Li was only a young boy‚ he was selected to study at the Begjin dance academy to learn to be a dancer. When arrived in Begjin‚ the children right away started ballet trainin‚ they were also given education but the main focus was studying to be a ballerina. Li was then chosen to visit America for three months to train with the Houston ballet Academy. Li then fell in love with an American girl‚ Liz‚ and also America. Li is with the Chinese communist and is required to return except if he gets married
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sentiments of ballet by challenging conventional expectations of the past‚ transforming the work into the acclaimed masterpiece and milestone in ballet it is today. II. Stravinsky- brief background of life up until the premiere of The Rite of Spring A. Birth and Life in Russian Empire 1. Family 2. Musical Influences a) Mussorgsky b) Rimsky-Korsakov c) Glazunov d) Wagner 3. Law school and Nikolai Rimsky-Korskov 4. First orchestral works and Commission by Diaghilev a) Firebird‚ first ballet score
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Robbins 1918-1998 Jerome Robbins is known as a world-renowned choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet‚ Ballets U.S.A.‚ American Ballet Theatre‚ and other international companies. In addition he also received recognition for his work don’t in commercial theater. He was a director of musicals‚ plays‚ and movies and television programs. This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and staging of musical plays‚ notable for their diversity‚ brilliance‚ lyric beauty
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when she was eight years old‚ and there she was able to train in ballet with professional dancers such as David Lichine and Bronislava Nijinska. Tallchief’s career really boosted when she met the infamous Russian-born choreographer George Balanchine. Balanchine made Tallchief into the first star of the New York City Ballet and the first prima ballerina of the United States (“Maria Tallchief”‚ UXL Biographies). Tallchief starred in ballets choreographed by Balanchine‚ such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker;
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Nutcracker‚ the music is very different. Knowing time period these two ballets were written in I sort of expected it. The Nutcracker has a lot of musical melodies and themes from the Romantic Period. The Rite of Spring has very aggressive dynamics and very sharp rhythms. The music in The Nutcracker helps the audience set a tone and understand the season that the performance is taking place in as well as what is going on in during the ballet. The music in The Rite of Spring also helps set a tone to the audience
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Everyone in the world has grown up on Disney. Whether a person is a toddler or an elderly person‚ they have‚ at least heard of Disney. One thing that Disney is known for is having family friendly movies with phenomenal musical scores. A movie that will possibly stick out to older people would be Fantasia. This movie is famous for adding a motion picture storyline to classical music. Disney spared no expense in utilizing music from the best composers of all time. Some compositions were written by
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Brittany Fullard Professor Karen Gainey English 311 2 November 2013 Grief‚ Anguish‚ and Pain Experienced by Olaudah Equiano The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is a very descriptive narrative about Olaudah Equiano’s experiences of being of a slave. The narrative is very touching and heartfelt. I admire Olaudah Equiano for his strength‚ courage‚ and for being oppressed to so much pain. The kidnapping of Equiano and his sister‚ Equiano’s attempt to escape to freedom and the scene on
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Pina Bausch interpretation of the score. When researching both ballets in relationship to the costumes that were represented in each version it becomes unclear of the real reasons behind the choices that Nijinsky and Bausch made to develop the style‚ design and visual effect of the costumes; Questioning whether there was a specific initial inspiration for the designs or perhaps it was the style in the time period when both individual ballets premiered and was influenced by fashion and society. Beginning
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stone writing style of classical styles of music. Stravinsky’s early works were the basis of Neo-classicism and eventually the style took shape around his early pieces. Stravinsky’s first extended Neoclassial work was the 1919 comic ballet "Pulcinella.’’‚ which was a Ballet Derived from the Italian comedic art Commedia
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Introduction Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev commonly known as Serge outside Russia‚ was a Russian promoter‚ ballet impresario and art critic. He was the founder and patron of the Ballets Russes‚ which is credited with producing many famous dancers and choreographers. Sergei is remembered all over the world as one of the greatest ballet personalities that have ever lived. He was born on March 31‚ 1872 in Russia in an affluent family with a history in music. He initially studied law at the University
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