Mikhail Baryshnikov is a professional dancer. Born in Latvia in 1948 has become one of the best ballet dancers in the world. Baryshnikov is known for being versatile dancer with high leaps and strong turnouts. He has performed and choreographed with several renowned ballet theaters in the world and continue to perform and create his own works to this day. Baryshnikov has not only transformed the dance world‚ but has also taken his passion and love of dance to film. Throughout all of his career Baryshnikov
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Konstantin Stanislavski was one of the most influential modern day theatre practicioners. He developed the naturalistic technique that came to be known as The Stanislavski’s Method or System. Before him‚ the theater was an udisciplined place commonly performing farces which could have been hardly seen as realistic. Instead of trying to educate the audience he strived to suck them into the play‚ letting them forget their ordinary lives and connect to the realistic performance on the stahe. He wished
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Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the protagonist‚ endures more suffering than Stella‚ following
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Stella the Spinster’s Afternoon Dreams is a short story written by Panos Karnezis and is contained in his book‚ Little Infamies. All the short stories compiled in this first book of his were apparently set in the same nameless Greek village‚ perhaps an ode to his origins. In the beginning of the story‚ a dark suited man with a shapeless hat is introduced. His origins are unknown and so are his intensions for visiting the village. The lack of information about this mysterious man may be likened
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The relationship between Stella and Stanley was indifferent. As evening began to approach‚ Stanley and his friends were having a poker night at the Kowalski resident. Stanley and his friends were beginning to get a little more foolish and outrageous because alcohol was involved. Stella said to Stanley “Couldn’t you call it quits after one more hand.” Then Stanley stands up and smacks his wife in her thigh. As hours and hours pass by‚ Stella says to Stanley and his friends “Drunk‚ Drunk‚ animal
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Assignment Week 7 28MAY2018 Student X Introduction: In my paper‚ I hope to address the case study known as “Hot Coffee” with regard to the following questions: What does caveat emptor mean? According to this doctrine‚ who is responsible for Stella Liebeck’s burns? Explain. Does the fact that she’s seventy-nine years old make it more difficult to justify a caveat emptor attitude in this case? One aspect of the caveat emptor doctrine is that it maximizes respect for the consumer as an independent
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How Does Williams Present Stanley‚ Stella and Blanche in the Opening of the Play Tennessee Williams‚ the playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire is renowned for his strong characterization. He uses many literary‚ as well as dramatic‚ techniques in order to fully develop his characters‚ including their pasts‚ their motives and also their mannerisms. Moreover‚ Williams pays special attention to the way in which characters interact with each other‚ and the effects that are created as a
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ANALYSIS OF THE WOMEN IMAGE‚ BLANCHE AND STELLA‚ IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1. Background of Analysis A streetcar Named Desire is a stage play that written by Tennese Wiliams. It first published in 1947 and takes place in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In this play‚ Williams presents women as powerless‚ weak‚ and passive characters who are tightly linked to their persecutors due to economic‚ social‚ and physical needs. During the time period of Tennessee Williams‚ author of the
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Marseille football team. In 1997‚ Adidas AG acquired the Salomon Group‚ and its corporate name was changed to Adidas-Salomon AG. Seven years later‚ top English fashion designer Stella McCartney launched a joint-venture line with Adidas. This line was a sports performance collection for women called "Adidas by Stella McCartney". After 2 years‚ Adidas introduced the Adidas 1‚ the first ever production shoe to utilize a microprocessor. In August 2005‚ Adidas bought rival Reebok. At the same time sales
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History [edit] Beginnings Adolf ("Adi") Dassler started to produce his own sports shoes in his mother ’s wash kitchen after his return from World War I. In 1924‚ his brother Rudolf Dassler joined the business which became Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) and did well - selling 200‚000 pairs of shoes each year before World War Two. However the brothers did not get on well‚ and in 1948 they split up [3]‚ with Rudi forming Puma‚ and Adi forming Adidas. The company
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