Cabaret. Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on June 23‚ 1927. A trained dancer‚ Fosse achieved success as a choreographer and director of stage and screen musicals. Fosse took an early interest in dance‚ displaying unusual skill. His parents supported his interest‚ enrolling him in formal dance training. By his early teens‚ Fosse was dancing professionally in local nightclubs. It was here that he was first exposed to the themes of vaudeville and burlesque performance‚ where at the age of 15 he
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on the underground level with the connection to the back stage area on the 1st floor. On the 1st floor also situated machine room and services area. As the level goes up‚ the functions slowly transfer from company area to educational area with the dance studios at the top of each section. The company area is on the 2nd to 3rd floor and the educational area is on the 2nd to 9th floor. The two areas are linked together with the central facilities in between; first aid room‚ physical therapy room‚ fitness
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as‚ ’...a pornographer of pain ’. What do you think she meant by that and do you agree? (You might like to consider the differences between Bausch ’s early and late work?) Pina Bausch is seen as one of the most influential figures in dance of the 20th century‚ as well as influencing film directors‚ theatre practitioners‚ designers‚ actors and many Choreographers her career has been full of controversy as her work depicts anger‚ violence love and shame which can leave audience members
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boundaries from a very young age‚ up until he gets married. When Li first gets chosen to represent China to attend Madame Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy‚ we see a soul-crushing example of communist strictures being imposed on the art. Li then moves on to America to further his ballet career after all the discipline and dedication in Beijing‚ under the caring wing of dance director Ben. Here we see a lot of confusion between Li and his communist Chinese background and the American world. Li is repeatedly
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Swan Lake Ballet is a form of dance that started during Western Europe during the Renaissance. Itwas created towards the end of the romantic period‚ so the culture and style of romanticism was prominent‚ with glimpses of the beginning of the classical era. Because of this‚ it contains elements of both eras. Some of the romantic characteristics include the pursuit of the unattainable‚ romance‚ fantasy‚ focus on the female role‚ simple play‚ pointe work‚ soft and feminine technique for females and
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of the art﹣Dance Theater. In her excellent dance‚ Cafe Muller‚ Bausch displayed social and emotional damages that caused by the holocaust in Germany. The story was based on her actual childhood through experiencing her father’s life working with his cafe‚ during a period of war. In this case‚ Bausch definitely shown inadequate attempts between men and women to establish relationships by using her body as a political and social messenger in the Dance Theater style. The film of the dance‚ Cafe Muller
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ballet‚ she quickly surpassed all of the other ballerinas‚ who have been dancing for years. She made it big when she got into the American Ballet Theater and became a principal dancer. Misty’s dedication and devotion to dance led her to having an impact on both young dancers and the dance world. While growing up‚ Misty’s childhood was a struggle‚ she was always
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Born in Solingen‚ Germany‚ in 1940‚ Pina Bausch is a contemporary dance theatre performer and choreographer. She was the founder and creative director of the ‘’Tanztheatre Wuppertal’’ company and had been since early 1973. She was a huge contributor and leading influence in the evolution of ‘Dance Theatre’ Some of her best known dance- theatre works include the melancholic Café Muller (1978) in which the dancers ran around the stage crashing and stumbling into pieces of furniture‚ another one being
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established in the royal courts of Italy in the 15th century and later was standardized by the courts of Louis the XIV in France. Over the centuries it has evolved to be more structured and taken on new styles and forms. Although originally an exclusive dance form‚ more cultures and types of people now have the opportunity to succeed in the ballet world than they did in the past two centuries. From the courts to the theater‚ from Europe to America‚ ballet has undergone various transitions visible in its
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No...Just to be crystal clear I don’t think she is above criticism: I thought her Giselle with the Mikhailovsky in NY fell a wee bit short of what I had seen her dance at ABT; it seemed a touch less spontaneous‚ and she added a jumping detail that seemed strange to me during her Act II entrance as well -- folding her legs up underneath her skirt. It did make her look as if she were flying through the air on an invisible
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