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    V for Vendetta

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    American viewers by reflecting similar policies now carried out by the American government A good example would be at the end of the film when all of the masked people approach the line of soldiers. The soldiers raise their rifles‚ but when the masked group advance‚ they give up‚ because fear was their only tool of control. Once the masked people showed that they were not afraid anymore‚ the government lost their power to rule. Having the masses of people at the bottom in the poster helps suggest

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    changed is what dancers wear. From their head to toes‚ Ballet costumes have changed alot since the first ballet was on stage. From extravigant costumes with high heeled character shoes to classical and romantic tutus with pointe shoes. Many of the first ballets were danced in France and Italy and used very elaborate costumes. The court ballets in Italy were more developed than the ones in France. In the beginning of ballet‚ dancers wore extravagant costumes. Because female dancers usually wore high

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    up the dance floors across the United States. Many versions of swing dancing are still in existence today. Of those dances (the Lindy Hop‚ Jitterbug‚ East Coast Swing‚ West Coast Swing‚ and the Charleston)‚ the two most common amongst the social dancers are the East Coast Swing and West Coast Swing. Though they derived from the same dance‚ the Lindy Hop‚ many things set them apart from one another. The style‚ frame‚ and beat of the West Coast Swing make it the more popular of the two. The East

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KZgCJDQQPM. This video contains the dancing of one of the best b-boyers also knows as break-dancers in the entire world. He is voted number one in Korea for break dancing. Break dancing is a combination of a Dj‚ hip-hop‚ beat boxing‚ and of course dancing. It is a six step performance leading into a power move then finally a freeze‚ a moment when the dancer completely stops moving holding a difficult position. It started in New-York and grew up mainly around hip-hop. Break

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    Dance is a sport

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    competitive nature”? That sounds more like it. Football‚ baseball‚ and track fit those definitions‚ but so does another recreational activity that is not typically considered a sport: dance. b) Personal Statement: I myself am a dancer and have been dancing my whole life. Being a dancer‚ one of the worst things anyone can say is that dance is not a sport and I want to prove them wrong. Transition: Dance fits all those requirements. An athletic activity? Oh yeah! Requiring skill or physical prowess? Definitely

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    Mikhail Baryshnikov

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    Dance History‚ ABT‚ Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Baryshnikov‚ Russian dancer‚ choreographer and actor is considered one of the greatest ballet dancers in history alongside Vaslav Nijinski and Rudolf Nureyev. He was born to Russian parents in Latvia‚ a country in the Baltic region of northern Europe then occupied by the Soviet Union‚ on January 27th‚ 1948. After dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad‚ he defected to Canada in 1974 to take advantage of opportunities in western dance. He free

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    story-telling‚ later came to be known as Kathak. Kathak is danced by both men and women. A Kathak dancer is not required strictly to adhere to fixed steps and stages in a fixed order. He or she can change the sequence of stages to suit his or her aptitude and style of dancing. There is a sort of contest during the performance in which the drummer plays and weaves a complex design which in turn is danced by the dancer‚ specially in the item which is technically known as jagaj dikhana. It is a kind of friendly

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    Indian Dance Forms

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    it was practised ad performed in the temples by a class of dancers known as the devadasis. It was a part of the religious rituals and has a long and hoary past. The kings and the princely courts patronised the temples‚ as well as the various traditions sustaining the dance form.  The salient features of Bharatanatyam are movements conceived in space mostly either along straight lines or triangles. In terms of geometrical designs‚ the dancer appears to weave a series of triangles besides several geometrical

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    burns black‚ a laughing dancer in veils of light‚ whose dance transforms the darkness to gold. ~ Adu Abd Allan ben Abi-l-Khisal ben Abi-l-Khisal He who cannot dance will say: The drum is bad. ~ African Proverb Kristy Nilsson - Tarentelle‚ Atlanta Ballet Centre Theatre If you can talk‚ you can sing. If you can walk‚ you can dance. ~ African Proverb The

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    selection‚ the mood of rebirth and growth sept into the audience. The piece started very calmly with the dancers doing jumps about the stage. As the piece progressed‚ the jumps and leaps got grander and the movements became larger and more impressive‚ as the flowers “grew”. There were many long extended movements that slowly became faster and more impressive as the music grew louder. The dancers throughout the whole piece were smiling to show the growth of themselves‚ portraying a flower. For “Russian

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