recently added to the list of North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees. The band will be formally honored on October 16th‚ 2014 at a red carpet ceremony at the historic Gem Theatre in Kannapolis‚ NC. Other artists to be honored include Clay Aiken and Fantasia Barrino who were both on the hit show America Idol. Inductions at the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame are held annually to honor and commemorate those who have made significant contributions to American music. Notable past inductees include
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Brought out into the light only when the drawer was rummaged through. Once again I needed its assistance to step into a character. Dancing in the Nutcracker ballet as a Chinese dancer at the age of fourteen. With this dance came mastering dancing in and out of giant fans slicing through the air. In so the fan was released from its wooden prison of art supplies. Relentlessly practicing gracefully managing
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The NutCracker was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky was born on May 7‚ 1840‚ in Vyatka‚ Russia.He lived in Vyatka‚ Russia all his life and was the 2nd eldest of the 6 surviving kids in his family . Every since he was a child‚ he had a heart for music. At age four he wrote a song with his younger sister Alexandra. His first musical impressions came from an orchestra in the family.Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons‚ but that was as close as he was going to get in Russia because
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Entertainment per say. Let’s take a look at Fantasia Barrino’s‚ Lose to Win‚ a song of pure emotion. When Fantasia aired singing this song on American Idol a few weeks ago‚ one can observe how the audience was captivated by her emotions in this song that it brought her to tears and some of her viewers as well. Was it the love that she lost and won that brought her to tears or the passion of the allusion thereof? For some would say it was literal imagery for Fantasia knowing the hardships she has encountered
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As I watched The Rite of Spring and The 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
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the casting packet‚ and rehearsal schedule along with the little card at the bottom of the big‚ yellow envelope that read in big letters‚ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN CASTED AS A PARTY GIRL. I couldn’t wait until my very first season of “The Nutcracker” started. After many weeks of rehearsals‚ Opening Night finally arrived‚ and I was checked out of school early for hair and makeup and was all ready to dance my heart out. After the 25 minute drive‚ we finally arrived at the University of Houston
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On a cold‚ December evening my mom‚ dad‚ sister‚ and I went to see the New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker”. Manhattan during Christmas tome is a perfect scene out of a movie‚ and we were so excited to see the show at Lincoln Center. We took the N train there‚ which was crowded and made me feel claustrophobic. However‚ that didn’t stop me from being thrilled to see the show. The long train ride over to Manhattan at night was beautiful; seeing the night lit up by the city’s skyline
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performed “The Nutcracker” on Sunday December 6. Dancers have been preparing for the show since August. Dance teacher Nora Flemington found comfort in getting an early start on choreography. “We want to make sure our dancers are as prepared as they can be‚” said Flemington. “I prefer to get rehearsals started before the studio opens in mid-September.” The dancers were eager to get to work on one of their favorite traditions. Dancer Isabella Joyce has been performing in The Nutcracker for the past
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Emily Ahrens Kathy Gorman Dance Appreciation-05 Dance Performance Critique 14 December 2013 Nutcracker Ballet December 14‚ 3013 On December 14‚ 3013‚ I attended the Nutcracker Ballet at Viterbo University in La Crosse‚ Wisconsin. This ballet was put on by the La Crosse Dance Center’s. When critiquing a dance performance there are lots of things to take into consideration. You should pay attention to the following: number of turns‚ speed‚ coming up and down and on and off point‚ direction of turns
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The program starts with Deems Taylor breaking down the types of visuals the audience will see in Fantasia. He describes three different types of music‚ absolute music‚ program music‚ and definite story music. The first segment‚ featuring absolute music‚ shows the audience that music is not made up of any one component. Taylor tells the audience that it could envision anything it wanted to go along with the music‚ but that the images on the screen are what the Disney artists have envisioned themselves
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