Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement (Butoh‚ 2006). Performers are usually covered from head to toe in white body makeup. Often times‚ their mouths are dyed red and their hair is pitch black‚ giving viewers a sharp contrast of "forbidden" colors. Movements are unnatural and grotesque in nature‚ almost as if the performers are in a constant state of pain. Many of these
Premium Performing arts
Summary Final Draft December 4‚ 2013 Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse Summary Sut Jhally claims that advertising has become so intrusive and powerful that‚ unless precautionary action is taken‚ will destroy all of humanity and its successes. His credentials include: college professor of communication at University of Massachusetts Amherst‚ executive director of the Media Education Foundation‚ and an assortment of more than 40 documentaries on advertising and media consumption. At
Free Advertising Sociology Sut Jhally
A Review of Cigars‚ Whiskey and Winning Summary Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States. In the book‚ “Cigar‚ Whiskey and Winning”‚ it highlights his management skills during the Civil War as he lead the Union Army to defeat the Confederate Army. When he was younger‚ Grant attended West Point. He was not the brightest student‚ but he did enjoy reading. After he graduated‚ he became second lieutenant in an infantry regiment. In the book it showed him taking advantages of opportunities
Premium Leadership Ulysses S. Grant Management
In the book An Empire on the Edge‚ Nick Bunker addressed a clearer idea and understanding of not only the American Revolution‚ but also the Boston Tea Party and all the events that caused these major riots to happen. Bunker obviously wrote this book to show that even though it was a struggle and a fight for the United States to gain independence‚ they exerted their best efforts and ultimately succeeded. The many struggles and trials that they had to go through to get America to be the way it is today
Premium Boston Tea Party Tea American Revolution
Top Best Gazelle Edge Machines and Their Effectiveness and Reviews There are a lot of Gazelle Edge Machines available on the market in 2016. Selecting a machine that provides you the fitness services that match your needs might give you a tough time. So we will narrow down the long list of the best tools available on the market. The top 10 from which you can be able to choose the one that suits your needs best. The important features of these machines discussed and by the end of this review‚ you
Premium Marketing Physical exercise Strategic management
Response Essay What does it mean to find yourself? We often identify ourselves as nice or smart‚ but is that really all we are? No‚ we’re much more. The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle is about a strong‚ adventurous‚ independent‚ and fierce character‚ Aethelflaed. In this novel Flaed will have to transition from childhood to adulthood‚ which is never easy. Flaed is portrayed as a fierce adventurer. In this book it shows she is an adventurer by saying‚”... she and her brother had been free to go out almost everyday”(3)
Premium Meaning of life Adult
Case: BRITA- In search of a winning strategy Some of the challenges that Brita faces are as follows: • Decline in sales since 1998. As company’s flagship brand‚ Brita was expected to contribute double digit top line growth. But in reality‚ there was approximately a 5% decline in sales every year since 1998 and this decline continued until 2006. • Faced the problem of losing customer faith in the Brita brand. Brita had slowed established a string brand position among consumers over the ten year
Premium Management Strategic management Leadership
Close to the water’s edge When people are at a point in their life where they have to make important decisions that will form their future and identity‚ it is said that they are standing at a crossroad. Choosing a path can often be difficult because there are so many different ones to choose‚ and it only gets harder when somebody tries to influence you‚ such as maybe your parents. Parents always want the best for their children‚ but do they always know what the best is? Probably not. This is also
Free Protagonist Character Family
paratext‚ I found a rather fascinating one for the series The Edge of Night (1956-1984). We will be exploring this paratext for a classic serial‚ and eventually find out how the paratext at hand would help promote the show for general audiences at the time. This specific paratext comes in the form of an advertisement that could have been found in a newspaper or magazine. The biggest point of this advertisement is to promote the fact that The Edge of Night is moving to ABC. This statement is highlighted
Premium Television Television program Reality television
Unpredicted events can change a person. This is what happened to Larry from The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham. The decisions that Larry has made might seem a bit selfish to some readers but the word selfish involves a lack of consideration for others‚ therefore‚ Larry does not fit in that category. He may be a bit troubled‚ hence‚ the decision to “loaf” and travel to Paris for some type of enlightenment. (32) Judging Larry for his decisions‚ or anyone for that matter‚ is wrong because sometimes
Premium English-language films Psychology Sociology