The movie Memoirs of a Geisha‚ by Rob Marshall‚ perfectly portrays both of the diverse roles of Asian American (Japanese) women in film. Chiyo/Sayuri is the protagonist of the film. She embodies a type of woman that can be described as reflexive‚ silent and elegant. She is also submissive‚ delicate‚ shy‚ exotic‚ mysterious and loyal to her honor; therefore‚ she is said to be representing Madame Butterfly. Sayuri’s enemy‚ Hatsumomo‚ on the other hand portrays the Dragon Lady. She is very talented;
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Pole dancing is a combination of dance and gymnastics that is an increasingly popular form of fitness and dance. Pole dancers use a vertical pole which is either static or spinning‚ and train in gyms or dedicated dance studios. It’s no secret that pole dancing really started in the strip clubs. But it has evolved into so much more and pole dancing fitness enthusiasts and schools have been working tirelessly to change the perception to one of a legitimate dance style emphasising the acrobatics
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On Sunday October 25th at 8:00 pm‚ I decided to listen to a playlist from the Smithsonian Global Sound collection. The collection I selected was a forty five minute playlist called Dancing Bow and Singing strings‚ which featured southern folk music and traditional mountain songs. The first song that played was called Cindy 116 bpm created by Tracy Schwarz. It was five minute long piece and incorporated the Fiddle‚ Bass guitar‚ and the Mandolin. This song was created in 1979 and follows the format
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Prècis The body language plays an active role in our daily lives and reveals us what until now has been a gray area in communication: harnessing the power of nonverbal cues‚ get what we want out of every aspect of life‚ from professional encounters to personal relationships. I have chosen to present this theme because we use gestures in communication all the time in order to convey a message and express ourselves. But this powerful expressive technique in non-verbal communication should be
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Main Characters: Don Lockwood‚ Hollywood Star Lina Lamont‚ Hollywood Star Cosmo Brown‚ Don’ best friend‚ plays piano for silent films Kathy Seldon‚ Aspiring Actress R. F. Simpson‚ Head of Monumental Pictures Roscoe Dexter‚ Hollywood Director It is 1927 and Monumental Pictures’ actors‚ Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the greatest silent-film stars of their generation – all the fans flock to see their films and read about their budding romance in the fan magazines. The
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The Dancing Girl Summary This story takes place in Bangkok‚ and is the story about a mans long lost love who goes away and comes back. Although the two never fell in love‚ he shared this love with her‚ but it was not returned back to him. This woman had been the prettiest girl in the village ever since she was a little girl. All the men showed interest‚ and tried there hardest to gain her attention‚ but she did not give any one of them any attention. She would work on her fathers boat‚ gutting
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Street dance refers to a dancing style‚ which was born at the street‚ following the hip hop culture in 1970s. It is basically improvisational‚ street dancers do not need a studio to dance‚ they can express at any available open spaces such as streets‚ dance parties‚ parks or school yards. It was once considered as inappropriate stuff for youngsters by adults because it is not a formal kind of dancing style. But lately‚ it is getting popular and accepted by majority of the adults and it has become
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Love and Loss over a Broken-Down Volkswagen Beetle in ’We Keep on Dancing’ By Monica Sztybel A Volkswagen Beetle serves as a reminder of a lost love in the Australian short film We Keep on Dancing by Jessica Barclay Lawton and Rhys Mitchell. Alan (William Gluth) is mourning the loss of his wife‚ Christine. It’s her birthday today and he was on his way to the cemetery to bring her gifts‚ driving her favorite old car. A breakdown cuts short his plans‚ and Alan pushes the car into the nearest garage
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Dancing Skeletons‚ written by the biological and nutritional anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler‚ is an ethnography about child nutrition and development in Mali. While conducting her ethnographic fieldwork‚ Dettwyler had to remain completely impartial and any avoid any ethnocentric feelings that she experienced‚ as well as practicing cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the principle that people should not judge the behaviour of others using the standards of their own culture‚ and that each
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In the book “Dancing with Skeletons” by physical anthropologist Katherine A. Dettwyler‚ Dettwyler conducts a first hand study also known as ethnography in Mali which is located in West Africa. Dettwyler’s book consists of written information of her ethnography in places in Mali such as Macina‚ Bamako‚ and Timbuktu. Dettwyler writes in her book about the CARE health projects in the villages located around Macina in northern Mali. In this essay I will be discussing the goals of the CARE health projects
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