated in one of his pieces called ‘Canyon’

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    Biography John Milton Cage Jr is an American composer of the 20th century. John Cage was born on September 5‚ 1912 in Los Angeles‚ California and died August 12‚ 1992‚ in New York‚ New York. During his 80 years of life Cage had accomplished many achievements and left a great legacy that still remains today. Cage impact in the world of music is he proposing that the primary act of musical performance was not making music‚ but listening. While attending Pomona College for a short period of time‚ Cage

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    selected and exhibited as an artwork) broke boundaries in defining what art was in terms of martial practice and looking at the structural framework and looked at the ideas of conceptualism. Duchamp subverted the nature of art. Through his embrace of chance and play‚ his original approach to his material practice and his ideologies about the conceptual side of an artwork having more importance then the work itself and the even more importance of the audience. Orginaly starting out with paintings then

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    Twyla Tharp is an American dancer‚ choreographer‚ and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966‚ she formed her own company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music‚ jazz‚ and contemporary pop music‚ and she is easily one of the most influential dancers/ choreographers in the last century. Tharp was born on a farm in Portland‚ Indiana on July 1st‚ 1941 to mother‚ Lucille‚ and father‚ William‚ and was named after the “Pig Princess” of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana

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    Douglas Holt‚ explains to Oxford University Press how the process of the rise to popularity truly works. He says‚ “These individuals and groups became immensely influential by advancing innovative ideology‚ and thereby developing intensely loyal followers” (Why Does Something Become Popular). He explains how famous icons stand out to people because they make alternative approaches towards things that have once been mastered. Because of Fred Astaire’s effortless work in the ballroom genre of dance

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    Parkinson’s Disease Before 1817 Parkinson’s disease was called “Shaking Palsy.” James Parkinson wrote a medical essay on the disease entitled “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy.” However‚ 60 years after‚ Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)‚ a French neurologist‚ discovered the importance of Parkinson’s essay and renamed the disease after Parkinson’s (Goetz 1). Parkinson’s disease is a long-term degenerative neurological condition that affects a person’s ability to control his or her own body movements

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    “Ang Pagpanulo sa Baybayon sa Poblacion‚ Carles‚ Iloilo”: A Contemporary Dance Anntonette B. Barrios Rogelin B. Bereber Marnie Lynn S. Martirez Floyd John C. Sorongon Chapter I Introduction of the Study Chapter I is divided into six parts‚ namely: (1) Background of the Study‚ (2) Purpose of the Study‚ (3) Significance of the Study‚ (4) Definition of Terms‚ (5) Delimitation of the Study and (6) Summary. Part One‚ Background of the Study‚ discusses the basic information about

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    The aim of this module was to work as a company‚ to recreate the historical work Beach birds for camera by Merce Cunningham in 1993. It has developed my performance skills in a range of ways‚ as I faced challenges that I have overcome in a safe and professional way.. One difficulty I faced was transferring the choreography from the screen to the studio accurately‚ as everybody was trying to use the video at the same time. To achieve this we found that by everyone working as team‚ it was more effective

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    The Development of Modern Dance in British Education There were significant developments to the provision of dance in education post 1950. Modern dance was emerging as an important art form‚ both within schools and in vocational and teacher training colleges. In order to have an understanding of the developments in dance education in the era being studied (1965 – 1985)‚ it is important to have some knowledge and understanding of the provision offered before this time. 1920’s/1930’s * Dartington

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    loneliness that is of isolation will never lead to a positive pathway. For many‚ the isolation they face comes from the fear of opening up and letting their emotions out which eventually brings them down a path of suffering and misery. Ernest Hemingway and Merce Rodoreda were able to convey this message through their short stories‚ ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ and ‘Rain’ as they revealed the consequences of one’s negligence of their isolation. In ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ Hemingway presents us with the

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