Ghost Town Dance Interpretation

In 1973, Christopher Bruce heard about the murders going on in the small villages and towns of Chile on the orders of the government; just to show off their power, and how they were not afraid to use it. Bruce found out as a result of a letter received from a widow of a Chilean folk singer who had been murdered. He was asked to do work for the Chilean Human Rights Committee. The dance first premiered in 1988, the costume designer being Belinda Scarlett and the music being by Incantation, playing the song ‘Ojos Azules’ which is Spanish for ‘Blue Eyes’.

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Yes, this character was very successful with his vocal choices. The range of his vocal tone within each scene added depth to his character. For example, when he confronts Jackie about their relationship, he softens his voice to show his pain, but also strengthens it to illustrate that his pain also comes from a place of anger.

Whenever he had a part where he felt his relationship was in trouble, he would change his voice to the universal “guy going through relationship crisis” voice. You would here is voice quake and soften when his relationship seemed to be at stake. The one part where I think he could have done better is when he first finds out that his girlfriend is cheating on him with a high school student. He seemed too soft spoken when confronting Agnes and Chuck. If I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me with some square I would have been furious and not so passive in voice in the situation. I understand that his script made him speak like that, but I think he definitely could have put a whole lot more anger in his voice in that

Response: I found Katherine A. Dettwyler’s, Dancing Skeletons; Life and Death in West Africa very interesting though I did not like the way in which it was written. To me it was written in a very scattered brain way, similar to how a hyperactive childs diary would look like. At times when Dettwyler was trying to explain something, she would go into tangents, mostly about her own personal opinions of the topic, which ruined the mood of the book, lessened the impact of whatever she was talking about at the time and frankly, it just annoyed me. I found it difficult to understand what was trying to be said and it made it difficult to read. I think if she didn’t try to cover so much in such a small book- malnutrition, female circumcision and other random topics- I would have enjoyed it more. One thing that I did like was how she wasn’t political on her trips to Mali, she just talked to people. She didn’t preach just talk and I think that’s what helped improve these people’s lives. It was interesting but I wouldn’t read it again or recommend it like I did for the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.

John Bowen studied the Ghost Dance in North America. The Ghost Dance was started by Paiute Native American prophets. It was born in the conditions of repression and starvation. The dance was first introduced in 1870 and continued its existence as part of political and cultural heritage for some Native Americans. The message of the dance changed over time. Bowen chose to do a study on a Paiute prophet who went by the name Wovoka. During a solar eclipse, Wovoka fell into a trance, during which, as he later reported, he rose to the other world, where he saw God. Wovoka said that God instructed him to remain on peaceful terms with white people and to dance a special circle dance that would place dancers in contact with the spirit world. He started

Tim Burton is known for his dark movies. In Burton’s movies, he uses church organs and other instruments to create a haunting mood throughout his films. In the film, Beetlejuice, Burton uses playful and funny songs creating a quirky and whimsical mood. Beetlejuice explores the lives of a deceased couple and what happens when a family moves into their home. It’s a funny movie even though it

Guns are one of the first things that people turn to, but what they don't know is that it eventually backfires and changes their future. For example: when Davy shoots Finch and Baska the first thing he turns to is a gun, not once does he think about talking to them about what's going through their heads,instead he shoots then and will eventually end up in jail for his actions. Guns are also a symbol of peace making.He shot them because the Land family was a nice calm family until Finch and Baska can and stirred everything up, so Davy shot them so PEACE could come once again.

Cassandra doesn’t sing in this part of the song but she hums what sounds like a deep ghost like, spooky, shaky sound. Her moans are soft to medium in their dynamics and slow to medium in tempo. The timbre and tempo of the, now very much heard, electric guitar sounds like a fast moving downward whiny spiral causing a sense of doom. The drum and top hat keep a slower tempo and are clearly heard but they are medium in dynamics as compared to the guitar. The texture remains quite thick and it all is definitely dissonant.

All Indians must dance, everywhere, keep on dancing. Pretty soon in next spring Great Spirit come. He bring back all game of every kind…all dead Indians come back and live again. They all be strong just like young men, be young again. Old blind Indian see again and get young and have fine time. When Great Spirit comes this way, than all the Indians go to mountains, high up away from whites. Whites can't hurt Indians then. Then while Indians way up high, big flood like water and all white people die, get drowned! After that, water go way and then nobody but Indians everywhere and game all kinds thick… (Wovoka, The Paiute Messiah qtd. In Brown 416).

and beats. The guitars and drums that were used, give the song a dramatic rock vibe. According

Bursting with mysterious storytelling, the importance of family, and incredible dancing, Big Fish is the musical theatre dance that the entire family must-see. But be forewarned, Big Fish is full of mysterious and believable stories told by the charming and charismatic Edward Bloom that will keep you on the edge of your seat all evening long. Big Fish is set in Alabama during the time Edward Bloom becomes ill so his son William returns home to once again be surrounded by his fathers exaggerated stories about his life. William finally decides he is going to investigate his father’s tales and soon begins to understand his father and the meanings behind his storytelling. The more important dancers in the play include; the ill father, Edward Bloom

The vocalist is a high range female who delivers her lyrics robotically; the synths are just as shrill and robotic. Where Harle adds some individuality to the mix is in the empty spaces between the large chords; take “Forever”, the poppiest song on the EP. The chorus is full of big synths and girly vocals, but the rest is filled in with complex synthesized arpeggios. Along with its dancy beat, these arpeggios fill in some of the blank spaces of the PC Music formula, taking away the necessity of more instruments for a larger sound. Instead of adding instrumental depth to these songs, Harle adds melodic depth, which turns this release from a mediocre A. G. Cook tribute into a new and unique

Generally, there are not as many documented physical abuse cases for men as there are for women. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (2014), men are less likely to seek help when it comes to physical abuse. “1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime” (National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2014). The stigma revolving around masculinity and how society views men teaches them not to express their feelings and see themselves as victims. The common stereotype is that men are seen as the abusers and women are seen as victims, therefore men who express their feelings are seen as weak and incapable of being a “man”.

The death penalty was reinstated in the United States in 1977, and since then murderers and rapist have been executed for the violent and harsh crimes they were found guilty of committing. In the past thirty years over 1,200 prisoners have been put to death for crimes in which they were convicted. The government of each state executes these prisoners by way of the electric chair, gas chamber, and the most common way lethal injection. A survey, from the Death Penalty Information Center, shows that over half of the citizens in the United States support the death sentence. Some supporter of the death penalty may even believe that sparing the guilty shows them mercy and the victims’ families no justice. If