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    need the training in school so that I can get a job and survive financially. Therefore‚ I declare that my “whale” is not anything I struggle with‚ but is to be successful enough to make a living for myself and my family. My time attending Mountain Pointe has‚ and still is‚ an enlightenment era for

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    Live Performance Response The aim of this paper is to carefully analyze the performances entitled‚ “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky and the “Russian Dance” from Nutcracker. Herein‚ it should be noted that both the songs and the ballerina performance are exemplary and have been considered as a great example of fine movements and choreography. The analysis of the selected performances will be done through the point of view of dance sequences and movements that have been designed based

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    the 1970’s many whites still held on to their dislikes for blacks and still felt the need to carry out their ways of punishment and treatment towards them. Many blacks feared these individuals and would not stand up for themselves. At one point in Pointe Coupee‚ Louisiana‚ before slavery was abolished‚ slaves held a meeting at one of the local plantations to plot a rebellion. In contrast to that‚ the score of blacks in A Gathering of Old Men stood together at the Marshall Plantation and formed a rebellion

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    capital‚ the beaches in Haiti will give you an experience of a different kind‚ trust me‚ you won’t experience anything like it on these Florida beaches. One of the best Haiti beaches is the Labadie beach. Labadie is a strip of land on the secluded Pointe Honore near Cape Haitian. This beach provides umpteen opportunities for swimming‚ snorkeling and nature walks. The Labadie beach is one of the world’s best sandy beaches. When I was taking a stroll around the side of this beach‚ I discovered that

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    MGCR 423 Group Project Caileigh Rendek - 260511107 Deana Cappelli - 260458567 Nada Almaghrawi – 260481264 Ali Shah Khawaja - 260473146 Pirouetting from the Past to the Present and Into the Future: The New York City Ballet Company THE PAST AND PRESENT Introduction - Caileigh The New York City Ballet Company (NYCB) is one of the foremost dance companies in the world with a roster of spectacular dances and an unparalleled repertory. As the largest dance organization in America with 90 dancers‚ 350

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    Blanche Neige – “Snow White” In complete contrast with its title‚ Angelin Preljocaj’s version of Blanche Neige is intended to be not so “whitely” pure (Wheeler 2012). Taking a leaf out of the Brothers Grimm original tale‚ in conjunction with Preljocaj’s influential background as mentioned earlier‚ Preljocaj attempts to twist this usually happy‚ Disney fairytale into a romantically dark thriller filled with serious societal undertones (Kourlas 2014). Snow White is no longer innocent‚ rather she

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    artificially created and not innate knowledge‚ and thus men and women are equals with only history the determining factor and how gender equality is established. There are clear feminist overtones in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Esquivel pointes to a more radical definition of feminism in Like Water for Chocolate. The story focuses on mostly female characters that assume the gender roles typically associated with men. Esquivel presents these strong female figures in such a way as to make

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    in a various dramatic ways. As he wants to show us that the grief in love is much more than any other kinds of griefs in life. In the title of the poem John Donne depicts his heart as somethig material such as a broken mirror or glass. So he pointes out that when someone’s heart is broken ‚ it makes his life miserable and can not be able to fall in love any more. He also describes how his beloved shattered his heart into a million of pecies. Firstly the broken heart poem is consists of

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    Moffitt‚ and Carr). In movies‚ posters‚ and many other forms of media‚ ballerinas are depicted as fragile interpreters of emotion‚ music‚ or story. They are almost always notorious for their svelte figures and flawless execution at the precision of the pointe (which is the classic‚ “tip-of-the-toes” stance we are all so familiar of). They are beautiful and look as though they are the very essence of fairy-tale brought into

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    As an extremely challenging and physically demanding pastime‚ it makes sense that a career in dance has lots of pressures that go along with it. This should come as no surprise seeing that every professional sport requires hard work and at least some sacrifice. It is questionable‚ however‚ if there is maybe too much pressure put on dancers in this day and age. Many people do not realize what it takes for a person to make it as a dancer‚ the dedication and drive the person must have. The fact of the

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