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    Comparing with all the other styles of dance‚ ballet burns the most calories (Cipolla‚ “Dance’s Effects on the Human Body & Mind”). Ballerinas can burn up to 432 calories per hour while engaging in this activity (Cipolla). During ballet dancing the development of long‚ lean muscles rather than

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    invisible. -Leila felt invisible because at the beginning of the ball no one asked her to dance. 7- Describe Leila’s first dancing partner. - 8- What did Leila talk about with her partner and why? -Leila and her first partner talk about the floor of the ballroom. After that they had a brief conversation about the ball and how it was Leila’s first one. 9- Why did Leila and her partner go out after the dance? - He was a nice man but he didn’t talk to Leila that much. He had a tenuous voice.

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    Essay On Pointe Dance

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    ballet tradition dating back to the 19th. This subject holds particular significance to me. I have danced for most my life‚ and as a young girl I desperately wanted to dance in pointe shoes. Pointe work seemed like the pinnacle of achievement for a dancer‚ and I waited anxiously for my instructor to allow it. When I eventually began to dance on pointe I realized two things. One: pointe work requires a level of pain tolerance that I do not have. Two: most of the other girls taking pointe seemed young‚ between

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    Dance Devolution

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    "6:30" curfew for women? It is said that music does not and cannot influence behaviour‚ but with a dance craze to complement every song‚ I’d say the influence is real. Let me draw reference to one of the most popular songs presently pervading our airwaves‚ "6:30". For the time tellers this is all innocent fun‚ a perfect display of one’s youthful flexibility. I recently "took a lime" as they say and was quite surprised at the reaction to that song. Almost like clock work every woman upon

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    Elizabeth Miller ES 2400 Sec 01: Intro American Indian Studies Final Research Paper The Ojibwa Tribe and their Dances and Ceremonies “When Ah-ki’ (the Earth) was young‚ it was said that the Earth had a family. Nee-ba-gee’-sis (the Moon) is called Grandmother‚ and Gee’-sis (the Sun) is called Grandfather. The Creator of this family is called Gi’-tchie Man-i-to’(Great Mystery or Creator). The Earth is said to be a woman. In this way it is understood that woman preceded man on the Earth. She is

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    The dance performance I chose to review was a recording of the performance Construct by Australian choreographer and dancer Tanja Liedtke. Construct was performed on April 2nd‚ 2009 in Seattle‚ Washington. The type of dance performed in Construct was contemporary modern. Though there were no actual stopping points‚ or named dances in this performance they did however have different sections of different dances with unique styles and props. The three sections I am going to write about really caught

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    Social Ballroom Dance

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    SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCE ORIGINS Emmylou Cortez Nicolas BS Biology 1A Prof. Felipa Oliquino PE 2 SWING DANCING HISTORY The swing dance is not a single form/kind of dance but a group of various dances which developed in the earlier half of the twentieth century. These dance forms flourished with jazz or swing style of music. The origin of these swing dances can be traced back to the vernacular African-American dance forms. Today‚ the most popular form of swing dancing is Lindy Hop. In

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    Dance Theropy

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    Introduction Dance therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that uses movement to promote the social‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and physical improvement of an individual. Dance is the most important key of the arts it involves a direct expression of someone’s self over one’s body. It is specifically a powerful medium for therapy. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person

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    Dances With Wolves

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    Dances With Wolves The film “Dances With Wolves” initiates with Lt. John Dunbar in fear of having his leg amputated by the doctors‚ he would rather die than to live without his leg. In his attempt to die‚ he decides to become a distraction to the enemy by riding in front of them and be the main target. While they were trying to shoot him‚ the rest of the union he belongs to overcome the enemy. Consequently Dunbar is named a hero and is offered a station wherever he liked. He chooses the frontier

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    Dance Therapy Essay

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    Imformative Speech on Dance Therapy Essay Below is a free essay on "Imformative Speech on Dance Therapy" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. Ary’Anah Walker Informative speech Specific Purpose: I want my audience to know the health benefits of dance therapy. Thesis: Dance isn’t only a way to have fun; it’s also a way to keep you healthy and sane. Introduction Attention getter: “I see dance being used as communication between body and soul

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